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Ministry of Defence: Directorate of Military Survey and successor: Operation Banner:...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 259
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DEFE 259
This series contains topographic and thematic series and non-series paper maps at various scales produced to support the activities of the British Armed Forces deployed to Northern Ireland as part of Operation Banner, military assistance to the...
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DEFE 259
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Directorate of Military Survey and successor: Operation Banner: Maps and Geographical material
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Date (When the record was created)
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1969-2007
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains topographic and thematic series and non-series paper maps at various scales produced to support the activities of the British Armed Forces deployed to Northern Ireland as part of Operation Banner, military assistance to the civil power and counter-insurgency activities.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged by map series code, then by sheet number, then by edition or date, then by state
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency (DGIA), Defence Geographic Centre, 2000-2024
- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Military Survey, 1964-2000
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4457 files and flat sheets
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2025 Ministry of Defence, Defence Geographic Centre
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The history of the production of mapping for military purposes can be traced back to the 1747 Military Survey of Scotland and the establishment of the Depot of Military Knowledge in 1803. The Directorate of Military Survey was established in 1943 under the War Office for the production of maps and surveys across all military commands during the Second World War.
This function continued through successor organisations. The production of elements during Operation Banner was carried out by 42 Survey Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers, established in 1947 and subordinate to the Directorate and its successors. It was later known as the 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic) and the Survey Production Centre Royal Engineers, and from 1970, as the Mapping and Charting Establishment Royal Engineers. From 1993 the production was passed on to the Geographic Services and later the Geographic Production divisions of the Military Survey Defence Agency (MSDA). It was then passed on to the Defence Geographic Centre when it was established in 2000.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19086611/
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