Ref NoLDGSL/1080/1/7
TitleTrench map of the Western Front
Date23 Jun 1918
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatMap/section
DescriptionTrench map, around North west France, Field Survey Battalion, Royal Engineers, 23 June 1918, showing the location of trenches on the Western Front superimposed onto base map ordnance sheet 51C, from the larger map of North west France and Belgium, issued by the Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS) no.2743, printed by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, March 1918. Scale: 1:40,000. On cloth, folded.

The map relates to Captain Arthur Greig's military service in the London Scottish Regiment during the First World War. Greig has dated the receipt of the map, 4 July 1918.
ProvenanceTransferred from the Library, 2001.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageFrench and English
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
CreatorName 
SubjectTrench warfare
TermFirst World War (1914-1918)
Previous referenceLDGSL 1089
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/958GREIG; Arthur (1893-1989); administrator1893-1989
Places
CodePlaceName
NA14France
NA271Nord-Pas de Calais
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