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Belgium: West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen). Five sheets of a trench map: (1) 12 SE,...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1990/1-5
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This record is about the Belgium: West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen). Five sheets of a trench map: (1) 12 SE,... dating from 1917 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled 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)
- MR 1/1990/1-5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917
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Description (What the record is about)
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Belgium: West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen). Five sheets of a trench map: (1) 12 SE, (2) 12 NE, (3) 12 NW, (4) [12 SW], (5) 13 NW; together covering the area between Ostend (Oostende), Moerkerke, Ichtegem and Niewpoort. Each sheet shows roads, railways, woodland, churches, etc; items (1-4) also show trenches, batteries, guns, searchlights, munition dumps, cemeteries, etc; item (4) also shows areas of inundation. Reference tables; metric conversion tables; indexes to adjoining sheets. Each sheet produced by Ordnance Survey: (1-3) edition 1A (showing trenches corrected to 17 May 1917), dated June 1917; (4) dated July 1917; (5) edition 2, dated May 1917. MS title to each sheet: 'Waterways & nature of soil Map': coloured MS additions to each item reflect this title and indicate sand dunes and areas liable to flooding. [Reference notes to the additions remain among the papers in WO 153/982 part II]. All items signed by L Monthays, 9 December 1917. A printed French-English glossary to topographical and constructed features appears on the dorse of item (5). Sheet sizes between 68.5 cm x 89.5 cm and 62 cm x 84.5 cm.
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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 and French
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- GSGS 2742
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:20000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 694
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9443167/
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10 items extracted from WO 153/982. War Office maps showing waterways and the nature...
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