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1 item extracted from WO 95/11. 'France': sheet 17 'Amiens' and part of sheet [16...
Catalogue reference: MF 1/10
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from WO 95/11. 'France': sheet 17 'Amiens' and part of sheet [16... dating from 1916-[1917] in the series Public Record Office: maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MF 1/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-[1917]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from WO 95/11. 'France': sheet 17 'Amiens' and part of sheet [16 'Dieppe'], joined to form a map of Amiens and the surrounding countryside; shows rivers, woods, roads, canals, railways; churches, 'châteaux', farms, forts, mills; quarries; contours at 10-metre intervals. Compass indicator; magnetic variation 1916. Keys to conventional signs. Index maps. 'For Official Use Only'. Note on sheet 17: 'The system of contouring on this sheet can only be considered approximately correct.' Amiens sheet printed at the War Office, October 1915 and by the Ordnance Survey 1916; [Dieppe] sheet printed at the War Office in July [year excised]. MS additions: a red line from Blangy to Bouchavesnes; a green line from Cérisy to Peronne; a brown line from Molliens-Vidame to Ablaincourt, passing by Courcelles; a black and pink line from Bouchavesnes to Lassigny. Originally filed with war diary of the General Headquarters Operations Branch for 1917.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
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GSGS 2346
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 65.5 cm x 113 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:100000
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- Open Document, Open Description
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