Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 18th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, 119 Infantry Brigade, 40th Division, covering June 1916 to June 1918 across 183 pages. It names 105 places across 158 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries three reports, narratives and plans, one appendix and one map. Among the papers are: Raid on enemy trenches night of 18/19th July 1916 Extracts from 119th Inf. Bde. O.O. No 8. The diary opens at Havre on 3 June 1916. 1916 is spent at Loos, S. Maroc, Calonne, Les Brebis and Eaucourt Sur Somme. 1917 is the most travelled year, 74 places against 41 in the next busiest, and is spent at Left Subsector Right Brigade, Gouzeaucourt, Villers-Plouich, Gouy-En-Artois and Lucheux. 1918 at No 2 Camp Blairville, Northumberland Lines Mercatel, Estaires & Fleurbaix, Durham Camp No 2 and Staple. It closes at St Momelin on 17 June 1918. Left Subsector Right Brigade is where it spent longest, 67 days, including a single unbroken stay of 67 and it came back to Gouzeaucourt eight separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Dessart Wood, Villers Plouich Pinesight Suffers Trenches, Cross Roads North Of Judas Farm and Dessart Wood Nr Fins. In 1916 it is also recorded at Lillers, S Hilaire Cottes, N. Maroc, Houchin, Divion 36 b I 24, Maisnil-Les-Ruitz, Bully-Grenay, N.E. Maroc, Maroc and Magnicourt. In 1917 it is also recorded at Rancourt, Camp 17, Asquith Flats, Bouchavesnes, Maurepas Ravine, Camp 12, Suzanne, Albany Support, Camp 21 and Bray. In 1918 it is also recorded at North Camp Mory, In Support Railway Reserve, Railway Reserve, Left Subsector Left Brigade, Stray Support Left Sub Sector Left Brigade, Stray Support Left Subsector Brigade, Durham Camp, Blairville Camp, Gouy-En-Artois and Cross Roads North Of Judas Farm.
