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This section contains maps produced either by the British military or other parts of the Government. Some were produced for use in specific operations, such as the map of Montauban which was made and used for artillery spotting in the trenches during the Battle of the Somme. Other maps were designed for use in planning and administration, such as the map of France showing headquarters of army corps.
Other maps date from after the war, such as the language map of Prussian Poland, used in the post war redrawing of borders, or the map of the Third Battle of Gaza in 1917, produced as part of the official history of the war in the 1920s.
Perhaps the most poignant item is the map of the Trawsfynydd artillery range, which shows Yr Ysgwrn, home of the poet Hedd Wyn.
Aa 1006: Western Theatre of war
C21 (106): Map of France showing headquarters of army corps
C25:23 (2): Sec from airphotos to 25.3.18 & reports
Cilgwyn 59: Aski Baghdad and Hawi Plain
D26:7 (1): Third battle of Gaza, 1917
D29:3 (1): Operations of Chaytor's Force 20th-29th September, 1918
Freer Collection (1999) 2: Hastings artillery training
MAP 4013: Trawsfynydd artillery training
MAP 4407: Map of the world on Mercator's projection showing the British Empire
Penralley 984a: Trench map of Mametz Wood, south of Bazentin-le-Petit, France
D30:3 (1): Map of the Gallipoli Peninsula
D30:3 (2): Map of the Peninsula of Gallipoli and the Asiatic Shore of the Dardanelles
D30:3 (4): Plan of S.W. end of Gallipoli Peninsula
D1:9 (12): Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia (Ethnographical)
C28 (102): Belgium and North East France
C31 (102): Language map of Prussian Poland
C41 (101): Map of the Island of Malta
C42 (103): Straits of Gibraltar
C21:2 (3): British battles of 1918
C1:6 (17): Western theatre of war
C21:36 (3): British defences of Hill 70, Vimy Ridge & Arras
C21:2 (4): Combined map of part of Belgium & France
C40:135 (1): Map of the country around Vladivostok
E1 (121): Political map of Africa
E1 (121A): Political map of Africa
E1 (121B): Map of Africa to illustrate the progress of surveys and exploration
C31 (104): Eastern frontier of Germany
C1 (158): Ethnographical map of Central & South Eastern Europe
C1:6 (21): Skeleton map of Western Europe
C21:36 (1): First Army area
C21:36 (2): [Trench map]
C21:39 (1) Montauban
C21:39 (2): Map of the Somme area
C21:36 (6): Hendecourt
C21:36 (7): Maroeuil