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Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
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Malta, Gozo. Four sheets: (1) Admiralty chart 194, corrected to 1898, with additional...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/5301
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/5301
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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Malta, Gozo. Four sheets: (1) Admiralty chart 194, corrected to 1898, with additional manuscript title 'Malta Record Plan of Victoria Lines and Howr. [Howitzer] Batteries Nos. 1 to 7'. Coloured manuscript additions indicate area covered by (2). Manuscript reference table to construction details. Signed by Staff Sergeant P E Gummer, Royal Engineers, 22 April 1901, Captain G Close, Royal Engineers, 27 April 1901, Captain H J Walker, Royal Engineers, 26 June 1901, Warrant Officer G Hales, Royal Engineers, 9 September 1901, and Colonel R M Ruck, Commanding Royal Engineer, 11 September 1901. (2) 'Survey of Malta'. Sheets 32, 33, 39-41, 44, 46-9, 56-9, showing Victoria Lines and location of Howitzer batteries. Sheet 41 Manuscript reference table. Scale: 1:2,500. Surveyed by the Royal Engineers, 1896. Zincographed and printed at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1897 and 1899. Corrected 1898 and 1900. All signed as (1). (3) Two sheets of photographs of the Lines and batteries. Both signed as (1). (4) Sheet of sections. Scale:1:120. Surveyed and drawn by Gummer, 31 May 1902. Signed by Hales, 31 May 1902, and Major M A Boyd, Royal Engineers, 2 June 1902. Dimensions: (2) Fourteen sheets, each 55 cm x 60 cm; (4) 64 cm x 98.5 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: 18
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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)
- (1)-(3) Zincographed, with coloured MS additions; (4) MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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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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 2901.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274243/
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