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One-inch Aldershot District (North), 1914, with military grid, 1914

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/3296/Maps/CCSA.CCS_218B_52/3

Scope and Contents

This is one of a few one-inch sheets overprinted during the First World War with military grids in the style of those in use on the western front, presumably for artillery training purposes. The present sheet shares with Aldershot District (South) a system of twelve-inch squares overprinted in red, lettered from A to F, each subdivided into 36 quartered two-inch squares (see GBR/3296/Maps/CCSA.CCS_218B_49/5 for Aldershot District South).

Dates

  • Creation: 1914

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The Charles Close Society Archives is available for consultation by researchers in the Map Room at Cambridge University Library. Appointments for access should be made in advance by contacting the Head of the Map Department, Anne Taylor (maps@lib.cam.ac.uk). Further contact details and Map Room opening hours can be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/maps/map-department-contact-details. Anyone wishing to use the collection must first acquire a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket, see https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/using-library/your-library-membership Members of the Charles Close Society wishing to consult the Charles Close Society Archives will not be charged for a ticket on production of their current CCS membership card and providing that they have first contacted Anne Taylor who will support their application.

Extent

1 disc(s) (1 DVD) : DVD

1 disc(s) (1 CD) : CD

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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