Map cataloguing work continues…

Hats off and three cheers to the valiant SCS members who have just completed their second visit to the National Archives with more maps checked, listed, and photographed. Great work!

Part of map showing sites of proposed amphibious landings along the Aegean coast and Bulgarian units available to oppose such operations.
Typical cover for a folder of Salonika maps under WO 153 series. The maps in this folder were too large to successfully photograph and work on these will have to be done onsite.
Part of map showing British artillery battery locations on part of the Birdcage defence line

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Author: Andy Hutt

Andy's interest in the campaign comes from his grandfather, Arthur, who served in Salonika as a sapper with the Royal Engineers from 1916-1918. Opinions expressed in these posts are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Society.

One thought on “Map cataloguing work continues…”

  1. Hats off and three cheers indeed! This is great work.

    If the team haven’t already come across it, I recommend WO 153/1009 which I discovered on a visit to TNA some years ago. It will be of interest to anyone who, like me, is keen on XVI Corps operations in the Struma Valley. There are three sheets which are described as: Struma Valley, Intelligence from maps and sketches captured in Palestine.

    Based on maps captured from Turkish forces, they show positions in the lower end of the Struma (including Tumbica Farm) although, by the time these reached 27th Division in January 1918, the Turks were long gone from the Struma. Even so, they were of some use as they confirmed estimated garrison strengths in various positions.

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