53635: Hand-drawn map of trench defense scheme

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posted on 2024-02-23, 14:01 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Editor's Comment: Hand drawn map of a trench system from a leaf of a Field Message Book, detailing a company defense scheme.

From the effects of Lieutenant Wharton Rye Collinge, 2nd/6th (Rifle) Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment), who died of gas poisoning 7th August 1917 and is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery.

History

Identifier

4155.jpg| GWA_2573_TrenchMap.jpg|

Creator

Collinge, Wharton Rye

Date

1917

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1917

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Drawing

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Martin Collinge

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford