Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 6th Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 37 Infantry Brigade, 12th Division, covering January 1915 to March 1919 across 695 pages. It names 148 places across 254 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries two reports, narratives and plans. Among the papers are: Subject and Office of Origin Intelligence; Attack on Schwaben Redoubt on 30th September 1916 report 2/. The diary opens at Le Quesnoy on 6 January 1915. 1915 is spent at Despierre Farm, Oosthove Farm, Les Pesses, Bailleul and Givenchy. 1916 at Burbure, Erny S Julien, Riviere, L'Ecleme and Bethune. 1917 at Arras, Ivergny, Thiennes, Wancourt Line and Front Line Trenches. 1918 at Auberchicourt, Puchevillers, Front Line Trenches, Rumegies and Plachy Buyon. 1919 at Auberchicourt. It closes at Auberchicourt on 31 March 1919. Auberchicourt is where it spent longest, 126 days across five separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Arras sixteen separate times. Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Despierre Farm, Front Line Trenches, Oosthove Farm, Support Line Trenches, St Pierre Wood, Ploegsteert Wood, Lancashire Trench and Trenches 'I'. In 1915 it is also recorded at Les Choquaux, Aldershot, Folkestone, Boulogne, Pont-A-Brique Ralvaq Plater, Wizernes, Remilly-Wirquin, Sercus, 1 Ralonse Ene Of Hazebrouck Railway Station and Strazeele. In 1916 it is also recorded at Village Line, Le Touret, La Tirmande, Le Cornet Bourdois, Reserve Trenches, Fouquereuil, Annequin, Fosse Way Trench, Devon Lane and Vermelles & Noyelles. In 1917 it is also recorded at Trenches '1', Trenches 'I', Trenches Right Sub Sector 'I', Montenescourt, Izel-Lez-Hameau, Agnez-Les-Duisans, Lattre & Quentin, Arras Caves, Saulty and Noyellette. In 1918 it is also recorded at Vieux Berquin, Doulieu, Fleurbaix, Sailly, Bde Reserve, Div Reserve, Nouveau Monde, Pont De Nieppe, Bouzincourt and Trenches Mesnil.
