http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk Site News daily 1 2007-09-29T22:35:00Z http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/ranger-winter-2009 The Winter 2009 Edition of Ranger is now available on line. No publisher Admin 2009-11-27T23:17:48Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/Historical%20Documents%20Additions%207%20Sep%2009 The following documents have been added under the 'historical documents' tab: - under 'Military Survey Unit Histories' two histories of the School of Military Survey; - under 'Inter-War Years' a pamphlet 'Sound Ranging Instrument' dated 1921; - under 'World War One' a pamphlet 'Sound Ranging' dated 1917 and Winterbotham's premilinary report 'Survey on the Western Front' dated December 1918. No publisher Walker 2009-09-09T18:52:38Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/Notes%20GSGS%20Maps A series of documents have been added to the section on World War Two under the 'historical documents' tab covering notes on GSGS maps in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Hollland, Denmark, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Balkans. No publisher Walker 2009-09-09T18:52:51Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/Seminar%202009 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: No publisher Walker 2009-01-29T22:06:40Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/editor Change of telephone number No publisher Admin 2009-01-10T21:02:51Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/Special%20Charts%20-%20news 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. No publisher Walker 2009-01-06T21:40:03Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/sun-millies 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. No publisher Admin 2008-12-22T20:04:13Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/triton-news Triton News, the newsletter of HM Branch is now availaible on line through the DSA website. No publisher Admin 2008-12-23T21:15:20Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/maps-survey A copy of Maps and Survey published in 1952 is now available on the DSA website. No publisher Admin 2008-12-22T19:58:59Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/ranger-winter-2008 This edition of Ranger focuses on the Royal School of Military Survey and Hermitage from 1949 t0 2009 No publisher Admin 2008-12-01T23:00:46Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/cobb Railway atlas puts Michael on track as one of world’s oldest PhD recipients No publisher Admin 2008-07-21T20:40:41Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/agm Photographs of the award of Prizes following DSA AGM No publisher Admin 2008-07-21T20:41:21Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/summer-edition-of-ranger-now-out The Summer 2008 edition of Ranger is now available on line. No publisher Admin 2008-06-14T10:52:02Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/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 No publisher Admin 2008-05-13T22:41:07Z News Item http://www.defencesurveyors.org.uk/dsa-news/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. No publisher Admin 2008-04-09T16:45:42Z News Item