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Seventeen tracings plotting the strategic development of the Battle of Jutland, 1916, with typescript list, drawn by Maj Gen Sir George (Grey) Aston of the Institute of Historical Research. Scale approximately 1 centimetre to 1 sea mile.

Eight small sketch maps showing the disposition of Allied and German forces during the Ardennes offensive, 1944, Operation MARKET GARDEN, Netherlands, 1944 and other World War Two fronts in north-west Europe during 1944, scale approximately 1 inch to 5 miles. 1 sheet

Sketch map entitled The advance to the Meuse and Rhine. The battle of Arnhem, showing the disposition of Allied forces during the campaign, in north west Europe,1944, scale approximately 1 inch to 8 miles.

A collection of twentieth century maps formerly held by the Map Library of King's College London. A large number of maps in the collection relate to World War One. These were either produced for military use, as in the case of the British maps published by the Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS), 1909-1918, or were produced subsequently to illustrate World War One battles and campaigns, such as the set of tracings of the strategic development of the battle of Jutland, 1916, the War Office Historical Section (Military Branch) maps of the campaign in Palestine, 1917-1918, published 1927-1929 and the French and German maps. There are several later Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS), maps produced 1935-1953, including maps published during World War Two and a map of the area of Cassino, Italy, compiled and reproduced by 12 Polish Field Survey Company, Dec 1945. The final section consists of a number of maps and diagrams produced for use in Staff College entrance and staff/promotion examinations, 1955-1962

Map numbers 4 & 5 of the series Der Weltkrieg, 1914-1918, entitled Der Kampf um den Ypernbogen, illustrating the relative positions of the German and Allied forces around Ypres, Belgium, Western Front, in Nov 1914, scale 1:4 kilometres, (E S Mittler & Son, Berlin, [1920]). 1 map

Map numbers 7 & 8 of the series Der Weltkrieg, 1914-1918, entitled Die Schlact bei Wlozlawek, showing the relative positions of the German and Russian forces at the Battle of Wlozlawek, Poland, Eastern Front, Nov 1914, scale approximately 1:28 kilometres and approximately 1:8 kilometres, (E S Mittler & Son, Berlin, [1920]).

Map numbers 13 & 14 of the series, Der Weltkrieg, 1914-1918, entitled Die Schlact bei Lodz, showing the positions of the German and Russian forces at the Battle of Lodz, Poland, Eastern Front, Nov 1914, scale 1:13.5 kilometres and 1:4 kilometres, (E S Mittler & Son, Berlin, [1920]).

Five copies of bound map set entitled Battle of Le Cateau. 26th August 1914. Tour of the battlefield, relating to the Battle of Le Cateau, Western Front, 1914, including bound descriptive narrative to accompany enclosed summary map entitled The Eve of Le Cateau, map 1, showing the positions of the opposing armies, scale approximately 1 inch to 4 miles, and map entitled The battle of Le Cateau, map 2, showing the positions of the armies in topographical detail, scale 1:40,000, (GSGS 3761, Ordnance Survey 1920) and 10 sketch plans giving views of the battlefield, (HMSO, London, 1934).

Map entitled St. Lô, France, sheet 6 F/2, scale 1:50,00, (GSGS 4250, second edition 1943) and map entitled Caen, sheet 7 F/1, scale 1:50,000, (GSGS 4250, second edition 1943). 2 maps attached at the margin to form a continuous sheet.

Map covering the area Troyes and Laon, France, Homburg and Colmar, Germany, bearing manuscript annotations relating to a phase of the Battle of the Marne, Western Front, 1914, scale 1:320,000, (Blondel la Rougery, Paris, [1920]).

Set of eight maps covering the area of north-east France, Belgium, Luxembourg and part of Germany, indicating the position of the battlefront between the Allied and German armies during the course of the Battle of the Marne, Western Front, on 24 Aug, 31 Aug, 1 Sep, 5 Sep, 6 Sep, 7 Sep, 8 Sep and 10 Sep 1914, respectively, scale approximately 1 inch to 10 miles, [1920].

Western Front trench map, entitled France, sheet 62, D, North East, with manuscript annotations indicating intermediate and final objective lines and the line of a creeping artillery barrage north of Bray-sur-Somme, France, which formed part of the Battle of Albert, Aug 1918, scale 1:20,000, (GSGS 2742, third edition, Aug 1918).

Map number 1 of the series Der Weltkrieg, 1914-1918, entitled Die Kriegsschaulplatze der Mittelmächte, showing the theatres of war of the Central Powers during World War One, scale 1:10,200,000, (E S Mittler & Son, Berlin, [1920]).

Map entitled Le front de Soissons à Nancy, showing the position of the Western Front between Soissons, France and Nancy, France, at 1 Jan 1916, scale 1: 420,000, (supplement to L'Illustration, [1920]).

Map entitled De l'Yser a l'Aisne, showing the position of the Western Front between Nieuport, Belgium and Rheims, France, at 1 Jan 1916, scale 1:420,000, (supplement to L'Illustration, [1920]).

Map entitled Le front: Lorraine et Alsace, showing the position of the Western Front between Nancy, France and Mulhouse, Germany, at 1 Jan 1916, scale 1: 420,000, (supplement to L'Illustration, [1920]).

Two copies of map entitled Third battle of Gaza, 1917. Gaza-Beersheba line. Turkish defences and dispositions, October 1917, map 4 of a series compiled by the War Office Historical Section (Military Branch) to illustrate military operations in Palestine, 1917-1918, scale approximately 1 inch to 1.3 miles, (Historical Section (Military Branch), 1927).

Map number 2 of the series Der Weltkrieg, 1914-1918, entitled Das deutsche Westheer, showing the dispositions of the German and Allied armies on the Western Front in November 1914, scale 1:1,000,000, (E S Mittler & Son, Berlin, [1920]).