George Baldwin Read Collection

Box 1

F.1       Active Service Testament. 1917.

F.2       Enemy Organisation: Gouzeaucourt special sheet map. 1:20,000. Parts of maps 57c N.E., 57c S.E., 57b N.W., 57b W.Q. Edition 2E, trenches revised from information received 11-12-17. Penciled annotations.

F.3       Enemy Rear Organisation map. 1:40,000. Sheet 51a, edition 1a. Trenches and minor corrections to detail revised to 24-9-18. Penciled annotations in margin and on map (arrows along roads, unit locations, etc.)

F.4       Valenciennes map. 1:100,000 (no trenches shown at this scale). Sheet 12, G.S.G.S. series 2364, edition 2. Penciled annotations in margins.

F.5       Lens map. 1:100,000 (no trenches shown at this scale). Sheet 11, G.S.G.S. series 2364, edition 2. Penciled annotations in margins and on map.

F.6       R.A. CDN. Corps Barrage Map “A” 1:20,000. SECRET. [Cambrai/Bourlon Wood Area]. Trenches corrected to 22-9-18. Penciled annotations, detailed battle instructions for all Canadian Divisions.

F.7       Battery Commander’s Standing Orders. Partridge Island. 18 Sept. 1941.

F.8       Background information provided by donor.

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