stephendixon Posted 4 January , 2007 Share Posted 4 January , 2007 Visiting this area soon, tracing a relative who died 02/03/1916. Hoping to locate a Trench Map from about that time to assist when on the ground during the visit. Modern air photograph would be great too!! Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marnik Posted 4 January , 2007 Share Posted 4 January , 2007 Not realy a trenchmap but maybe this info can help: The bluff Marnik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 4 January , 2007 Share Posted 4 January , 2007 Visiting this area soon, tracing a relative who died 02/03/1916. Hoping to locate a Trench Map from about that time to assist when on the ground during the visit. Modern air photograph would be great too!! Many thanks. Stephen . march 15th 1916... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 4 January , 2007 Share Posted 4 January , 2007 ...and immediately south of the above map (February 1916)... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithmaps Posted 4 January , 2007 Share Posted 4 January , 2007 Visiting this area soon, tracing a relative who died 02/03/1916. Hoping to locate a Trench Map from about that time to assist when on the ground during the visit. Modern air photograph would be great too!! Many thanks. A Secret version from 01-04-1917 which may help. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 4 January , 2007 Share Posted 4 January , 2007 Stephen, what unit or division was your relative part of ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephendixon Posted 5 January , 2007 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2007 Stephen, what unit or division was your relative part of ? 9th Service Battalion DWR(West Riding) KIA 020316. 12818 Pte Robert Wetherill Townson. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephendixon Posted 5 January , 2007 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2007 ...and immediately south of the above map (February 1916)... Dave Cheers. Might need some help here -new to this!! The trenches drawn on the map are German?? No British shown at this time -why? Is it simply because there was any at that time? Be patient with me! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 5 January , 2007 Share Posted 5 January , 2007 The trenches drawn on the map are German?? No British shown at this time -why? Is it simply because there was any at that time? Yes, they're German. British trenches weren't shown as a security measure - the blue dashed line is the british frontline. Secret maps such as the 1917 map posted by Guy had many british trenches shown and later maps had the first few lines as the norm. Even later maps usually had as much detail (sometimes more) as the earlier secret editions (one of the reasons that I'm such a 1918 map fanatic). Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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