40th Division Operation Order No.77
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
3 May 1917
Materials
Linen, Paper
Measurements
321 x 191 mm
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890644.3
Summary
A typed Secret Operation Order, No.77, dated 3rd May 1917, relating to an attack on the La Vacquerie position on the 5th May 1917 by the 119th, 120th and 121st Infantry Brigades with the 120th Machine Gun Company and the 4th Guards Machine Gun Company. Also maps T.S.58 and 60, and an Addendum No.1.
Provenance
Probably belonged to the Hon. Victor Agar-Robartes, later 8th Viscount Clifden, 1887-1974 and given by the family on transfer of the house to the National Trust in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Top right: written in blue crayon '14'