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First Army monochrome panoramaic photograph depicting Hulluch, taken on 7 April 1916....
Catalogue reference: WO 316/27
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This record is about the First Army monochrome panoramaic photograph depicting Hulluch, taken on 7 April 1916.... dating from 1916 Apr 7 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 316/27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916 Apr 7
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Description (What the record is about)
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First Army monochrome panoramaic photograph depicting Hulluch, taken on 7 April 1916. Consisting of 7 photographs to form the panorama.
First Army Panorama Number: P. 53.
Locations and features annotated on to the panorama, from left to right:
- Houses B 25 c. 6. 8½.
- German Front Line.
- Trees on Lens La Bassée Road.
- Puits Trench.
- Pekin Support Trench.
- German Front Line.
- Houses B 25 c. 8. 8.
- Trees in B 14 A & B.
- German Front Line.
- Communication Trench G. 12 b & d.
- House Ac. 00. 00.
- Puits Trench.
- Buildings of Distillery B 26 a.
- Cellar Crater G. 12. d.
- Chimney B 26 a. 6. 0.
- Wire in front of trench H. 1. d. 0. 5.
- Douvrin Wingles Rly Hedge.
- Last Hope Trench.
- Chimney B 26 b. 4. 3½.
- Marsh Crater G. 12 d.
- Trees round Chateau B 26 b.
- Douvrin Church.
- Puits 13.
- Chimney H 7a. 7.0.
- Les Baraques Wood.
- Dump in H 4 a.
- Douvrin Wingles Rly Hedge.
- Wire in front of trench H 1 d. 65. 10 - H q a 25. 15.
- House H 3 d 4. 8. not on map.
- Assembly Trenches H. 8. a.
- Fosse Number 3 de Meurchin.
- Assembly Trenches H. 8. a.
- Provin Church.
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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)
- 53
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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)
- 16cm x 148cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1837124/
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Series information
WO 316
War Office: War of 1914-1918: Western Front: Photographs
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