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Hi Res map of Cuinchy trenches in 1915 wanted


leigh

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Hi all, 

I finally have a home office and am putting together a wall of pictures of my collection/research from Cuinchy and the brickstacks. I would like to put up a trench map from 1915. I have found hi res maps from teh McMaster collection but these are from 1917 and the front had moved enough to not show the trenches of interest to me. 

I would like either a full map or cuinchy/auchy map that is a good res for printing and includes the 'Mountain Keep' as seen below bottom left.. 

 Can anyone help? I cant even find where I go this image from as a wider view would work.

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Leigh,

TrenchMapper has 10 maps dated 1915 of which 3 have detailed German and British trenches.  I didn't see the word "Mountain Keep" on any map before June 1916 but this is coming from a small sample size.  Courtesy The Western Front Association and the Imperial War Museums.  PM for a wider extract.  Click to enlarge: 

Sheet: 36C NW 1 & 36C NW 3 [pasted together]
Scale: 1:10,000
Edition: Provisional Edition & Edition A 1915
Secret Edition A, Trenches corrected to 10-9-1915 & 25-8-1915 Trenches corrected 10-9-1915

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HI WSL, 

Thats a good one. It has Mountain House next to what was the mountain Keep (now a renault garage). Thanks for teh info.

L.

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This is from the September 1915 WD of 2 Div HQ GS. Courtesy TNA WO 95/1287. 

Brian

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Many thanks for that Brian. 

L>

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On 05/12/2022 at 11:39, leigh said:

 

L>

Leigh

This is from the October 1916 WD of 1/2 Durham Field Co RE (527 FC) of 5 Div. Not 1915 but a good close up which shows Mountain Keep and Mountain House.

Brian

TNA WO 95/1534.

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Was only there on Thursday, feeling ‘homesick‘ for the battlefields. 

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Many thanks brian, that is fantastic!!!!!!

Leigh

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On 04/02/2023 at 17:34, leigh said:

Many thanks brian

Leigh

And there are two almost the same maps next to each other in the June 1915 WD of 1 Div HQ GS. This is one of them.

TNA WO 95/1228.

Brian

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