themonsstar Posted 5 June , 2005 Share Posted 5 June , 2005 First World War Battalion war diaries What is a Battalion war diary. War diaries, also known as Intelligence Summaries, are one of the most important sources for tracing the Army service of a particular individual during the First World War (WW1). From 1907 units of battalion size or larger were required by Field Service Regulations to keep a daily record of operations, intelligence reports and other events, and these are now called '' war diaries'' The ones below are to the Manchester Regt Battalions. The great value of a war diary is the background information on the activities of the unit as a whole which it provides. The amount of detail recorded in each diary varies depending on the circumstances of the unit concerned and the enthusiasm of the officer compiling it. Diaries can record little more than daily losses, map references others will show awards of Medals won by Officer, NCOs and soldiers. To look for war diaries in the NA thay are in record class WO95 this will give you the piece numbers for the Battalion you are looking for. WO 95 (record class) (piece numbers to the Manchester Regts Battalion) 1 Batt 1914-15 3927 1916-18 5108 1918-19 4702 2 Batt 1914-15 1564 1916-18 2392 1918-19 2397 5 Batt 1915-15 4316 1916-17 4594 1917-19 2660 2/5 Batt 1915-16 3144 1917-18 3144 1/6 Batt 1915-15 4316 1916-17 4596 1917-19 2660 2/6 Batt 1915-16 3144 1917-18 3144 1/7 Batt 1914-15 4596 1915-15 4316 1915-15 4596 1916-17 2661 1917-19 2661 2/7 Batt 1915-16 3145 1917-18 3145 1/8 Batt 1915-15 4316 1916-17 4594 1917-18 2661 1918-19 2657 2/8 Batt 1915-16 3145 1917-18 3145 1/9 Batt 1914-15 4595 1915-15 4315 1916-17 4595 1917-18 2658 1918-19 3145 2/9 Batt 1915-16 3141 1917-18 3141 1/10 Batt 1914-15 Nil 1915-15 4315 1916-17 4595 1917-19 2658 2/10 Batt 1915-16 3141 1917-18 3141 11 Batt 1915-16 4299 1916-16 4588 1916-18 1821 12 Batt 1915-19 2012 13 Batt 1915-15 2166 1915-18 4855 1918 3145 16 Batt 1915-18 2339 1918-19 1900 17 Batt 1915-18 2339 18 Batt 1915-18 2339 19 Batt 1915-18 2339 20 Batt 1915-17 1663 1917-18 4226 1918-19 2244 21 Batt 1915-17 1668 1917-18 4228 1918-19 2244 22 Batt 1915-17 1669 1917-19 4228 23 Batt 1916-18 2448 24 Batt 1915-16 1663 1916-17 1646 1917-20 4222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 5 June , 2005 Share Posted 5 June , 2005 nice one roy,good info for those who want to look up the war diarys but dont know the piece numbers,no problem for you though with your library,is the IWM still borrowing books off you,you want to fine em if they bring em back late,if by chance that you should get hit by a trolley bus[god forbid]could you leave all your man regt books to me please,especially those rare ones that you have got hidden,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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