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Malta: Pembroke. Two plans: (1) 'Malta. S. Andrew's Barracks. Site Plan'. Scale:...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/4454
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- WO 78/4454
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900-1901
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Malta: Pembroke. Two plans: (1) 'Malta. S. Andrew's Barracks. Site Plan'. Scale: 1:2,500. Compass indicator. Traced by W Hall, 29 August 1901. (2) 'Malta. Pembroke. S. Andrew's Barracks. Type of soldiers blocks'. Plans, elevations and sections. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet. Drawn and traced by C T Littlejohn, 10 May 1900. Examined by George Hales, 15 June 1900. Signed by Captain G Close, Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant Colonel R M Ruck, Commanding Royal Engineer, 21 June 1900. Dimensions: (1) 53 cm x 69 cm; (2) 69 cm x 102 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO: 658
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- (1) MS, coloured, on tracing cloth; (2) MS
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 3154.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3273398/
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