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Historical Documents
Title | Description |
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Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Irving | Address given by Rear Admiral Ritchie - 24 February 1991 |
Map Plates | |
Appendix 2 | S.H.A.E.F. Operation Memorandum - "Map Co-ordinates" |
Appendix 1 | S.H.A.E.F. Operation Memorandum "Artillery and Engineer Survey" |
Index | |
Chapter 14 | Miscellaneous Notes |
Chapter 13 | Dominion and Colonial Survey Units |
Chapter 12 | Miscellaneous Theatres |
Chapter 11 | France, Belgium, Holland and Germany 1944-45 |
Chapter 10 | Italy |
Chapter 9 | North West Africa |
Chapter 8 | South East Asia |
Chapter 7 | Persia and Iraq |
Chapter 6 | Italian East Africa |
Chapter 5 | The Middle East |
Chapter 4 | British American Mapping Policy |
Chapter 3 | Home Defence and Preparation for Offensive Operations 1940 - 1944 |
Chapter 2 | France and Belgium 1939 -40 |
Chapter 1 | Basic Survey Organizations in the United Kingdom |
Contents and Preliminaries | Maps and Surveys Contents and Preliminaries |
Title Page | Maps and Surveys Title Page |
Maj Samuel Anderson | Maj Samuel Anderson 1839 - 1881 |
Maj Gen Thomas Colby | Maj Gen Thomas Colby 1774 - 1852 |
Brig Guy Bomford | Brig Guy Bomford 1899-1996 |
Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney | Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney |
Maj Charles John Darrah | Maj Charles John Darrah 1835 - 1871 |
Thomas Drummond | Thomas Drummond 1797 - 1840 |
Maj Gen R C A Edge | Maj Gen R C A Edge 1912 -1999 |
Col John Marshall Grant | Col John Marshall Grant -1822 - 1902 |
Gen Sir John Summerfield Hawkins | Gen Sir John Summerfield Hawkins |
Brig Martin Hotine CMG CBE | Brig Martin Hotine CMG CBE |
Maj Gen Sir Henry James FRS MRIA | Maj Gen Sir Henry James FRS MRIA |
Maj Gen Sir Thomas Larcom Bt | Maj Gen Sir Thomas Larcom Bt |
Maj Gen Richard Clement Moody | Maj Gen Richard Clement Moody |
Henry Spencer Palmer | Henry Spencer Palmer |
Maj Gen Robert Mann Parsons | Maj Gen Robert Mann Parsons |
Wg Cdr Thomas Hugh Hamshaw RA RFC RAF | Wg Cdr Thomas Hugh Hamshaw RA RFC RAF 1885 -1962 |
Maj Gen Sir Charles Wilson | Maj Gen Sir Charles Wilson 1836-1919 |
Lt Col William Yolland CB FR | Lt Col William Yolland CB FR |
Maps and Surveys | Compiled by Brigadier A.B. Clough, C.B.E., M.C. Published by The War Office, 1952. |
Artillery Survey in the First World War | Authors:
Sir Lawrence Bragg, C.B., OBE, M.C., F.R.S,
Major General A.H.Dowson, C.B, C.B.E,
Lieutenant Colonel H.H. Hemming, O.B.E., M.C. |
Manual of Artillery Survey | Part 1. 1924 |
A Short History of 13 Field Survey Squadron Royal Engineers | Transcribed from the “Souvenir Programme for the 150th Anniversary of the formation of 13 Field
Survey Squadron Royal Engineers” |
History of the 14 Map Reproduction Section Royal Engineers | Author: B.B. Titchener, Capt. R.E. |
A Short History of 14 Field Survey Squadron Royal Engineers | Author: Captain C.O.S. Robbins RE
1975 |
The Story of 512 Field Survey Company RE | Author: Alan Gordon |
Notes on the History of 512 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
A Brief History of 19 Topographic Squadron 1827 - 1977 | Transcribed from the “Souvenir Programme 150th Anniversary 19 Topographic Squadron Royal
Engineers 1827-1977” |
Notes on the History of 515 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
Notes on the History of 516 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
Notes on the History of 517 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
A Falkland Islands Veteran Remembers | This article has been written as a result of telephone conversations between
Col.M.Nolan and Harry Calder on 14-9-07, 19-9-07, ??-9-07, and 8-10-07, from
Barry Calder’s interviews with Harry (his father) in October and November 2007
and from a few documents now in the possession of Barry Calder. |
History of 518 Field Survey Company R.E. | No unit history exists for this unit. The notes on various sources are in lieu of a unit history
until the compilation of one is addressed. |
Notes on the History of 519 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
Notes on the History of 520 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
Notes on the History of 521 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
Loading Table : 521st (Corps Field Survey) Company R.E. | Compiled by: W.E. Browne, Major R.E., O.C. 521 (Corps Fd. Svy.) Coy., R.E. |
Notes on the History of 522 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
Notes on the History of 523 Field Survey Company R.E. | Based on four sources of historical material : -
a. Brigadier A.B. Clough’s monograph “Maps and Survey”, H.M.S.O., 1952.
b. References, mainly war diaries, held in the National Archives at Kew.
c. Anecdotal souvenir histories produced by the units.
d. Personal accounts or reminiscences and correspondence regarding the same. |
Early Aeronautical Charts and The Geographical Department That Never Was | Author: M.N. MacLeod, Lt Col R.E. |
A Short History of The Field Survey Company Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces | Written by I.C. Booth, Major, Officer Commanding. |
The War Diary of 8 Field Survey Company R.E. | British Salonika Force from 1 January 1917 to 10 April 1919 |
22 Map Production Squadron | A Short History of 22 Map Production Squadron 1849 – 1976. |
Visit by King Haakon of Norway | Photographs of visit |
Special Charts and Publications | Special Charts and Publications produced by the Hydrographic Department Volume 1 (text) Admiralty 1949 C.B. 3200A. Through the courtesy of the UK Hydrographic Office Taunton, and with concurrence of the National Archives, Kew, the Defence Surveyors’ Association has included the Technical Staff Monograph C.B. 3200A on its web site as a companion document to Maps & Survey, H.M.S.O. 1952. |
Notes on GSGS Mapping in World War II | In preparation for the invasion of Sicily, which took place in July 1943, the Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, London produced an illustrated guide to the to the mapping situation in the Central Mediterranean theatre of operations entitled “Notes on the G.S.G.S. Maps of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, 1 May 1943”. |
Evacuation of Malayan Survey Department | The Evacuation of Malayan Survey Department Military Maps and Mapping Material from Singapore to Australia February 1942 |
Burma 101 | The Survey Service Eastern and 14 ARMY 1942 – 1945.
Report by Col. G. Bomford. |
Z Location Survey in War | |
Report on the Work of the Sixth Field Survey Company in Italy | Report on the Work of the Sixth Field Survey Company in Italy . November 1917 to November 1918 |
Survey in Egypt and Palestine in World War One - 7 Field Survey Company R.E. | The account is taken from “A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under
the command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby GCB, GCMG, July 1917 - Oct 1918”, H.M.S.O. 1919. |
Report on the work of the Seventh Field Survey Company RE, Egypt, Sinai, Palestine and Syria, December 1916 - October 1918 | Report on the work of the Seventh Field Survey Company RE. Egypt, Sinai, Palestine and Syria. December 1916 to October 1918 |
Maps and Artillery Board Pamphlets | Reprinted from pamphlet issued by the British General Staff 1916. Edited at the Army War College, Washington, D.C., May 1917 |
WWI Heavy Artillery Boards | 3rd Field Company R.E. |
Notes on Sound Ranging | Issued by General Staff I (c), G.H.Q.; No 38.- Notes on Ranging our Own Guns. 24 July 1918 |
4th Field Survey Battalion | History of the 4th Field Survey Battalion RE. by Lt Col M N Macleod DSO MC RE, Commanding Officer |
Survey on the Western Front | PROVISIONAL. Winterbotham's preliminary report. This was consultyed and largely used in preparing the official report. |
Sound Ranging 2017 | Paper on Sound Ranging |
6 Field Survey Company | Report on the work of the Sixth Field Survey Company in Italy. November 1917 to November 1918. |
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