Miliary grid mapping
Looking for maps within British Army operational records You may be able to find other maps by looking speculatively through files and volumes of textual records from the Second World War period. Only a small proportion of the maps preserved among our records are listed in any of these catalogues. Try looking in the subject binders under the headings ‘Military mapping’ and ‘Military operations’ a summary catalogue available at The National Archives, with separate binders arranged by place and by subject.card indexes arranged by place name and by military map designations (including GSGS numbers).the published catalogue Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office 4: Europe and Turkey (TSO, 1998).Some Second World War maps that are not yet listed in the online catalogue are noted in paper catalogues and indexed in our reading rooms at Kew: Read Discovery help for more general guidance. Alternatively, you can browse these series.
#MILIARY GRID MAPPING SERIES#
You can use the advanced search option on our catalogue to restrict your search to specific record series mentioned in this guide.
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the name of a regiment or other army unitĪ useful tip is to include the phrase AND (map OR plan) after the other words that you are searching for.Most maps that form part of operational records or other files have not been catalogued individually. When searching, bear in mind that some maps are catalogued in much less detail than others. You can search Discovery, our catalogue, to locate some document references to maps. The National Archives holds many GSGS maps but we do not have complete or discrete sets of GSGS mapping from the Second World War period. Read more about GSGS in the background information section. Other sources may refer to specific maps by these GSGS numbers. At the time, these maps were given reference numbers starting with the letters GSGS. Most of the maps used by British land and air forces were made by the Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS). Many other archives and libraries also hold Second World War military maps. To view records which are not online you will need to visit The National Archives at Kew or pay for research. Most of these records are not viewable online.
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We hold very few separate sets of maps from the Second World War comparable to the trench maps and other operational map series from the First World War. Most of our Second World War maps form part of operational records or other files.
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Many of them are annotated or show other signs of use and wear. The Second World War maps held at The National Archives were used by the War Office and other government departments in their record keeping.