Full colour facsimile reprint of the original First World War, War Office war diary of the Headquarters, Branches and Services General Staff, 8th Division, covering January 1916 to June 1916 across 861 pages. It names 5 places across 10 dated entries.

Alongside the daily entries the volume carries 288 reports, narratives and plans, 33 Operation Orders, six defence schemes, six appendices, nine maps and four diagrams. Among the papers are: 20th Divisional Artillery. report on operations of the Day 6 a.m. 12th to 6 a.m.13th; Lessons Drawn from the Various Minor operations carried out by the 2nd Army Up to the 9th; Lessons to Be Learnt from attack on the Bluff March 1st/2nd, 1916; Lessons from the Successful attack of the enemy on the Bluff 14th February, 1916; Extracts (translated) on the Subject of the Lessons to Be Drawn from the Recent Action; 8th Division. Intelligence Summary for Period of 24 Hours Ending 6 a.m. 13th January; 8th Division. Intelligence Summary for the Period of 24 Hours Ending 6 a.m. 16th January; Intelligence; Intelligence report; 8th Divisional Artillery Intelligence report from 6 a.m. 19th to 6 a.m. 20th Feb; Intelligence Section; Daily report on Our Artillery. from 6 a.m. 13-1-16 to 6 a.m. 14-1- numbered 1 to 31 (19 of them).

The diary opens at Slaringhem on 1 January 1916. 1916 is spent at Henencourt, Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, Slaringhem and Flesselles. It closes at Henencourt on 30 June 1916. Henencourt is where it spent longest, 88 days across three separate stays, including a single unbroken stay of 31.

In 1916 it is also recorded at Sailly.