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Panorama ink and watercolour sketch from the position of No 21 Mechanical Transport...
Catalogue reference: WO 317/6
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This record is about the Panorama ink and watercolour sketch from the position of No 21 Mechanical Transport... dating from 1915 May 21 in the series War Office: War of 1914-1918: Gallipoli Campaign: Photographs. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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WO 317/6
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Date (When the record was created)
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1915 May 21
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Description (What the record is about)
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Panorama ink and watercolour sketch from the position of No 21 Mechanical Transport Battery. Turk and British trenches marked.
Annotated on sketch from left to right:
- Popes Hill;
- Sandbag trenches;
- Communication trench;
- Track Popes Hill;
- Razor Back,
- Dead Mans Hill;
- Woody Slope;
- Turk;
- Left Flank;
- Quinns Hill;
- Courtneys Hill;
- Quinns Hill;
- Australian.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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26cm x 36cm
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1837089/
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Series information
WO 317
War Office: War of 1914-1918: Gallipoli Campaign: Photographs
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Panorama ink and watercolour sketch from the position of No 21 Mechanical Transport...
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