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Palestine: Map showing successive lines of advance from 30-31 October to 11 December...
Catalogue reference: WO 303/491
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This record is about the Palestine: Map showing successive lines of advance from 30-31 October to 11 December... dating from 1915 (Date Issued) 1915 (Date Corrected) in the series War Office: Geographical Section General Staff and Historical Section: War of 1914-1918:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 303/491
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915 (Date Issued) 1915 (Date Corrected)
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Description (What the record is about)
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Palestine: Map showing successive lines of advance from 30-31 October to 11 December 1917 [Base map as described for both pieces 491 and 492] TL: A Production: compiled/produced: Engraved at Stanford's Geographical Establishment from surveys conducted for the committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund by Lieuts Conder and Kitchener RE, 1881 GSGS number: 2747
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 1:168 960 Printed overlay in blue, as described in title, on 1:168 960 map of Palestine, GSGS 2747. Stamped GSGS Map Room, WO, 15 Dec 1917.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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