Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the 33 Sanitary Section, Divisional Troops, 20th Division, covering July 1915 to March 1917 across 369 pages. It names 34 places across 59 dated entries. Alongside the daily entries the volume carries thirteen reports, narratives and plans, two Operation Orders, two appendices and eight diagrams. Among the papers are: Report on Sanitary Condition Etc, for Week Ending 9th September 1916 Appendix B; Report on Sanitary Conditions Etc. of Units of 20th Division during the Week Ending 7th; After Daily order. R.A. (T.F.) 33rd. Sanitary Section Appendix D (1); Extracts from 20th Divnl. Orders. No. 495 Dated 14/12/16 Para 1; Daily orders No. 49 (T.F) 33rd Sanitary Section; Daily order No. 59 (T.F) 33rd Sanitary Section Tuesday 2nd Jan. 1917; Sanitary and Water report of 33rd. Sanitary Section; Standing orders for Corbie Laundry; Report of 33rd Sanitary Section for Fortnight Ending. The diary opens at Rollestone Camp Salisbury Plain on 23 July 1915. 1915 is spent at Estaires, Sailly Sur La Lys, Merris and Havre. 1916 is the most travelled year, 30 places against 13 in the next busiest, and is spent at Poperinghe, Corbie, Wormhoult, Poperinge and Meaulte. 1917 at Minden Post, Heilly, Carnoy and Corbie. It closes at Corbie on 11 March 1917. Poperinghe is where it spent longest, 99 days across five separate stays, it came back to Corbie seven separate times, and the longest it stayed anywhere without moving was 31 days at Sailly Sur La Lys. In 1915 it is also recorded at Wizernes, Lumbres, Lynde, Sailly and Armentieres. In 1916 it is also recorded at Sailly, Morbecque, Oxlaere, Wormhoudt, Bailleul, St Sylvestre Capel, Doullens, Couin, Terramesnil and Candas.
