Special Sheets 1:5k & 1:10k (Chasseaud Collection)

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Wissant : [Calais, Boulogne coastal region]
Wissant : [Calais, Boulogne coastal region]
"Printing Coy. R E, W.O.B./1359". Detail and Lambert grid black; contours brown; water blue. One of very few British maps to carry the Lambert grid. Back-area survey on Lambert projection with Lambert grid. Printed in the later part of 1918. Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 524
Wytschaete
Wytschaete
Sheet number: [28 SW4]. On upper, left margin: Part of sheet 28. On upper, right margin: 2nd Army, sheet 8." "Trenches corrected to Sept. 6th 1915. 1st Printing Co. R.E. 2nd Army Sec. (no. 382)". "O.S.O. 1915." Detail, grid and contours grey; German trenches red; 2-figure coordinates blue., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC16; envelope_number: 441, Manuscript on face: British trenches in blue crayon W of Petit Bois (Wystchaete area). Pencil crosses in Petit Bois area.
Zillebeke [Second Army Front 1915]
Zillebeke [Second Army Front 1915]
Sheet number: [28NW4]. First demy series, completely printed in the field; 1st Printing Coy., R.E.; 2nd Army Section (117); no date, but annotation in manuscript on the reverse says 'for the attack of 16 June 1915.' German front line on eastern edge of 'Y' wood; no German trenches shown on Hill 60!; detail and grid black (open chain-dotted letters and numbers); German trenches red; arbitrary target numbers in circles blue; approximate British front line black - very schematized; railway wood and hill 60 shown in no mans land!; no contours; not linen-backed; conserved by mounting onto strong archival tissue; extremely rare; 32 x 41cm; good condition in its conserved state.
[Arras Battlefield]
[Arras Battlefield]
Sheet number: 51b NW3. [St. Laurent Blangy]. Trenches to 8th February 1917. "Edition 4A". Corps Topo Section. "N.B. Co-ordiantes are not to be taken off these sheets. Every dug-out is not necessarily shown." Reference shows OPs, dug-outs, TMs etc. Detail & grid black. German trenches & British front line red. All printed on [XVII Corps] duplicator. Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 490
[Arras Battlefield]
[Arras Battlefield]
Sheet number: 51b NW3, edition 4B + 51b NW4, edition 1A (parts of). Detail & grid black; German trenches red. "N.B. Co-ordinates are not to be taken off these sheets. Every dug-out is not necessarily shown." Reference to OPs, dug-outs, TMs etc. All printed on [XVII Corps] duplicator., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 491
[Auchy-les-la-Bassée] : First Army Front, 1
[Auchy-les-la-Bassée] : First Army Front, 1
Series Number Id: GSGS 3360. [Trenches to January 1917]. "Ordnance Survey, January, 1917." Detail, grid and contours grey; German trenches and names red; British front pecked grey. Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC - OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows. Shows Brickstacks - Fosse 8. Trench map on verso: Hulluch, 2nd ed., 1917. Another copy: PC0536B (macrepo 71416). Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC19; envelope_number: 605
[Auchy-les-la-Bassée] : First Army Front, 1
[Auchy-les-la-Bassée] : First Army Front, 1
Series Number Id: GSGS 3360. [Trenches to January 1917]. "Ordnance Survey, January, 1917." Detail, grid and contours grey; German trenches and names red; British front pecked grey. Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC - OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows. Shows Brickstacks - Fosse 8. Trench map on recto: [Quarries [Hulluch Region]], 1917. Another copy: PC0528 (macrepo 71407). Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC21; envelope_number: 650.
[Fampoux, Roeux Region, Battle of Arras] : trench map 51B NW2 (part of)
[Fampoux, Roeux Region, Battle of Arras] : trench map 51B NW2 (part of)
Sheet number: 51BNW2 (part of). "Corrected to 14-4-17." "J. [XVII] Corps. T[opo].S[ection]. No. M.8 (b)." Detail and grid grey; German trenches and names continuous red; British trenches pecked red. Printed in field on Corps Ellam duplicator. Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC (OC 20th Siege Battery, 8-inch hows)., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 482
[Fontaine-lez-Croisilles, Bullecourt] : special sheet, U.1 to C.6
[Fontaine-lez-Croisilles, Bullecourt] : special sheet, U.1 to C.6
"Parts of 51b S.W. and 57c N.W." "Detail and trenches revised to 12-10-17." "[3rd] Field Survey Co. (10094)." "October, 1917." Detail and grid grey; contours (5m) ochre; German trenches and names red; British trenches (to depth of 700 yards), names and German tracks and HQs blue. Manuscript (pencil) in top, left corner of margin: HQ. Manuscript on face: boundaries for British attack between Fontaine and Bullecourt, part of front designated 'A'. Prepared for diversionary attack as part of Cambrai battle plan? WW1 Trench Map Collection: Box PC15, Envelope 395.
[Frezenberg Region : 3rd Battle of Ypres]
[Frezenberg Region : 3rd Battle of Ypres]
In upper margin: H.3. "5th Field Survey Coy., R.E. (1376) 7-8-17. No. 2 Advanced Section A.P&S.S." Detail, grid and contours grey; German trenches and names red. Sheetlines at angle to grid north. Message Form on reverse., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 514, Manuscript on face: small ball-point markings by original user.
[Gavrelle Region, Battle of Arras] : trench map, 51BN.W.2 & 4 (part of)
[Gavrelle Region, Battle of Arras] : trench map, 51BN.W.2 & 4 (part of)
Sheet number: 51BNW2 + 4 (Part of). "Corrected to 14-4-17." "J. [XVII] Corps T[opo].S[ection]. no M.8 (a)". Area covers Gavrelle with German trenches to W of village, area 1,000 yards N, 1,200 yards S and 2,000 yards E to Hollow Copse, Railway Copse and Square Wood. Detail and grid grey; German trenches and names continuous red; British trenches pecked red. Printed in field on Corps Ellam duplicator. Used by Major J.C. Thomson MC (OC 20th Siege Battery, 9-inch hows)., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 483
[German second line : Battle of Loos 1915]
[German second line : Battle of Loos 1915]
Sheet number: 36c NW3. "Inset showing additions and alterations on 36cNW3 13th Sept. 1915." "1st Army Ptg Section R.E. (447)." Detail , grid & contours black; contours as per Provn. Edn. A of regular series sheet 36cNW3 & part of 1, trenches to 25th August 1915. German trenches & wire red. This important inset, to be pasted onto the regular series sheet for the Battle of Loos, shows the completed German second line running south from Hulluch past Cite St.Auguste to Lens. Printed in the field on hand-litho press, registered with needles., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 475
[Givenchy Area 1916]
[Givenchy Area 1916]
Sheet number: 36cNW1. black gridded revision trace, omitting detail and contours, showing British front line, and German dugouts, trench railway, work to be earased, Observation Posts, budied pipeline or cable, and buildings; repaired and mounted on strong tissue (probably archival); part about 2 1/2 x 8 inches missing at east edge (away from trench area); very scarce; good in repaired condition.
[Hill 70 Region : Battle of Loos 1915]
[Hill 70 Region : Battle of Loos 1915]
Sheet number: 36c NW3. "Portion of sheet 36cNW3 revised to 8/10/15." "1st Army Printing Section, R.E. (545)." Detail, grid and contours black; German and British trenches red. Contours identical to regular series sheet 36cNW3 & parts of 1, 2 & 4 Provn. edition 2A, trenches to 7-10-15. Produced as a revision sheet to be pasted on the regular series sheet; this shows all trenches at this stage of the Battle of Loos, but because of the fluid situation does not distinguish between British and German trenches. Printed in the field on hand-litho press, registered with needles., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 476
[Houthulst Forest Region : 3rd Battle of Ypres]
[Houthulst Forest Region : 3rd Battle of Ypres]
Sheet number: [Part of sheet 20]. In upper margin: P.3. "5th Field Survey Coy., R.E. (1355) 5-8-17". [Trenches to 5th August 1917]. Sheetlines at angle to grid north. Detail, grid and contours grey; German trenches and names red., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 495
[La Bassée, Neuve Chapelle, Hohonzollern Redoubt Region 1916]
[La Bassée, Neuve Chapelle, Hohonzollern Redoubt Region 1916]
Series Number Id: [GSGS 3194]. Sheet number: [part of sheet 36]. [Combined sectional map no. 2]. [Trenches corrected to June 1916]. [O.S. 1916]. [Printed 11-6-16]. Detail as 7th edition of regular series. Detail, grid & contours black; water pale blue; German trenches & names red; British trenches (schematised) & names blue., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC18; envelope_number: 534
[Loos Region] : First Army Front, 3
[Loos Region] : First Army Front, 3
Series Number Id: GSGS 3362. [Trenches to January 1917]. "Ordnance Survey, January, 1917". Detail, grid and contours grey; German trenches red; British front pecked grey. Overprint (stamp) twice in purple: Out of Date. Trench map on verso: [Puits No. 14 bis - Bois Hugo], 1917. Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC17; envelope_number: 512.
[Messines, Battle of, Belgium] : Hill 60, part of sheet 28
[Messines, Battle of, Belgium] : Hill 60, part of sheet 28
Series Number Id: GSGS 3565. Sheet number: part of sheet 28. One of four maps out of a set of five 1:5,000 sheets prepared specially for the Battle of Messines (7th June 1917). Trenched to 1st April 1917. OS May 1917. [Enlarged from 1:10,000 trench maps]. German trenches red, with names blue; British front & support trenches in blue. Stamp on reverse: CRE 47th (London) Div., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC14; envelope_number: 381
[Messines, Battle of, Belgium] : Messines, part of sheet 28
[Messines, Battle of, Belgium] : Messines, part of sheet 28
Series Number Id: GSGS 3568; Sheet number: part of sheet 28. One of four maps out of a set of five 1:5,000 sheets prepared specially for the Battle of Messines (7th June 1917). Trenches to 1st April 1917. OS May 1917. [Enlarged from 1:10,000 trench maps]. German trenches red, with names blue. British front & support trenches in blue. Metre gauge railway in red., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC14; envelope_number: 384, Manuscript on face: blue & green pencil boundaries and markings 1, 2, 3, 4 & HQ, for attack by British battalion (?) across Mortar and Sloping Roof Farms and Intermediate Trench (added in red pencil with name added in pen) N of Messines. Manuscript on reverse: "Signalling Officer. Marked."
[Messines, Battle of, Belgium] : Oostaverne, part of sheet 28
[Messines, Battle of, Belgium] : Oostaverne, part of sheet 28
Series Number Id: GSGS 3567; Sheet number: part of sheet 28. One of four maps out of a set of five 1:5,000 sheets prepared specially for the Battle of Messines (7th June 1917). Trenches to 1st April 1917. OS May 1917. [Enlarged from 1:10,000 trench maps]. German trenches red, with names blue. British front & support trenches in blue. Metre gauge railway in red., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC14; envelope_number: 383, Manuscript on face: for use as artillery fighting map; artillery arcs & zero line (through Wytschaete church) in pencil.

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