<p>The War Diaries for the Great War, held under WO95, represent one of the most popular record collections held at the National Archives, Kew, London. For researchers and family historians, the War Diaries contain a wealth of information of far greater interest than the army could ever have predicted. They provide unrivalled insight into daily events on the front line and are packed with fascinating detail. They contain no modern editing, opinions or poorly judged comments, just the war day by day, written by the men who fought this 'War to end all Wars. They are without question, the most important source of information available on the war on the Western Front. Full colour facsimile of each page with specially created chronological index. What is a War Diary? The headquarters of each unit and formation of the British Army in the field was ordered to maintain a record of its location, movements and activities. For the most part, these details were recorded on a standard army form headed 'War diary or intelligence summary'. What details are given? Details given vary greatly, depending on the nature of the unit, what it was doing and, to some extent, the style of the man writing it. The entries vary from very simple and repetitive statements like 'Training' up to many pages of description when a unit was in battle. Production of the diary was the responsibility of the Adjutant of the headquarters concerned. Is there any other information or documents with the diaries? Some diaries have other documentation attached, such as maps, operational orders and after-action reports.</p>

1 CAVALRY DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Adjutant and Quarter-Master General: 8 June 1914 - 31 December 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1098)

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2 CAVALRY DIVISION Divisional Troops 3 Brigade Royal Horse Artillery: 4 August 1914 - 29 September 1914, 15 March 1915 - 1 June 1915, 12 October 1915 ... (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1123/1-4)

3 CAVALRY DIVISION Divisional Troops 4 Brigade Royal Horse Artillery: 1 October 1914 - 10 June 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1146/1)

3 CAVALRY DIVISION Divisional Troops 7 Light Armoured Battery: 1 July 1916 - 29 June 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1146/2)

3 CAVALRY DIVISION Divisional Troops 3 Field Squadron Royal Engineers: 16 September 1914 - 22 May 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1146/3)

3 CAVALRY DIVISION Divisional Troops Signal Squadron: 1 January 1915 - 31 March 1919 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1146/4)

4 CAVALRY DIVISION Sialkot Cavalry Brigade Headquarters, `Q' Battery Royal Horse Artillery, 6 (King Edward's Own) Cavalry, 17th Lancers (Duke of ... 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1159)

5 CAVALRY DIVISION Ambala Cavalry Brigade Headquarters, 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars, 9 Hodson's Horse, 18 Lancers and 14 Cavalry Machine Gun ... 1918 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1164)

5 CAVALRY DIVISION Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade Headquarters, `N' Battery Royal Horse Artillery, 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal), 20 Deccan Horse, ... 1917 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1165)

<p>The War Diaries for the Great War, held under WO95, represent one of the most popular record collections held at the National Archives, Kew, London. For researchers and family historians, the War Diaries contain a wealth of information of far greater interest than the army could ever have predicted. They provide unrivalled insight into daily events on the front line and are packed with fascinating detail. They contain no modern editing, opinions or poorly judged comments, just the war day by day, written by the men who fought this 'War to end all Wars. They are without question, the most important source of information available on the war on the Western Front. Full colour facsimile of each page with specially created chronological index. What is a War Diary The headquarters of each unit and formation of the British Army in the field was ordered to maintain a record of its location, movements and activities. For the most part, these details were recorded on a standard army form headed 'War diary or intelligence summary'. What details are given Details given vary greatly, depending on the nature of the unit, what it was doing and, to some extent, the style of the man writing it. The entries vary from very simple and repetitive statements like 'Training' up to many pages of description when a unit was in battle. Production of the diary was the responsibility of the Adjutant of the headquarters concerned. Is there any other information or documents with the diaries Some diaries have other documentation attached, such as maps, operational orders and after-action reports.</p>

1 INDIAN CAVALRY DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff: 30 August 1914 - 31 August 1915 (First World War, War Diary, WO95/1167)

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