Map of Wytschaete and surrounding areas in Belgium overlaid with a grid labelled alphanumerically. Printed by the Ordnance Survey. Includes a reference list showing the locations of enemy trenches, British front line, enemy tracks, supply dumps, mine craters, trench railway among many other features. Also includes a glossary on the verso. Noted on map: "Minor corrections to detail made 22-6-16." "Trenches corrected to 22-6-16."

In Collection:

• Military History Collection

Creator

• Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section

Subject

• Grids (Cartography)
• Military maps
• World War (1914-1918)
• Intrenchments
• Military history

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Geographical Section, General Staff No. 3062

Date created

• 1916

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 sheet ; 68 x 93 cm

Alternative title

• Trench Map. Wytschaete. 28 S.W. 2. Edition 3. D.
• sh. 28SW2 1916 28 S.W. 2: Wytschaete. Ed. 3.D. 1916.

Edition

• Edition 3.D.

Geographic Coverage

• Belgium--Wytschaete

Coordinates

• 50.78632, 2.88369

Additional physical characteristics

• Scale: 1:10,000
• "Property of A.G. Mitchell" written in black in on the verso.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Military History Collection

Provenance

• Donor: A.G. Mitchell, Esq.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• historical maps
• maps (documents)
• military maps

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2018-042; File: MM35 - Trench Maps; Item: sh. 28SW2 1916 - Wytschaete

Fonds title

• Military maps collection

Fonds identifier

• SC122

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-maps-collection

Date digitized

• March 2024

Technical note

• Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/15; 283; copy4 tone; camera height 1000) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/xf9m-ap05

Thumbnail	Title	Date Uploaded	Actions
	SC122_MilitaryMaps_011_MM35sh28SW2		Press to Select an action Download
	SC122_MilitaryMaps_012_MM35sh28SW2_verso		Press to Select an action Download