Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services Royal Army Ordnance Corps Deputy Assistant Director Ordnance Services, 62nd Division, covering January 1917 to August 1919 across 262 pages. It names 72 places across 96 dated entries.

Alongside the daily entries the volume carries sixteen reports, narratives and plans, 53 Operation Orders, six appendices, two maps and three diagrams. Among the papers are: C.R.E 62nd Division Amendment to operation order No.2; Amendment to C.R.E 62nd Divn order No.4; Amendments to C.R.E 62nd Division order No 20; Report on R.E scheme for attack on Hindenburg Line; Move Table to Go with C.R.E order No 39; C.R.E 62nd Division Provisional order; Table 'A' to Accompany C.R.E 62nd Division order No.49; March Table "B" of Transport to Accompany C.R.E order No.49; March Table to Accompany C.R.E 62nd Division order 50; Locations of 62nd Divisional R.E and Pioneers on Completion of Relief.

The diary opens at Bedford on 8 January 1917. 1917 is spent at Favreuil, Achiet-Le-Grand, Haplincourt, Bus-Les-Artois and Mingoval. 1918 is the most travelled year, 46 places against 22 in the next busiest, and is spent at Henu, Mingoval, Roclincourt, Portsmouth Camp and Barvaux. 1919 at Schleiden, Kreuzau, Keuzau, Duren and Clipstone. It closes at Clipstone on 31 August 1919. Favreuil is where it spent longest, 104 days across four separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31 and it came back to Achiet-Le-Grand six separate times.

Trench and battlefield features named in the diary include Maricourt Wood and Les Quesnoy Farm.

In 1917 it is also recorded at Harvre, Auxi-Le-Chateau, Frohen-Le-Grand, Beauval, Englebelmer, Achiet, Ervillers, Favrieul, Neuville and Havrincourt. In 1918 it is also recorded at Poptsmouth Camp, Souastre to Pas, Pas-Henu, Hanu, Henu-Pas, Tours, St Imoges, Chamury, Nanteuil and Hautvillers. In 1919 it is also recorded at Charleroi, Tournai, Lille, Bethune, Calais and Folkestone.