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First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Richebourg l'Avoe, taken at...
Catalogue reference: WO 316/24
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This record is about the First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Richebourg l'Avoe, taken at... dating from 1915 April 12 in the series War Office: War of 1914-1918: Western Front: Photographs. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 316/24
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915 April 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Richebourg l'Avoe, taken at 17:00 on 12 April 1915. Consisting of 14 plates to form the panorama.
First Army Panorama Number: P. 12.
Locations and features annotated onto the panorama, from left to right:
- Illies Ch [Church] (range 5,700 yards).
- V.7 (range 1,800 yards).
- La Tourelle V.7 (range 1,700 yards).
- R.16 (range 1,700 yards).
- R.15 (range 1,700 yards).
- Distillery.
- Q.25.
- Lorgies Ch [Church] probably P.36 (range 3,700 yards).
- Le Quinque Rue Road.
- Hantay Ch [Church] (range 8,800 yards).
- R.13 (range 1380 yards).
- P.26.
- P.28 (range 2,400 yards).
- N.29 (range 3,400 yards).
- Beau Puits.
- N.27 (range 2,800 yards).
- R.8 Fe du Bois (range 880 yards).
- Fme de Toulotte behind barn.
- Douvrin Ch [Church] (range 9,000 yards).
- La Bassée Ch [Church] (range 5,700 yards).
- Q.16 (range 1,000 yards).
- Violaines Ch [Church] K.26 or K.28 (range 4,100 yards).
- Q.12 (range 1,500 yards).
- M.14 (range 2,800 yards).
- P.15 (range 1,700 yards).
- Fe. Cour d'Avoué Q.10 (range 1,350 yards).
- P.14 (range 1,750 yards).
- R.4 (range 900 yards).
- R.3 (range 770 yards).
- Chlle. St Roch.
- P.10 (range 1,650 yards).
- Givenchy.
- Distillery Pont Fixe.
- Orchard P.4.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 12
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 17cm x 293cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1837121/
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WO 316
War Office: War of 1914-1918: Western Front: Photographs
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