trucker69

[trucker]

I'm looking for a trench map of Dainville which is near Arras around May/June 1918 as my Gt Uncle served with 280th Brigade RFA here and was KIA in June Many thanks

[johnboy]

Try a post in documents  repository. maps section forum....oh, and amend the title!

[KevinBattle]

In the meantime, he's one of these two, in adjacent graves...

CARTLIDGE, FRANK. Rank: Gunner. Service No: 148876. Date of Death: 06/06/1918. Age: 21.
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery 280th Bde. 
Grave Reference: I. E. 14. Cemetery: DAINVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Additional Information: Son of John and Ann Elizabeth Cartlidge, of Leek Rd., Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent.

 

PUGH, F G. Rank: Fitter Corporal. Service No: 48479. Date of Death: 06/06/1918.
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery 280th Bde. 
Grave Reference: I. E. 13. Cemetery: DAINVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Occasional burials were made in the communal cemetery at Dainville between March 1916, when Commonwealth forces took over this part of the front, and April 1918, when the Germans began their great advance. The British Cemetery was begun by the burial officer of the 56th (London) Division in the middle of April and used by that division until the Canadians took it over in July 1918.

It might be worth noting that there are NO Unknown burials here...

 

The War Diary may have reference to the incident.

[trucker]

Thanks for that Kevin he is Gnr Frank Cartlidge I've visited his grave a few times.I thought a looking at a trench map would give me a better idea of what was there at the time Cheers Bob

[clk]

Hi trucker,

 

Dainville seems to be in the bottom right hand corner of maps for 51C.NE - see for example the one here from 6th May 1918. I guess that it won't be particularly useful to you though as it does not show much of the surrounding area - particularly to the east and south. The website hosting the image isn't atypical of others in posting just the individual map sheet, whereas what you seem to need is a "blended" view of a couple of sheets. It is a real pain, but in the past (as a last resort) I have been known to do a screen dump of the maps needed, pasted and then cropped into PowerPoint, then "nudged" the images together (in conjunction with the send to back/front function}, to form the blended view I want, then finally saving as a jpeg.

 

A much better initial option (if you have access to Ancestry) is to look in related war diaries to see if they already have a better/"combined" map for the area, within your time frame. In your particular case I'd be looking in the diaries for the CRA 56 Division, 56 Division HQ (General Staff), CRE 56 Division, ADMS 56 Division, and the various Infantry Brigades HQ 56 Division.

 

Having said that, I bet another Forum Pal (who has a lot better knowledge of the resources available than me) will come along, and simply say "here it is"!

 

Good luck.

 

Regards

Chris