The key to the different symbols represented on different trench maps. By no
means complete, this page should show the meanings of most of the symbols to be
encountered on the 1:10,000 and 1:20,000 scale trench-maps. Also included are
the instructions on "how to understand the squares" taken from a 1916 map.
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Reference table found on a 1917 trenchmap. (These weren't standardised) |
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Reference table found on a 1916 trenchmap. |
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"Enemy Organisation" reference from a 1918 map. |
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...also from the same 1918 map... |
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Example square diagram (1916) |
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Another reference table from a 1917 map showing slight differences in conventional signs |
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