Hand-drawn map of trench defense scheme

Item

Title

Hand-drawn map of trench defense scheme

Identifier

4155.jpg
GWA_2573_TrenchMap.jpg

Creator

Collinge, Wharton Rye

Abstract

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.

Date

1917

Date Created

1917-01-01

Temporal Coverage

1917-12-31

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Drawing

Contributor

Richard Marshall
Martin Collinge

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford