Sketch and trench maps
This section of the Long, Long Trail will be helpful for anyone wishing to research the places of interest to the British Army of WW1.
Sketch and trench maps
The maps in this section are ones I have found tucked away in the unit war diaries.
Unless stated they are all Crown Copyright. The source WO95 numbers given are National Archives piece references. Click on the thumbnail for the full size image.
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| France and Flanders | |||
| Source | Area | Date | Click thumbnail for full image |
| 2865 | La Quinque Rue (Festubert) 1/6th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. |
Jun 1915 |  |
| 2730 | Eaucourt L'Abbaye (Somme) 1/7th London Regiment. |
Oct 1916 |  |
| 2882 | Attack at Beaumont-Hamel 1/7th Gordon Highlanders. |
Nov 1916 |  |
| Source | Area | Date | Click thumbnail for full image |
| 2686 | Raid on Nash Alley near Lens. 1/5th South Staffordshire. |
Jun 1917 |  |
| 2686 | Positions W and NW of Lens. 1/5th South Staffordshire. |
Jun 1917 |  |
| 2686 | Lievin. 1/5th South Staffordshire. |
Jul 1917 |  |
| 3065 | Frezenberg (Ypres). 2/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment Beware: 3.3Mb download Donate for this download: here |
Aug 1917 |  |
| 2800 | Wallemolen - Bellevue (nr Poelcapelle and Passchendaele, Ypres). 1/5th Duke of Wellington's |
Aug 1917 |  |
| 2730 | Oppy and Gavrelle (Arras sector) 1/7th London Regiment Beware: 2.2Mb download Donate for this download: here |
Sep 1917 |  |
| 2806 | Wallemolen (nr Poelcapelle, Ypres). 1/4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Inf. |
Oct 1917 |  |
| 2954 | Moeuvres 1/4th London Regiment |
Nov 17 |  |
| 2954 | Moeuvres - Inchy en Artois 1/4th London Regiment |
Nov 17 |  |
| Source | Area | Date | Click thumbnail for full image |
| 1437 | Wancourt 2nd Suffolk Regiment |
Mar 18 |  |
| 1437 | Hinges 2nd Suffolk Regiment |
Apr 18 |  |
| Other Theatres | |||
| Source | Area | Date | Click thumbnail for full image |
| 5195 | Butaniyeh - Nasiriyeh (Mesopotamia) 2nd Royal West Kent |
Feb 1916 |
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| 4668 | West of Jerusalem (Palestine) 2/14th London Regiment (London Scottish) |
Nov 1917 |
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| 4659 | Gaza 1/8th Hampshire Regiment |
Nov 17 |  |
| 4659 | Gaza 1/8th Hampshire Regiment |
Nov 17 | .JPG) |
| 4659 | Gaza 1/8th Hampshire Regiment |
Nov 17 | .JPG) |
How to read a British Army grid map
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