Collection search - Sub-series 2.5: Belgium and France 1:40,000 [Trench Map]. GSGS 2743. [cartographic material]

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Sub-series 2.5: Belgium and France 1:40,000 [Trench Map]. GSGS 2743. [cartographic material]

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Sub-series

Date:

1918.

Reference:

R5337-19-2-E

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4089279

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First World War map collection

Series 2: Trench Series Maps

Sub-series 2.5: Belgium and France 1:40,000 [Trench Map]. GSGS 2743.
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Date(s):

1918.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

4 maps

Language of material:

English

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The 1:40,000 topographic map was the general administrative scale for trench warfare. As indicated by the items listed here, the trench overprint for this map was not introduced until the latter stages of the war. In many cases, information on the trenches was added to the full coloured topographic map. In other words, a monochrome base map was not first prepared, as in the case of the 1:10,000 and 1:20,000 trench maps. Because of the small size of the scale, information on the German trenches was necessarily more generalized, concentrating on the main lines of defence rather than the intricate network of communication and support trenches. As a result, the series provides a much broader picture of the battle field (index map for this series).

(The preceeding is an extract from Jeffrey Murray's "Guide to Maps of the First World War")

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Statement of responsibility note:

[S.l.]: Ordnance Survey, GSGS 2743

Cartographic math data:

Scale 1:40,000.

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The original World War I map collection was constituted from various sources at a time when adequate records on provenance were not preserved by the then Public Archives. The present organization in sub-series was devised to accommodate maps found in other fonds and collections, therefore, the list below will include maps that may not be ordered from the present record. Researchers should consult any alternate MIKAN record number that appears below. Maps marked by the letters WWI do belong to the original collection and may be ordered here. Please note though that almost all the maps are available on microfiche and may be consulted on the premises directly from self-serve cabinets.

sheet 44, edition 3, trenches corrected to 15-10-18;
NMC 112190 (WWI)
NMC 115927 (see MIKAN 3933805, Phelan, F., 745/37233, Item 40)

sheet 51A, edition [?], trenches corrected to 27-09-18;
NMC 115927 (see MIKAN 3933805, Phelan, F., 745/37233, Item 40)

sheet 51B, edition 2, trenches corrected to 25-08-18;
NMC 112191 (WWI)
NMC 115416 (see MIKAN 4090279, RG9M, 80103/51, Item 674)
NMC 115419 (see MIKAN 4090279, RG9M, 80103/51, Item 677)
NMC 114871 (see MIKAN 3933805, Phelan, F., 745/37233, Item 42)
NMC 114862 (see MIKAN 3933805, Phelan, F., 745/37233, Item 29)
NMC 114337 (see MIKAN 3932238, Vanier, G., 73/233, Item 53)

sheet 51C, edition 2D, trenches corrected to 23-06-18;
NMC 108094 (see MIKAN 3932983, Smith, G., 74/1768, Item 2)

sheet 57A, edition 1A, trenches corrected to 08-10-18;
NMC 112192 (WWI)

sheet 57B, edition 1A, trenches corrected to 27-09-18;
NMC 115851 (see MIKAN 3693067, Alward & Gillies, 8898, Item 16)

sheet 57C, edition 2, trenches corrected to 15-05-18;
NMC 112193 (WWI)

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Microfiche NMC112190--NMC112193

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Box [WORLD WAR ONE BELGIUM, FRANCE]

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2000007371 Item no. assigned by LAC 44; 51B; 57A; 57C

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