Archive Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2017.051.008

Title

Manual of field engineering, 1911 (reprinted 1914)

Object Name

Manual, Training

Dates of Creation

1914

Creator

War Office, General Staff

Other Creators

Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, England

Description

"Manual of Field Engineering, 1911" (Reprinted 1914), is a military manual issued by command of the [British] Army Council "for the guidance of all concerned".

Table of Contents headings include:
- Field Fortification
- Tools, Materials and Their Employment
- Working Parties and Their Tasks
- Improvement of the Field of Fire and Utilization of Existing Cover
- Earthworks
- Obstacles
- Defence of Localities and Positions
- Field Level and Field Geometry
- Camping Arrangements
- Knotting and Lashings
- Blocks, Tackles and Use of Spars
- Communications
- Bridges and the Passage of Water
- Hasty Demolitions with Explosives
- Hasty Demolitions of Railways and Telegraphs without Explosives

Also included is a 19 page alphabetical listing of military books published by "Authority" for the Briitsh Military.

Inscribed on the first page is "WC Ostic. 177th OS Bn. CEF".

Provenance

This item belonged to Lieutenant William Clark Ostic during his service in the First World War. It was part of the contents of his foot locker while in service. His foot locker and its contents were donated to the BCM&CC in 2017.
Ostic was born December 12, 1887 in Walkerton, Ontario. He served with the 4th Battalion Canadian Infantry and was killed in action on August 8, 1918.

Collection

Ostic, William Clark, Lieutenant Collection

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

vii, 131 p., 63 p. of plates figs., graph, plans : ill., charts ; 18 x 13.5 cm (hard wine cover)

Restrictions on Use

Responsibility for determining the copyright status and permissible use rests with the user.

Associated Material in other Repositories

First edition (1911) of this item is noted on the website for the Imperial War Museums, UK:
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1500082659

Search Terms & Subjects

First World War
Military