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'Indexes to Block plots and Master grids' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Graphic indexes to block plots and master grids. Lithographed base maps are G.S.G.S. No. 3927, Sheets 2, 7, 12, 16 and 17, published by the War Office. Sheets 2, 7 and 12 are published 1934 and stamped '2nd Proof O[rdnance].S[urvey].O[ffice]. Southampton 10 July 1934; sheets 16 and 17 are publi...
'British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission 1932.' Created by 'Lt. Col. Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Field traverse sheets covering British Somaliland - Ethiopia boundary and adjacent areas, and graphic index. Some sheets also include British Somaliland - French Somaliland boundary. Note: The War Office ledger indicates transfer to the BL of only those items beneath the sub-heading 'Grazing Ar...
'Field Traverse Sheets. Scale 1/125,000' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines and spot heights, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements, wells and water holes, place names, boundary points and survey stations, and includes topographical notes. The War Office ledger lists sheets 1 to 29, except sheet 8; however sheets 2, 3, 7...
'Field Traverse Sheet. Scale 1/100,000' - War Office ledger
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Sheet 8. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, wells and water holes, place names, boundary points and survey stations, and includes topographical notes. The map bears the note 'This sheet is a copy of a plane table sheet by Herr Kametz (Austrian) working for ...
Portrays vegetation, roads and tracks, settlements, aerodromes, place names and amendments, boundary points and the international boundary, and includes topographical notes. The sheet bears a note relating it to Sheet 16 at WOOS/34/1.
The base map is G.S.G.S. No. 2871 Sheet North C38-39/B38-39 dated 1926 - a copy is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 2871. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and gradient tints, railways, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements, water sources, international boundaries and place names. A grap...
'British Somaliland & French Somali Coast Boundary Commission, 1933-34.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers the British Somaliland - French Somaliland frontier, surveyed as part of the British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission survey. The material was used in the compilation of G.S.G.S. 4075 titled 'Frontier of British Somaliland and the French Somali Coast' produced in 2 sheets dated ...
