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See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
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Gibraltar. Three plans: (1) Part of Admiralty chart 1488, with manuscript title 'Gibraltar...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/5288
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This record is about the Gibraltar. Three plans: (1) Part of Admiralty chart 1488, with manuscript title 'Gibraltar... dating from 1911-1912 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/5288
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1911-1912
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gibraltar. Three plans: (1) Part of Admiralty chart 1488, with manuscript title 'Gibraltar - North - North-West Elbow Battery - 2.4 Inch Q.F. [Quick Fire] Guns' and with coloured manuscript additions showing arcs of fire and dead water area. (2) 'Gibraltar. North Mole. North West Elbow Battery. 2-4 Inch Q/F [Quick Fire] Guns'. Plans of emplacement, permanent shelter, magazine and Royal Artillery store, with sections and photograph 1912. Reference table to construction details. Scale of emplacement and shelter plans: 1 inch to 10 feet; sections: 1 inch to 5 feet. Compass indicators. Drawn by Superintendent G A Kilby, Royal Engineers, 18 May 1912. Both signed by Captain P B O'Connor, Royal Engineers, 6 July 1912, and Lieutenant Colonel R P Lee, Commanding Royal Engineer, 8 July 1912. (3) Parts of two printed sheets, illustrating proposed provision of GGC's platform with bullet-proof cover at North Mole, Elbow Mole and South Mole Batteries. Signed by Quarter Master Sergeant W E Wakefield, PW, Royal Engineers. Signed by R S Walker, 1 September 1911, Captain T E Kelsall, Royal Engineers, 22 September 1911, Colonel A Grant, Royal Engineers, Major General T Perrott, Commanding Royal Engineer, and Major [illegible], Royal Engineers, 17 September 1911. Dimensions: (1) 55 cm x 64 cm; (2) 55 cm x 80 cm
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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)
- No. of Sheets: 3
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 2077.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274230/
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