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First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Lens, taken on 26 March 1916....
Catalogue reference: WO 316/25
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This record is about the First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Lens, taken on 26 March 1916.... dating from 1916 Mar 26 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 316/25
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916 Mar 26
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Description (What the record is about)
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First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Lens, taken on 26 March 1916. Consisting of 7 plates to form the panorama.
First Army Panorama Number: P. 48.
Locations and features annotated onto the panorama, from left to right:
- Lens-Bethune Road.
- Road Junction M 5 (b) 30 15.
- The Copse.
- Harts Crater.
- British Front Line.
- Harrisons Crater.
- Puits No. 12.
- German Front Line.
- M 5c 31.25 to M 5c 72.29.
- Depressions caused by our mines.
- St. Laurent Ch [Church].
- Tunnel Entrance M 5c 4.0.
- Tunnel Entrance M 11 A 5.8.
- Truck M 11a 60.85.
- Trench Junction M 11a 19.76.
- M 4c 77.15.
- Puits No. 11.
- Trench Junction M 10 b 97.50.
- Trench Junction M 10a.
- Church M 11 d 4.6.
- Cable Line M 10 b.
- Trench Junction M 10 (b) 8.3.
- Cable Line M 10 (b).
- Trench Junction M 10 b 4.0.
- New German Front Line.
- M 10 d 35.82.
- New German Front Line.
- Puits No. 16.
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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)
- 48
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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)
- 15cm x 168cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1837122/
Series information
WO 316
War Office: War of 1914-1918: Western Front: Photographs
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