Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 35 Infantry Brigade, 12th Division, covering May 1915 to July 1916 across 655 pages. It names 36 places across 58 dated entries.

Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 92 reports, narratives and plans, 133 Operation Orders, four defence schemes, six appendices, two maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: Appendix (Note: the Sketch mentioned in the Diary of 4th July as being attached is Missing; Report on operations on night of 22/23rd Dec. 15. by G.O.C. 35th Infantry Brigade; Instruction for Relief of 37th Inf Bde; Instruction out of the trenches; Instructions for Creation of Curtain of Smoke; Report on Threlfallite Chemical Grenades No. 1 and 2; Scheme for attack by 12th Division on trenches Along Road from H.25.a.98 to H.13.a.39; Preliminary instructions; The following amendments to the Preliminary instructions dated 10.10.15; 35th Bde order No. 8; Relief Table; March Table issued with 12th Division order No. 28.

The diary opens at Aldershot on 25 May 1915. 1915 is spent at London Support Farm, Pont De Nieppe, Labourse, Boeseghem and Noyelles Les Vermelles. 1916 at Vermelles, Cottes, Raimbert, Flechinelle and Verquin. It closes at Franvillers on 1 July 1916. London Support Farm is where it spent longest, 85 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Vermelles six separate times.

Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include London Support Farm.

In 1915 it is also recorded at Havre, Boulogne, Quelmes, Pradelles, Nieppe & Armentieres, Petit Pont, Merris, Gonnehem, Loos and Siding No. 3. In 1916 it is also recorded at The Halte, Gonnehem, Labourse Vermelles 9.8.b.2.8, Bethune Rue Frederick Des Georges, Flechinelle Ramibert, Raimbert Choques, Chocques, Verquin Chocques, Choques and Vignacourt.