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Maps 17-23. India: Bombay: 7 sheets of plans of Cross Island Battery. (17) '1. 6...

Catalogue reference: WO 78/4865/17-23

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This record is about the Maps 17-23. India: Bombay: 7 sheets of plans of Cross Island Battery. (17) '1. 6... dating from 1897-1899 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 78/4865/17-23
Date
1897-1899
Description

Maps 17-23. India: Bombay: 7 sheets of plans of Cross Island Battery. (17) '1. 6 inches B.L. Gun Emplacement no II and Stores' details; (18) Details of 'number II 6-inch B.L. Gun emplacement'; (19) '12.5 inches R.M.L. Gun Emplacement no IV' details; (20) 'Cartridge Stores of nos I, II and III emplacements'; (21) 'Details of stores nos. 2, 3, 4, II, 12 and 13'; (22) 'Workshop. Officer's quarters'. (23) '12.5 inches R.M.L. gun number I emplacement' details. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet and 4 feet. Plans and sections. [Signed by] Major S A E Hickson, Royal Engineers, Executive Engineer Bombay Defences, 27 August 1897. Certified as true copies by Captain A J H Swiney, Royal Engineers, 12 June 1899.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS, coloured on tracing cloth
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19809186/

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