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WOOS
- Record Id:
- 036-002897752
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024101262.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOS
- Title:
- War Office 'Original Surveys'
- Scope & Content:
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Field sheets and fair drawings with associated documentation, arising from surveys undertaken by British Army units. Primarily covering areas of British interest in Africa and the Middle East, the series also includes material relating to Jamaica, British Honduras, the Falkland Islands, St Helena and Mauritius. Coverage in Europe is limited to Albania, Gibraltar, Iceland, and the Archangel region of Russia. The files relating to Africa include maps and documentation produced by respective Boundary Commissions.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002897752 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOS : War Office 'Original Surveys' - Contains:
- WOOS/4 : 'Anglo-Belgian Bdy. Commn. 1922-23-24 (Ruanda-Urundi)' - War Office ledger
WOOS/6 : 'East Africa Protectorate' - War Office ledger
WOOS/7 : 'E[ast]. Af[rica]. Prot[ectorate] "Northern Frontier District" by G.F. Archer. District Commissioner 1909-12' - War Office…
WOOS/8 : E[ast]. Af[rica]. Prot[ectorate]. - Ger[man].E[ast]. Af[rica]. Boundary 1904-5' - War Office ledger.'Lt Col. G.E. Smith. RE. Maj…
WOOS/10 : 'Pemba Island'. Created by 'Capt. J.E.E. Craster R.E. & Lieut. W.F.R. Kyngdon R.A.' - War Office ledger
WOOS/12 : 'East Africa Geodetic Survey. Tanganyika Terry. Maj. Hotine R.E. 1931-1933' - War Office ledger
WOOS/13 : 'Uganda' - War Office ledger
WOOS/14 : 'Uganda-Congo Boundary' - War Office ledger
WOOS/16 : 'Uganda - Usoga' - War Office ledger, which also gives 'Lt. C.E. Fishbourne. R.E.' as author
WOOS/17 : 'Uganda - Ger[man]. E[ast]. Af[rica]. Boundary' - War Office ledger
WOOS/18 : 'Uganda. Survey of British Commission for Delimitation of Anglo-German Boundary;- 1902-04' - War Office ledger
WOOS/20 : 'Transvaal Manoeuvre Area. Surveyed by Capt. C. St B. Sladen Royal].E[ngineers]. & Lt. K.W. Lee…
WOOS/33 : 'Somaliland. Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission 1929-1930.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel J.H. Stafford, Major Phipps & Lt.…
WOOS/34 : 'British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission 1932.' Created by 'Lt. Col. Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt.…
WOOS/35 : 'British Somaliland & French Somali Coast Boundary Commission, 1933-34.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel Clifford, Capt.…
WOOS/42 : 'St. Helena. Colonial Survey Sec[tion] R.E.' - War Office ledger.
WOOS/85 : 'North Russia' - War Office ledger.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WOOS - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0003]/036-002897752
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 2,100 map sheets and 3,500 pages of text, approximately
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1955
- Date Range:
- 1903-1955
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- The 'WOOS' Series is arranged in a simple numerical sequence.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)