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First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Mericourt and Rouvroy, taken...
Catalogue reference: WO 316/30
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This record is about the First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Mericourt and Rouvroy, taken... dating from 1917 Sept 19 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 316/30
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917 Sept 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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First Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting Mericourt and Rouvroy, taken on 19 September 1917.
First Army Panorama Number: P. 133. Panorama taken from T.22.b.73.32, Sheet 36c.
Locations and features annotated onto the panorama, from left to right:
- Railway Embankment.
- Railway Embankment.
- Puits 18. N. 28A.
- Sallaumines Hill.
- Mericourt.
- Trees on road T. 10. B.
- Metallurgique.
- Cemetery.
- Brick Mound.
- Square Brick Pile T. 11. A. 6.8.
- House T. 5. C. 72.73.
- Fosse 21 & 22.
- Puits 4 & 5.
- Harnes Church.
- Fosse 3 & 15. O. 25. A&C.
- Shed in O. 25. D. Central.
- Fosse 6 & 14. O. 20. B&D.
- Courrieres Church.
- Fosse 2. O. 26. C.
- Bois D'Epiony.
- Fosse 10 De Courrieres.
- London Copse U. 1. B.
- Dump in O. 23. A&C.
- Fosse 7 & 7 Bis.
- Cite St. Pierre.
- Dump and buildings of Fosse 2 De Drocourt.
- Bois St. Eloi.
- Bois De L'Offlarde.
- Henin Lietard Church.
- Wood at U. 7. B. 7.7.
- Betricourt Fme [Farm].
- Rouvroy.
- Fosse 3 Henin Lietard.
- Mons-En-Pevele.
- Fosse 3 De Drocourt.
- Puits 2 & 2 Bis and Dump. P. 25.
- Fosse 1 De Drocourt.
- Acheville.
- Bois Bernard.
- Bois Vilain.
Panorama also includes grid reference map of area depicted in this panorama, with instructions on the reverse.
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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)
- P133
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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)
- 14cm x 263cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1837127/
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Series information
WO 316
War Office: War of 1914-1918: Western Front: Photographs
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