Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, 5 Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, covering August 1914 to March 1919 across 782 pages. It names 154 places across 223 dated entries.

Alongside the daily entries the volume carries one casualty and personnel return, 67 reports, narratives and plans, 123 Operation Orders, 64 appendices and twenty-two maps. Among the papers are: Casualties period 20th March to 31st March 1918; Report on raid on the enemy trenches East of Gillemont Farm; Lessons Learnt.; (Published with Routine orders of September 21th, 1914) Appendix 1 (a); Special order of the Day; Instructions for Artillery Co-operation No. 1; March Table issued with 5th Cavalry Brigade operation order No. 1; March Table issued with 5th Cav. Bde. operation order No. 7; Movement Table issued with 5th Cav. Bde. operation order No. 12; Table of Reliefs issued with 5th Cavalry Brigade operation order No. 15; Warning order; Issued with 5th Cav. Bde. order numbered 22 to 24 (3 of them).

The diary opens at York on 4 August 1914. 1914 is spent at Steenwerck, Submission of Transport, York, La Siege Fne Couvrelles and Erquelinnes. 1915 at Fauquembergues, Noordpeene, Fanquembergues, Les Lauriers N.W.A Merville and Horse Slow. 1916 at Les Lauriers Merville, Estruval, Murlancourt, Reninghelst and Morlancourt. 1917 at Frohen-le-Grand, Tincourt, Groffliers, Contre and Estruvalle Chateau. 1918 is the most travelled year, 60 places against 39 in the next busiest, and is spent at Aix-en-Issart, Ennemain, Gouvy, Selincourt and Fays. 1919 at Fays. It closes at Fays Belgium on 31 March 1919. Fauquembergues is where it spent longest, 182 days, including a single unbroken stay of 181 and it came back to Frohen-le-Grand six separate times.

Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Estruvalle Chateau, Trenches near Verlorenhoek, Trenches near Zillebeke and Trenches East Of Ypres.

In 1914 it is also recorded at Le Havre, Hautmont, Droizy, Le Plessier Huleu, Bourg Fontaine Fe, Raray, St Martin Au Bois, La Neuville Sire Bernard, Argoeuves and Bussus-Bussue. In 1915 it is also recorded at Ypres, Trenches near Zillebeke, A7 Merville, Merville, Les Lauriers Merville, Boeschepe, Vlamertinghe, East of Ypres, Trenches East Of Ypres and Ledringhem. In 1916 it is also recorded at Landrethun, Ebblinghem, Vieux Berquin, Allouagne, Wavrans, Vaulx, Occoches, Naours, Bonnay and Bray. In 1917 it is also recorded at Estruvalle, Tortefontaine, Outrebois, Warlincourt, Wailly, Remaisnil, Wargnies, Querrieu, Suzanne and Treux. In 1918 it is also recorded at Creuse, Marcelcave, Quesmy, Pontoise, Bailly, Royallieu, Canly, Mory Monterux, Cagny and Bois de Blangy.