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Third Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting The Somme, from Montauban to...
Catalogue reference: WO 316/37
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This record is about the Third Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting The Somme, from Montauban to... dating from 1915 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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- WO 316/37
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915 Sept 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Third Army monochrome panoramic photograph depicting The Somme, from Montauban to La Boiselle, taken on 19 September 1915. Consisting of 14 plates to form the panoramic.
Third Army Panorama Number: 17. Panaorama taken from Sheet 62. D. (F.8.d.37) South of Bécordel-Bécourt.
Locations and features annotated onto the panorama, from left to right:
- La Boisselle.
- Bois Ronde.
- The Tambour.
- Contalmaison.
- Fricourt Station.
- Fricourt Church.
- House F.5. d. 9.7.
- Bazentin-le-Grand.
- Fricourt Cemetery.
- Wood F.4. b. 4.0.
- Longueval Church.
- Bois Deville.
- Trees on Maricourt Road at point F.3. d. 9.1.
- Waterlot Chimney.
- Mametz Church.
- Montauban.
- The Aeroplane Trench.
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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)
- 17
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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 277cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1837134/
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WO 316
War Office: War of 1914-1918: Western Front: Photographs
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