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Map in pencil and crayon on fabric of Warlingcourt, March 1918. Scale: 1: 25000 or 1 in to .395 mile or approximately 700 yards. Map also indicates Grincourt and Gaudiempre. Bottom of the map is annotated, ‘Sketch map I made when we were digging trenches at the time of the big German Advance, March 1918. EB.” From a collection of six maps and diagrams created by Sgt Ernest Blaikley, 1885-1965, 28th Bn London Regiment (Artist’s Rifles). Blaikley worked as an artist, selling work to ‘Scout’ and ‘Punch’ amongst others; Blaikley also taught map reading and the use of the compass during World War One (1914-1918).

World War One (1914-1918)