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DSA AGM for 2009
The DSA will be holding its AGM at Aldershot on Saturday 11th July 2009 in the Boyce Building of the Aldershot Military Museum. A booking form can be found on the website through the link at the bottom of this news item.
DSA Seminar - Maps and Surveys 2009 - 20 June 2009
The DSA will be holding the next semniar in its series 'Maps and Surveys' at Hermitage on 20 June 2009. The programme for this seminar and booking instructions are set out below:
Special Charts and Publications produced by the Hydrographic Department Volume I (Text) Admiralty 1949 CB 3200A
Through the courtesy of the UK Hydrographic Office Taunton, and with concurrence of the National Archives, Kew, the Defence Surveyors’ Association is including the Technical Staff Monograph C.B. 3200A on its web site as a companion document to Maps & Survey, H.M.S.O. 1952. Maps and Survey records the work of the Geographical Section, General Staff in World War 2. C.B. 3200A similarly records the work of the Hydrographic Department in producing special operational charts and diagrams additional to its normal work of producing Fleet navigational charts. A companion volume of Specimen Charts and Diagrams is contained in Volume II. This is too large to scan but the contents are listed in Volume I and a copy may be consulted at Taunton or in the National Archives, Kew at ADM239/238. Volume I also is at ADM 239/237. CB 3200A can be found under the 'histrocial documents' tab within the Section on WWII.
Sapper Barrett shortlisted for the award of Best Recruit in the Sun Military Awards
A recruit to the Geographic Branch of the Royal Engineers has been shortlisted for the inaugural Sun Military Awards, a new scheme, run in partnership with the Ministry of Defence and The Sun newspaper, to recognise excellence among our Armed Forces and civilian personnel.
Triton News
Triton News, the newsletter of HM Branch is now availaible on line through the DSA website.
Maps and Survey
A copy of Maps and Survey published in 1952 is now available on the DSA website.
Ranger Winter 2008 edition now out
This edition of Ranger focuses on the Royal School of Military Survey and Hermitage from 1949 t0 2009
Col Michael Cobb
Railway atlas puts Michael on track as one of world’s oldest PhD recipients
AGM and visit to Brooklands Museum
Photographs of the award of Prizes following DSA AGM
Summer Edition of Ranger now out
The Summer 2008 edition of Ranger is now available on line.
British Artillery in World War II
This is a new link to a useful source of reference material on British Artillery in World War II
Colonel Wilfred (Freddie) Hore TD, DL, MA, BSc, FRGS
Obituary for Colonel Freddie Hore, an officer who combined military survey, geography, teaching and public duties into a very caring life.
E-mail Addresses
Problems with out of date e-mail addresses for members.
DSA Constitution
DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSTITUTION TO REPLACE DSA ARTICLES A note from the Chairman - 18 Jan 08
Maj Gen Thompson
Major General Thompson recently passed away.
Military Survey Heritage Items
Cataloguing of Military Survey Heritage Items
Change of domain name
The temporary domain name www.dsa.rsms.ac.uk has now been replaced by the orginal name www.defencesurveyors.org.uk
e-mail addresses
Transfer of DSA e-mail addresses