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Trench Maps

Articles

• 1914-1918 Trench Maps: online article by Peter Chasseaud, FRGS (in association with the Naval & Military Press and the Imperial War Museum Trench Map Archive CD Rom)
• How to find a point on a trench map: detailed article by Howard Anderson explaining the grid system (Western Front Association).

Map Collections

• Imperial War Museum map collection
• National Archives map collection. Search the Catalogue for trench maps in the Maps and Plans War Office (WO series) collection starting from catalogue reference WO 153/1.
• The Western Front Association Trench Map Archive: reproduction trench maps available for sale to members. (For details on how to join go to The Western Front Association.)

Trench Map Reproductions

• Imperial War Museum Trench Map Archive on CD Rom, published by Naval & Military Press. (175 large-scale maps)
• National Archives Captured German Trench & Operations Maps on CD Rom, published by Naval & Military Press. (192 large-scale maps)
• G H Smith & Son: 7/10 scale reproduction of original maps by G H Smith & Son, The Printers, Market Place, Easingwold, York YO61 3AB. Tel. +44 (0)1347 821329.

Publications

• Trench Maps - A Collector's Guide by Peter Chasseaud FRGS, Mapbooks, 1986, ISBN 0-9512080-0-4 (out of print)
• Topography of Armageddon: A British Trench Map Atlas of the Western Front, by Peter Chasseaud, FRGS, ISBN 184342200X. 190 full-page photographically reproduced trench maps (black & white) from the author's collection.
• Artillery's Astrologers - A History of British Survey and Mapping on the Western Front, by Peter Chasseaud, FRGS, Mapbooks 1999, ISBN 1843421992. Also check availability at www.amazon.co.uk

Modern Road & Walking Maps

Modern maps of the Belgian and French battlefield regions are usually available from map stockists in the UK. Tourist Offices sell maps for the relevant area. Some of the large French supermarkets sell IGN maps for the relevant region.

Michelin 1/200 000 - 1cm:2km

No. 51: Calais, Lille, Bruxelles

No. 52: Le Havre, Dieppe, Amiens

No. 56: Reims

No. 62: Nancy

No. 87: Vosges, Alsace

Belgium: IGN 1:50 000 (Ypres Salient battlefield region)

No. 19-20: Roesleare

No. 27-28-36: Ieper

Belgium: 1:50 000 (Ypres Salient battlefield region)

No. 2: Westhoek Zuid (south) - Walking routes in West Flanders.

Belgium: IGN 1:20 000 (Ypres Salient battlefield region)

No. 28 1-2: Poperinge-Ieper

No. 28 3-4: Zonnebeke-Moorslede

No. 28 5-6: Heuvelland-Mesen (Messines)

France: IGN Série Verte (Green) - 1:100 000 1cm:1km

Visit the IGN website (French) to click on the region you are interested in, e.g. Picardie. The most popular maps are grouped in a list by scale.

No. 2: Dunkerque, Lille

No. 4: Arras, Laon

No. 9: Paris, Reims

No. 10: Reims, Verdun

No. 23: Nancy, Epinal

No 31: St Dié, Mulhouse

France: IGN Série Bleu - 1:25 000 1cm:250m

Visit the IGN website (French) to click on the region you are interested in, e.g. Picardie. The most popular maps are grouped in a list by scale.

Map of British War Graves & Memorials In France & Belgium

• Road Atlas: Cemeteries and Memorials in Belgium and Northern France. A new compact road atlas covering the areas of the densest population of war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France including Normandy. This is produced by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in association with Michelin. The Michelin road maps in the 1:200 000 scale series are overprinted to show the location of each Commonwealth cemetery and memorial. For information on this atlas and other publications available from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, prices and methods of payment visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission Publications. This Road Atlas is also available to buy from the Tourist Office shop in Ieper (Ypres), Belgium, and the Thiepval Visitor Centre, Somme, France.

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