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AUTHOR: Wiebkin, H
FORMAT: 80pp Pb
Unit history 1915-1918. The artillery brigades and ammunition column that served the 39th Division were raised in 1915 and went to France in March 1916 and remained on the Western Front for the rest of the war. The first part of the book provides a brief account of the artillery's battle experiences on the Somme (Beaumont Hamel, Thiepval and the Schwaben Redoubt); in the Salient through 1917; in the great retreat following the German March offensive, and finally in the Advance to Victory. In all their casualties amounted to some 1,760 out of a divisional total of 27,869. The greater and more significant part of the book is taken up with very informative appendices, which include: a table detailing the Order of Battle of the divisional artillery; the nominal roll of officers who served in its, in alphabetical order; casualties to officers and casualties to men, giving nature of casualty, that is killed, wounded etc. Finally there is a list of Honours and Awards. Reprint of the 1923 original edition.
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