FISH TERMINOLOGIES. First World War Thesaurus. For the recording of monuments related to the First World War in the UK. Date: January 2018

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1 FISH TERMINOLOGIES First World War Thesaurus Report Format: Notes: Hierarchical listing - alpha For the recording of monuments related to the First World War in the UK. Date: January 2018

2 ABLUTIONS BLOCK A building housing toilets and washing facilities. BARRACK BLOCK ACCOMMODATION HUT A hut used for the accommodation of members of the armed forces. ACTIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE A site equipped for active defensive action against an airborne enemy assault. AIR DEFENCE SITE AI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE ADMIRALTY SIGNAL ESTABLISHME A building or site conducting research into communication techniques for use in the Royal Navy. ADMIRALTY SIGNAL STATION A building or site used for naval communications. AEROPLANE REPAIR SECTION SHED A shed used for the maintenance and repair of aircraft. TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE AEROPLANE TWIN SHED A coupled timber built end-opening First World War aircraft hangar. AIRCRAFT HANGAR AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOTME FARM PIGGERY REQUISITIONED LAND AIR DEFENCE SITE A site equipped for passive or active defence against an airborne enemy assault. DEFENCE SITE ACTIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE PASSIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE AIR FORCE HEADQUAERS A building used for the daily administration of the Royal Flying Corps or Royal Air Force. MILITARY HEADQUAERS AIR RAID SHELTER A fortified structure used to protect civilians and/or military personnel from enemy bombing. CIVIL DEFENCE SITE BLAST SHELTER AIR SEA RESCUE STATION AIRCO AIRCO DH1 AIRCO DH2 AIRCO DH4 AIRCO DH5 AIRCO DH6 A site or building used to co-ordinate Air-Sea Rescue operations. MILITARY BASE Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Established in 1912 by Mr G. Holt Thomas. In 1914 secured the services of Capt. Geoffrey de Havilland as designer-in-chief, who went on to lend his initials to a number of highly successful machines. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> AIRCO DH1 AIRCO DH2 AIRCO DH4 AIRCO DH5 AIRCO DH6 AIRCO DH9 Dh1 A single-seat, pusher prop, escort and patrolfighter. Used in the UK in a Home Defence role until superseded in BIPLANE FIGHTER AIRCO Dh2 A single-seat fighter which began service with the RFC's fighter squadron in Some shortterm success in dealing with new Fokkers but was withdrawn from service in mid BIPLANE FIGHTER AIRCO Dh4 A two-seat, single-engine bomber. Fast, versatile and well armed, but with a fuel tank poorly placed between pilot and gunner, was considered to be the best day bomber of the First World War. Laterentered civil service. BOMBER BIPLANE AIRCO Dh5 The DH5 was an attempt to give a tractor-type fighter a good forward view. However it suffered from unpleasant flying characteristics and, as a result, had a short service career. BIPLANE FIGHTER AIRCO Dh6 Originally designed as a trainer but relegated to 2

3 use by the RNAS in a Maritime Reconnaissance and anti-submarine role when the Avro 504 became the standard trainer. BIPLANE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCO AIRCO DH9 AIRCRAFT <BY FORM> AIRCRAFT <BY FUNCTION> AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> Aircraft Assembly Plant Dh9 Developed from the DH4, featured the pilot and gunner cockpits in closer proximity, but suffered from engine reliability problems. Also known as the Ninak, saw service from 1918 to BOMBER AIRCO AIRSHIP BIPLANE GLIDER LIGHT AIRCRAFT MONOPLANE SEAPLANE TRIPLANE BOMBER COMMUNICATIONS FIGHTER MINELAYER RECONNAISSANCE TARGET TEST AIRCRAFT TRAINER TRANSPOER TUG AIRCO ARMSTRONG WHITWOH AVRO BLACKBURN BLERIOT BRISTOL DE HAVILLAND FELIXSTOWE FOKKER GENERAL AIRCRAFT GOTHA HANDLY PAGE NIEUPO SOPWITH VICKERS ARMSTRONGS AIRCRAFT FACTORY AIRCRAFT ENGINE FACTORY A factory where aircraft engines are assembled. AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SITE AIRCRAFT FACTORY AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SITE AIRCRAFT FACTORY AIRCRAFT HANGAR AIRCRAFT HANGAR (TRANSPOABLE) Aircraft Landing Ground Sites used for the manufacture of aircraft. VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE AIRCRAFT ENGINE FACTORY AIRCRAFT FACTORY AIRCRAFT TESTING SITE AIRSHIP CONSTRUCTION WORKS BALLOON SHED Aircraft Assembly Plant Aircraft Works A factory where aircraft are assembled. VEHIE FACTORY AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SITE SEAPLANE FACTORY AIRCRAFT ENGINE FACTORY Aircraft Shed A structure used for the housing and servicing of aircraft. AIRCRAFT STORAGE FACILITY AEROPLANE TWIN SHED AIRCRAFT HANGAR (TRANSPOABLE) ROYAL FLYING CORPS AIRCRAFT HANGAR An aircraft hangar designed to be moved from site to site as necessary. AIRCRAFT HANGAR BESSONNEAU HANGAR (TYPE H) AIRFIELD AIRCRAFT MAIENANCE UNIT A site used for the maintenance of aircraft. WORKS Used to identify the variations of an aircraft. Index with Manufacturer, Form and Function. MKI MKIC MKIF MKII MKIIA MKIIB MKIIC MKIII MKIIIA MKIV MKV MKVB MKVI MKVIC MKVII MKVIII MKX MKXI MKXII MKXIV 3

4 MKXVI Aircraft Shed AIRCRAFT STORAGE FACILITY AIRCRAFT TESTING SITE Aircraft Works AIRFIELD AIRFIELD BUILDING AIRFIELD DEFENCE SITE AIRFIELD SITE AIRCRAFT HANGAR A site, building or structure used to store aircraft. Use more specific term. AIRFIELD SITE AIRCRAFT HANGAR AIRSHIP HANGAR SEAPLANE SHED A site used for the functional testing of aircraft and their components. AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SITE Types of aircraft to aid the recording of aircraft remains and crash sites, listing aircraft by form, function and manufacturer. AIRCRAFT <BY FORM> AIRCRAFT <BY FUNCTION> AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> AIRCRAFT FACTORY Aircraft Landing Ground An area or site used for the landing and take-off of aircraft, often including associated buildings, equipment and other installations. AIRFIELD SITE A building found on, or associated with, an airfield. QUADRA TOWER A site or building associated with active or passive defence of the landing ground and buildings of an airfield. DEFENCE SITE A site, usually including hangars, runway and ancillary buildings, used for the storage, maintenance and take off and landing of aircraft. TRANSPO SITE AIRCRAFT STORAGE FACILITY AIRFIELD COROL TOWER POWER GENERATION SITE STORAGE FACILITY TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE AIRMENS QUAERS AIRSHIP AIRSHIP CONSTRUCTION WORKS AIRSHIP HANGAR AIRSHIP STATION ALLOTME A building where non-commissioned aircrew are housed. An aircraft lifted by gas bags, containing hydrogen or helium, but propelled by engines. Also known as a dirigible balloon, firm and streamlined in shape and incapable of high speeds. Used extensively during the First World War. AIRCRAFT <BY FORM> ZEPPELIN Construction works for the production of rigid or dirigible airships. AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SITE A hangar for the storage and maintenance of dirigible motor-driven balloons. AIRCRAFT STORAGE FACILITY BALLOON SHED A site, including hangars, moorings and ancillary buildings, used for the storage, maintenance, take off and landing of airships. A share or portion of land, allotted to a person, often used for growing, vegetables, fruit, etc. AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE AMBULANCE PARK A site where ambulances can br parked and stored. VEHIE PARK AMBULANCE STATION A building where ambulances and paramedic personnel are housed awaiting emergency calls. AMMONAL WORKS A works engaged principally in the manufacture of ammonal explosives. AMMONIUM NITRATE WORKS A chemical works engaged in the production of Ammonium Nitrate, used as a fertilizer or for use in the explosives industry. AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE WORKS A chemical works engaged in the production of Ammonium Perchlorate, a product used in the explosives industry. 4

5 AMMUNITION DEPOT Ammunition Dump AMMUNITION STORE ANIMAL MEMORIAL Ammunition Dump A building or site used for the storage and distribution of ammunition. DEPOT AMMUNITION DEPOT An building or installation used for the storage of ammunition. BOMB STORE Buildings, used for a variety of purposes, providing support to essential services or for a central function. Use more specific term. DEFENCE SITE ABLUTIONS BLOCK ACCOMMODATION HUT AIRFIELD BUILDING AIRMENS QUAERS AMBULANCE STATION AMMUNITION STORE ARMOURY BARRACK BLOCK BARRACKS BILLET BLAST WALL COMMAND POST COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING ENGINE HO FIRE STATION GENERATOR HO GUARDHO MESS MILITARY HEADQUAERS MILITARY OFFICE NISSEN HUT OBSERVATION POST OFFICERS QUAERS OFFICIAL RESIDENCE QUAERMASTERS STORE RECEPTION CERE RECREATION HUT REGIMEAL HEADQUAERS REQUISITIONED BUILDING WORKSHOP Dog Memorial Horse Memorial MONUME AENNA ARRAY A structure used for the transmission and interception of radio signals. Usually composed of a number of different elements such as aerials, receiving equipment and supporting pylons. AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY A site containing one or more artillery pieces and/or rocket launchers for firing at enemy aircraft. AI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST AI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEME BATTERY OBSERVATION POST HEAVY AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY BATTERY ENGINE HO AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST A command post used to direct the guns of an anti aircraft battery. AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST AI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE Sites, buildings and structures for the control and mounting of anti aircraft artillery. Also, structures for passive or indirect defence against enemy aircraft. ACTIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY AI AIRCRAFT GUN TOWER BARRAGE BALLOON SITE SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY AI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEME A gun emplacement equipped with anti aircraft artillery. GUN EMPLACEME AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY AI AIRCRAFT GUN TOWER A purpose-built firing platform on which an antiaircraft battery could be emplaced. AI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE AI INVASION DEFENCE SITE Sites, buildings and structures associated with the defence of the British Isles against invasion from seaborne or airborne forces. DEFENCE SITE AI SUBMARINE DEFENCE BARBED WIRE EANGLEME FIELDWORK GUN EMPLACEME PILLBOX AI MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT BATTERY A coastal battery containing one or more artillery pieces for to defend the coast against hostile motor torpedo boats. COAST AILLERY BATTERY AI SUBMARINE DEFENCE PASSIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE Defence sites and structures including passive 5

6 and active defences such as netting, chain booms and mines designed to prevent submarines approaching strategic ports. AI INVASION DEFENCE SITE ARMAME MANACTURING SITE Armaments Factory ARMOURY ARMSTRONG WHITWOH ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK3 ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK8 ARMY CAMP A building or site used for the manufacture, assembly and testing of weapons, explosives and associated military hardware. ARSENAL CANNON BORING MILL CANNON FOUNDRY GUN TESTING SHOP MUNITIONS FACTORY ORDNANCE FACTORY PROVING HO SHOT TOWER ORDNANCE FACTORY A secure building where weaponry and ammunition are kept. Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd. formed in AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK3 ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK8 Fk3 A two-seat, reconnaissance biplane developed from the FK2 with a more powerful, but heavier, engine. Primarily used for training in the UK. ARMSTRONG WHITWOH BIPLANE TRAINER RECONNAISSANCE Fk8 Single-engine, two-seat tractor bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Entered service in 1916 and, during 1917 and 1918, equipped nine RFC squadrons in its reconnaissance role. BOMBER ARMSTRONG WHITWOH BIPLANE RECONNAISSANCE A site, including barracks and ancillary buildings used for the accommodation of soldiers. MILITARY CAMP ARMY HEADQUAERS A building used for the daily administration of an army. ARSENAL A STORAGE FACILITY AILLERY FIRING RANGE AUXILIARY HOSPITAL AVRO AVRO 504 Naval Arsenal A building or large scale site for the manufacture and/or storage of weapons, ammunition and equipment. ARMAME MANACTURING SITE CANNON BORING MILL ORDNANCE FACTORY A site used for the safe storage of the art held in the national collections. During the Second World War many paintings, sculptures and works of art were moved to modified mines for safe keeping to protect them against bomb damage. STORAGE FACILITY A piece of ground, or a building, on which artillery may be fired at targets. WEAPON TESTING FACILITY A building temporarily requistioned for use as a hospital. Auxiliary hospitals treated the less seriously wounded and were less strict than military hospitals although they remained under military control. HOSPITAL VOLUARY AID DETACHME HOSPITAL A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd. formed in AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> AVRO 504 An important two-seat, tractor biplane, initially used by the RFC in a reconnaissance role and by the RNAS as a bomber. Later converted to a single-seat Home Defence fighter and ultimatelyused as a trainer. BIPLANE AVRO BALLOON SHED A building used for fabricating balloon and airship envelopes. AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SITE AIRSHIP HANGAR BARBED WIRE EANGLEME One or more coils of barbed wire intended to impede the advance of hostile troops. AI INVASION DEFENCE SITE BARRACK BLOCK MILITARY HEADQUAERS A building used for the accommodation of 6

7 BARRACKS BARRAGE BALLOON SITE BATTERY ENGINE HO BATTERY OBSERVATION POST BATTLEFIELD members of the armed forces. ABLUTIONS BLOCK A building used to house members of the armed forces. A site where a single large balloon was attached by fine wire cables to the ground to form an aerial obstruction to attacking enemy aircraft. AI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE A building housing the engines used to power equipment used by a searchlight, anti-aircraft or caostal battery. ENGINE HO AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COASTAL BATTERY SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY A building used to observe the movements of hostile aircraft or shipping. COASTAL BATTERY SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY OBSERVATION POST The field or area of ground on which a battle or skirmish was fought. NAVAL BATTLEFIELD HISTORICAL SITE BEACH DEFENCE BATTERY A battery, usually a single gun often in a pillbox, situated so as to provide enfilading fire along a beach to prevent hostile forces from advancing inland. COASTAL BATTERY BEACH DEFENCE LIGHT A searchlight battery used to light a beach. COASTAL DEFENCE SITE COAST AILLERY SEARCHLIGHT BELLITE WORKS A works engaged principally in the manufacture of the explosive bellite. BESSONNEAU HANGAR (TYPE H) The first transportable aircraft hangar developed by the RFC/RAF, which comprised a kit of timber and canvas that could be assembled in 48 hours. The canvas doors open one end only. Also BICYE FACTORY BILLET BIPLANE BLACKBURN BLAST SHELTER BLAST WALL BLERIOT known as Type H hangar. AIRCRAFT HANGAR (TRANSPOABLE) A factory for the assembly of bicycles. VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE VEHIE FACTORY Accommodation for military personnel. An aeroplane with two wings, or planes, placed one above the other either side of the fuselage. AIRCRAFT <BY FORM> AIRCO DH1 AIRCO DH2 AIRCO DH4 AIRCO DH5 AIRCO DH6 ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK3 ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK8 AVRO 504 BLERIOT 155 BRISTOL F2B CAMEL GOTHA GV IPE V1500 VIMY Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., founded by Robert Blackburn, who produced his first aircraft in Specialised in the production of torpedocarrying aircraft. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> A protective structure, often made of sandbags with reinforcement, designed to protect aircraft at airfields from enemy attack. AIR RAID SHELTER A reinforced wall designed to reflect the blast from an explosion. Often found associated with powder magazines, pillboxes and air raid shelters. Bleriot Aeronautique A French aircraft manufacturer founded by Louis Bleriot and Gabriel Voisin, both aviators and inventors, in 1903, dissolved in After the First World War Bleriot founded Bleriot Aeronautique developing commercial aircraft. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> 7

8 BLERIOT 155 Bleriot Aeronautique BOAT YARD BOMB CRATER BOMB SITE BOMB STORE BOMBER BOMBING RANGE Bombing Range Direction Arrow BOMBING RANGE MARKER BLERIOT 155 A French airliner produced in A fourengined biplane developed from the Bleriot 115 and 135 but larger than these. Two were built for Air Union (the Paris-London route). Both crashedwith fatalaties in 1926 (Kent). BIPLANE BLERIOT TRANSPOER BLERIOT A place where boats are built and stored. MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE A depression in the ground caused by the explosion of a mine or bombshell. A site which has been bombed but where there is no crater, eg. bombed buildings. UNASSIGNED A complex of buildings and earthworks constructed the storage of bombs and pyrotechnics. AMMUNITION STORE A large, powerful aircraft, usually with two or more engines, designed to carry a payload of bombs. AIRCRAFT <BY FUNCTION> AIRCO DH4 AIRCO DH9 ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK8 FIGHTER BOMBER HEAVY BOMBER LIGHT BOMBER MEDIUM BOMBER TORPEDO BOMBER An area of land, with associated buildings and targets, used for practicing the dropping of bombs and other aspects of air warfare. WEAPON TESTING FACILITY BOMBING RANGE TARGET BOMBING RANGE TOWER BOMBING RANGE MARKER BOMBING RANGE MARKER Bombing Range Direction Arrow A range marker allowing bombers to locate the BOMBING RANGE OBSERVATION POST BOMBING RANGE TARGET BOMBING RANGE TOWER BOOM DEFENCE BORING MILL Brass Plaque Bread Stone BREAKING DOWN HO BRIDGE BRISTOL bombing range. BOMBING RANGE An observation post located on or close to a bombing range. OBSERVATION POST Any structure or object, used for the purpose of practice bombing. BOMBING RANGE An observation tower located on or near to a bombing range. BOMBING RANGE A bar, chain or other obstruction stretched across a waterway to obstruct navigation. COASTAL DEFENCE SITE A building containing a machine tool for boring out large cylindrical holes in items such as steam engine cylinders, pump barrels, etc. ENGINEERING INDUSTRY SITE CANNON BORING MILL PLAQUE PLAQUE A building within a gunpowder works complex, where the mill cake (pulverised and incorporated ingredients of gunpowder) was broken down. It was crushed or broken down by passing it between pairs of revolving gunmetal rollers in a breaking-down machine. GUNPOWDER WORKS DUSTING HO A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. TRANSPO SITE The Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd.. Founded in 1910 by Sir George White, a pioneer of electric tramways. The company had previously been The British and Colonial Aeroplane Co., Ltd. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> BRISTOL F2B 8

9 BRISTOL F2B Bronze Plaque CAMEL CAMOLAGE CANADIAN FORESTRY CORPS CAMP Canal Dry Dock Highly successful, two-seat, biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft with both forward and rear facing guns. Designed to replace the BE2, it entered service with the RFC in mid-1917 andremained in service until BIPLANE FIGHTER BRISTOL RECONNAISSANCE PLAQUE Single-seat, single-engine fighter biplane renowned for its high performance and manoeuvrability. Entered service in SOPWITH BIPLANE FIGHTER IPE The surviving remnants of material used to disguise the existence of a building or site. Use with specific monument type where known. MILITARY SITE A camp providing accommodation for members of the Canadian Forestry Corps along with facilities such as saw mills for the sawing and squaring of timber to create pit props, shoring, crates etc for the war effort. MILITARY CAMP DRY DOCK CANNON BORING MILL CANNON FOUNDRY CAR FACTORY A building used for drilling out the bores of cannon and other military pieces. ARMAME MANACTURING SITE BORING MILL ARSENAL A workshop or factory where the barrels of cannon are cast. ARMAME MANACTURING SITE A factory where cars are manufactured. VEHIE FACTORY MOTOR VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE CARRIAGE WORKS A building or works in which carriages were built. Use RAILWAY CARRIAGE WORKS for sites making railway carriages. CARIDGE HO CENOTAPH Ceremonial Arch CHARGE HO CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORE CHIMNEY Chimney Stack CINEMA A component building of an explosives works where cartridges were filled with explosives with the aid of cartridging machines. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE A sepulchral monument erected to commemorate a person or persons buried elsewhere. MONUME WAR MEMORIAL MONUME Green Charge House Ripe Charge House Workshop, as part of a gunpowder works complex, in which explosive is loaded into shells. Also used for expense magazine, where powder was stored between work processes. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE A protected building or site used for the safe storage of chemical weapons. STORAGE FACILITY Chimney Stack Chimney used on an industrial or commercial site. BUILDING CHIMNEY A building equipped with a large screen and film projectors where service personnel could watch films. DOMESTIC SITE CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING A building used to coordinate civil defence in times of war. Can also be utilized as aid centres in times of national emergency. CIVIL DEFENCE SITE CIVIL DEFENCE HEADQUAERS FIRE SERVICE HEADQUAERS CIVIL DEFENCE HEADQUAERS ENGINEERING WORKS MOTOR VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE A building used for the daily administration of Civil Defence activities. CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING CIVIL DEFENCE SITE 9

10 Sites and buildings used in the coordination of the defence of the civilian population during times of war. Could also be used during times of national emergency. DEFENCE SITE AIR RAID SHELTER CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING FIRST AID POST OSE DEFENCE BATTERY A coastal battery designed for use in short range engagements with enemy vessels, minelayers, blockships and torpedo craft. COAST AILLERY BATTERY OTHING INDUSTRY SITE OTHING WORKSHOP OTHING WORKSHOP A workshop for the manufacture of clothing, eg. tailor's workshop. OTHING INDUSTRY SITE COACH WORKS Traditionally a building or site where stage coaches were built. Nowadays the term is applied to buildings used for the manufacturing of the body work and furnishings of motor vehicles and railway carriages. ENGINEERING WORKS MOTOR VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE COAST AILLERY BATTERY A defensive battery positioned facing out to sea enabling the guns to be brought to bear on enemy shipping and amphibious craft. COASTAL BATTERY AI MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT BATTERY OSE DEFENCE BATTERY EMERGENCY COAST DEFENCE BATTERY COAST AILLERY SEARCHLIGHT A searchlight battery, which faces out to sea, used to locate and illuminate enemy shipping. COASTAL DEFENCE SITE BEACH DEFENCE LIGHT COASTAL BATTERY COAST BATTERY GUN SITE A gun emplacement associated with a coastal battery. COASTAL BATTERY COASTAL BATTERY A site including artillery pieces and associated structures directed out to sea to engage enemy shipping and defend the coastline. Use more specific term where known. COASTAL DEFENCE SITE COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST COASTAL DEFENCE SITE COASTAL FO COASTAL OBSERVATION POST COAT OF ARMS BATTERY OBSERVATION POST BEACH DEFENCE BATTERY COAST AILLERY BATTERY COAST BATTERY GUN SITE COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST BATTERY ENGINE HO COAST AILLERY SEARCHLIGHT A command post used to direct the guns of a coastal battery. COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST A defence site used to defend against emeny shipping or invasion attempts. Use more specific term. DEFENCE SITE BEACH DEFENCE LIGHT BOOM DEFENCE COAST AILLERY SEARCHLIGHT COASTAL BATTERY COASTAL FO COASTAL OBSERVATION POST EXTENDED DEFENCE OFFICERS POST MINEFIELD SUBMARINE MINE ESTABLISHME TORPEDO STATION A fortification constructed either on the coast, or in the middle of a stretch of water, designed to protect a port or river from enemy incursion. COASTAL DEFENCE SITE A building, situated on the coast, used for observing the movements of shipping. COASTAL DEFENCE SITE OBSERVATION POST MINEWATCHERS POST Crest Includes crests, hatchments and supporters. MONUME COMMAND POST A building used for directing the movements of artillery pieces or searchlights. Use more specific term where known. AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST BATTLEFIELD MONUME HISTORICAL SITE 10

11 Commemorative Arch Commemorative Column MONUME Commemorative Plaque STONE Commemorative Tablet MONUME MONUME Ceremonial Arch Commemorative Arch Commemorative Column Commemorative Tablet Hall Of Memory Memorial Memorial Chapel Memorial Garden Memorial Seat Monument Monumental Arch A building or structure erected to commemorate a person or event. ANIMAL MEMORIAL CENOTAPH COAT OF ARMS STONE EFFIGY GRAVE MARKER NAMED TREE PLAQUE ROSTRAL COLUMN TRIUMPHAL ARCH TROPHY WALL MONUME WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE Memorial Stone A stone commemorating a person or event. MONUME DATE STONE DEDICATION STONE GRAVESTONE MONUME PLAQUE COMMUNICATION TRENCH A trench, usually linking two or more rows of trenches, enabling the conveyance of messages or equipment safely from one trench to another. TRENCH COMMUNICATIONS An aircraft used to facilitate communications, for example in a military context. AIRCRAFT <BY FUNCTION> COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING A building associated with the transmission and gathering of information. CONCE HALL COROL BUILDING COROL TOWER CORDITE DOUGH STORE Cordite Drying Stove CORDITE FACTORY CORDITE INCORPORATING HO Cordite Press House CORNING HO Cotton Waste Mill COTTON WASTE WORKS Crest DATE STONE RADIO STATION SIGNALS GATHERING STATION A place where service personnel could meet and listen to musical performances etc. DOMESTIC SITE TECHNICAL SITE A building at an airfield from which air traffic can be controlled, usually by radio. AIRFIELD SITE WATCH OFFICE A building in which cordite dough is stored before extrusion. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE REEL DRYING STOVE A factory principally engaged in the manufacture of the propellant explosive cordite. GUNCOTTON FACTORY A building in which cordite paste is blended with the solvent acetone and Vaseline to form a cordite dough. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE PRESS HO A processing house containing equipment for sieving caked gunpowder to produce graded granules. GUNPOWDER MANACTURING SITE COTTON WASTE WORKS Cotton Waste Mill A works where cotton waste is stored or processed. FACTORY COAT OF ARMS A stone commemorating the date of a specific event. 11

12 DE HAVILLAND DECOAMINATION BUILDING DEDICATION STONE DEFENCE LINE DEFENCE SITE DEFENCE WORK DEPOT STONE PLAQUE The de Havilland Aircraft Co, Ltd. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> Gas Decontamination Centre A building used for the treatment of victims of chemical, gas or other forms of contamination. DOMESTIC SITE A commemorative stone inscribed with a dedicatory inscription to a person or event. STONE A system of defensive works such as anti-tank obstacles, ditches and pillboxes, designed to stop the advance of an enemy. Defence lines were constructed across and around strategic areas of ground and sites such as industrial towns. DEFENCE SITE Sites, buildings and structures involved in the passive or active defence of the country against hostile forces on land, sea and in the air. Use more specific term. AIR DEFENCE SITE AIRFIELD DEFENCE SITE AI INVASION DEFENCE SITE CIVIL DEFENCE SITE COASTAL DEFENCE SITE DEFENCE LINE DEFENCE WORK WEAPON TESTING FACILITY Sites, buildings or structures believed to be associated with defence but unidentifiable as specific monument types. DEFENCE SITE A building or site used as a storage and distribution centre. STORAGE FACILITY AMMUNITION DEPOT FOOD DEPOT FUEL DEPOT ORDNANCE DEPOT REMOU DEPOT ROYAL NAVAL DEPOT STORAGE DEPOT SUPPLY DEPOT VEHIE DEPOT Dh1 Dh2 Dh4 Dh5 Dh6 Dh9 DISPLACED PERSONS CAMP DIVE BOMBER Docks DOCKYARD Dockyard Boundary Wall Dockyard Gate Dockyard Gatehouse Dockyard Office Dockyard Stable Dog Memorial AIRCO DH1 AIRCO DH2 AIRCO DH4 AIRCO DH5 AIRCO DH6 AIRCO DH9 A camp where people who fled from danger or problem whithin their country or across international borders and who are in need of international protection are temporarily placed. A fighter-bomber designed to deploy its bombs during the latter stage of a diving manoeuvre, thus increasing the accuracy of its targetting. FIGHTER BOMBER DOCKYARD Docks Dockyard Boundary Wall Dockyard Gate Dockyard Gatehouse Dockyard Office Dockyard Stable An enclosure in which ships are built and repaired, and all sorts of ships' stores are brought together. MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE NAVAL DOCKYARD SHIPYARD SLIP SHED DOCKYARD DOCKYARD DOCKYARD DOCKYARD DOCKYARD DOMESTIC SITE ANIMAL MEMORIAL 12

13 Double Dock DRILL HALL DRY DOCK DUSTING HO DYNAMITE FACTORY EFFIGY Buildings used for the accommodation, welfare and recreation of servicemen. CINEMA CONCE HALL DECOAMINATION BUILDING FOOD AND REST CERE GYMNASIUM MEDICAL BLOCK MEETING HALL PARADE GROUND SICK QUAERS SQUASH RACQUETS COU TENNIS COU WOMENS LAND ARMY CAMP WOMENS LAND ARMY HOSTEL DRY DOCK A building or site used for the exercise and training of military personnel. REGIMEAL HEADQUAERS Canal Dry Dock Double Dock Graving Dock A stone-faced enclosure, with entrance closed by a floatable caisson or by gates, which can be pumped dry for inspection, maintenance, or repair of the hull or underwater fittings of a ship or ships. MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE SHIP REPAIR WORKS A building within the gunpowder works complex. During the gunpowder production process, the mill cake was broken down, pressed and then corned. The remaining dust was removed from the corned powder by tumbling it in gauzecoveredrevolving cylinders. GUNPOWDER WORKS BREAKING DOWN HO A works or factory principally engaged in the manufacture of dynamite. Memorial Effigy A sculptured likeness, portrait or image, often found on a tomb or other memorial. MONUME EMBARKATION POI Muster/departure points from which troops embarked for their journey to the Front. EMERGENCY COAST DEFENCE BATTERY EMERGENCY FOOD CERE ENGINE HO Engine Manufactory Engine Works ENGINEERING INDUSTRY SITE ENGINEERING WORKS A coastal battery constructed at short notice usually mounting a variety of artillery pieces. COAST AILLERY BATTERY An establishment from which food is distributed to the public during wartime or similar states of emergency. A building housing an engine used to run electrical equipment. Use more specific type where known. BATTERY ENGINE HO ENGINEERING WORKS ENGINEERING WORKS Buildings, sites and structures associated with the engineering industry. BORING MILL ENGINEERING WORKS VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE Engine Manufactory Engine Works Traction Engine Works Any factory or site using machine tools in a manufacturing or processing capacity. WORKS ENGINEERING INDUSTRY SITE CARRIAGE WORKS COACH WORKS Explosives Works A building or buildings where explosives are manufactured. FACTORY EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE AMMONAL WORKS AMMONIUM NITRATE WORKS AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE WORKS BELLITE WORKS CORDITE FACTORY DYNAMITE FACTORY GELATINE WORKS (EXPLOSIVE) GELIGNITE WORKS GUNCOTTON FACTORY NITROCELLULOSE POWDER FACTORY NITROGLYCERINE WORKS PHENOL WORKS PICRIC ACID WORKS SABULITE FACTORY SALTPETRE WORKS TOLUENE WORKS 13

14 TRINITROTOLUENE FACTORY EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE EXPLOSIVES STORAGE FACILITY Explosives Works EXTENDED DEFENCE OFFICERS POST FABRICATION SHED FACTORY FARM FELIXSTOWE Buildings, sites and structures associated with the production, testing and storage of explosives. CARIDGE HO CHARGE HO CORDITE DOUGH STORE CORDITE INCORPORATING HO GUNCOTTON STOVE GUNPOWDER MANACTURING SITE MATCH LODGE MINERAL JELLY STORE MIXING HO REEL DRYING STOVE TESTING RANGE WET GUNCOTTON MAGAZINE A site, building or structure used for the storage of explosives. STORAGE FACILITY An observation post for a naval officer in charge of a marine minefield. COASTAL DEFENCE SITE MINEFIELD Covered area for making large engineered constructions such as sections of ships or bridges. MARINE ENGINEERING WORKS A building or complex, housing powered machinery and employing a large workforce for manufacturing purposes. Use specific monument type where known. BUILDING COTTON WASTE WORKS MUNITIONS FACTORY ORDNANCE FACTORY VEHIE FACTORY WAR PRODUCTION FACTORY A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, RAF Felixstowe. Developed seaplanes and flying boats until World War Two, when the establishment moved to Helensburg, Scotland. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> FIELDWORK FIGHTER FIGHTER BOMBER FILLING FACTORY FIRE SERVICE HEADQUAERS FIRE STATION FIRE TENDER HO FIRE TRENCH A usually temporary earthwork or fortification, constructed by military forces operating in the field. Use more specific type where known. AI INVASION DEFENCE SITE INFARY POST RIFLE PIT TRENCH WEAPONS PIT A light, high-speed aircraft designed to engage in aerial combat. AIRCRAFT <BY FUNCTION> AIRCO DH1 AIRCO DH2 AIRCO DH5 BRISTOL F2B CAMEL FIGHTER BOMBER NIGHTFIGHTER IPE FIRING RANGE A light, high speed aircraft designed to engage in aerial combat and also equipped to carry bombs. BOMBER FIGHTER DIVE BOMBER A factory where explosives and the components of munitions of all types are brought together for assembly. MUNITIONS FACTORY A building, either purpose-built or modified, used for the co-ordination of the Fire Service. CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING A building housing fire engines, and equipment and a permanent fire-fighting force. A building, on an airfield, used to house a fire engine. TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE A trench cut around a building or structure to prevent the spread of fire. TRENCH A piece of ground, or a building, where small arms or large artillery may be fired at targets. For 14

15 FIRING RANGE BLOCKHO Firing Range Shelter FIRST AID POST Fk3 Fk8 FLOATPLANE FLYING BOAT FOKKER FOOD AND REST CERE FOOD DEPOT rocket and missile firing use ROCKET TEST FACILITY. TRAINING AREA WEAPON TESTING FACILITY FIRING RANGE BLOCKHO NAVAL GUNNERY RANGE TARGET RANGE TORPEDO RANGE Firing Range Shelter A shelter on a firing range from which the weapons testing can be viewed in safety. FIRING RANGE FIRING RANGE BLOCKHO A building with first aid facilities to deal with accidents and other medical emergencies. CIVIL DEFENCE SITE HOSPITAL ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK3 ARMSTRONG WHITWOH FK8 A type of seaplane, with one or more slender pontoons (known as "floats") mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. SEAPLANE An aeroplane with the capability to land at sea, the underside of its fuselage shaped like the hull of a sea-going vessel and designed to make contact with the water. SEAPLANE Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. Set up in 1912 in Schwerin, Germany, moving to the Netherlands in The world's largest aircraft manufacturer inthe late 1920s. MONOPLANE TRANSPOER AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> DOMESTIC SITE A building or site used for the storage and distribution of food. DEPOT Footstone FUEL DEPOT FUEL STORE FUEL TANK GARAGE Gas Decontamination Centre GELATINE WORKS (EXPLOSIVE) GELIGNITE WORKS GENERAL AIRCRAFT GENERATOR HO GLAZE AND REEL HO GLIDER GLIDER TUG GRAVESTONE A building or site used for the storage and distribution of fuel. DEPOT A building used for the storage of materials used to provide power or heat. STORAGE FACILITY FUEL TANK A large, usually metal, container used for the storage of liquid fuels. FUEL STORE A building used for the storage and maintenance of motor vehicles. MOTOR TRANSPO BUILDING DECOAMINATION BUILDING A factory or works principally engaged in the manufacture of blasing or explosive gelatine. A factory or works principally engaged in the manufacture of the explosive Gelignite. General Aircraft Limited. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> A building housing a generator used to power electrical equipment. A building containing equipment used for the polishing of grains of gunpowder and extraction of the resulting dust. GUNPOWDER MANACTURING SITE An engineless aeroplane, designed to be towed aloft, that travels suspended by upward air currents. AIRCRAFT <BY FORM> 15

16 GOTHA GOTHA GV GRAVE MARKER GRAVESTONE Graving Dock Green Charge House GRENADE RANGE Guard Room GUARDHO Gun Barrel Proof House Gun Cotton Mill An aircraft used for towing gliders aloft. TUG Gothauer Waggonfabrik A.G., based in Gotha, Thuringia (Germany). AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> GOTHA GV A First World War German three-crew, twinengined, long range heavy bomber biplane manufactured by Gothaer Waggonfabrik A.G. Entering service in 1917, this aircraft incorporated a ventral tunnel allowing the gunner to shoot downwards and to the rear. BIPLANE HEAVY BOMBER GOTHA A stone, slate, iron or wooden structure used to mark the site of a grave. MONUME GRAVESTONE Footstone Headstone Ledger Stone A stone placed over or at the head or foot of a grave, or at the entrance of a tomb. GRAVE MARKER STONE DRY DOCK CHARGE HO An area of ground where training in the use of grenades can be carried out. TRAINING AREA WEAPON TESTING FACILITY GUARDHO Guard Room A building used for the accommodation of a military guard and/or the detainment of prisoners. GUN TESTING SHOP GUNCOTTON FACTORY GUN EMPLACEME GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55414) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55415) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55422) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55483) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55491) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55503) Gun Factory GUN STORE GUN TESTING SHOP A fortified site in which a gun, mortar or cannon is positioned. AI INVASION DEFENCE SITE AI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEME GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55414) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55415) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55422) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55483) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55491) GUN EMPLACEME (TYPE 55503) HOLDFAST MACHINE GUN EMPLACEME A gun emplacement which conforms to Department of Fortification and Works drawing number GUN EMPLACEME A gun emplacement which conforms to Department of Fortification and Works drawing number GUN EMPLACEME A gun emplacement which conforms to Department of Fortification and Works drawing number GUN EMPLACEME A gun emplacment which conforms to Department of Fortification and Works drawing number GUN EMPLACEME A gun emplacment which conforms to Department of Fortification and Works drawing number GUN EMPLACEME A gun emplacment which conforms to Department of Fortification and Works drawing number GUN EMPLACEME ORDNANCE FACTORY A building used for the storage of artillery pieces. HEAVY AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY Gun Barrel Proof House A workshop for testing guns, incorporating louvred sheds to serve as firing ranges. 16

17 GUNCOTTON FACTORY GUNCOTTON STOVE GUNPOWDER DRYING HO Gunpowder Factory GUNPOWDER MANACTURING SITE Gunpowder Mill Gunpowder Mixing House GUNPOWDER WORKS GYMNASIUM ARMAME MANACTURING SITE Gun Cotton Mill A factory or works engaged in the manufacture of the explosive guncotton. They may be found as separate factories or form part of a cordite factory. CORDITE FACTORY A building in which moist guncotton is dried by warm air for use in nitroglycerine manufacture. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE GUNPOWDER DRYING HO REEL DRYING STOVE A processing house where surplus water is removed from gunpowder after incorporating. GUNPOWDER MANACTURING SITE GUNCOTTON STOVE REEL DRYING STOVE GUNPOWDER WORKS Buildings, sites and structures associated with the production, testing and storage of gunpowder. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE CORNING HO GLAZE AND REEL HO GUNPOWDER DRYING HO GUNPOWDER WORKS INCORPORATING MILL NITRE BED PRESS HO SALTPETRE STORE SALTPETRE WORKS GUNPOWDER WORKS MIXING HO Gunpowder Factory Gunpowder Mill Powder Mill A site used for the manufacture of gunpowder. GUNPOWDER MANACTURING SITE BREAKING DOWN HO DUSTING HO SALTPETRE WORKS A building or room, originally equipped for gymnastics or indoor sports but also, more recently, equipped with cross-training machines and free-weights for members to improve their HALF TIDE DOCK Hall Of Memory HANDLY PAGE HEADQUAERS Headstone HEAVY AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY HEAVY BOMBER HISTORICAL SITE HOLDFAST Horse Memorial HOSPITAL physical fitness. DOMESTIC SITE A dock with gates which open for access for some hours before and after high water. MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE MONUME Handley Page, Ltd.. Founded by Sir Frederick Handley Page, this was the first limited company to be incorporated in Great Britain for the purpose of aircraft manufacture. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> V1500 A building used for the daily administration of an organisation or military force. GRAVESTONE An anti aircraft battery usually mounting weapons with a larger calibre ammunition such as the QF 3.75 inch (94mm) gun. AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY GUN STORE MAGAZINE Long-range, usually four-engined, bomber. BOMBER GOTHA GV V1500 VIMY Site with important historical association. BATTLEFIELD NAMED TREE A plinth or pedestal, usually of concrete, to which an anti aircraft or coastal battery gun was fitted. Holdfasts are often the only evidence for a weapon which survive. GUN EMPLACEME ANIMAL MEMORIAL A building for the medical and surgical treatment of both civilians and military personnel. Use narrower type if possible. 17

18 HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER HYDRAULIC POWER SITE INCORPORATING MILL BUILDING INFARY POST INSTRUCTIONAL SITE Ledger Stone AUXILIARY HOSPITAL MILITARY HOSPITAL FIRST AID POST A structure used for the production of hydraulic power. A head of water was raised at the top of the tower by means of pumps. Used for powering machinery. HYDRAULIC POWER SITE POWER GENERATION SITE HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER A stone edge-runner grinding machine or mill used for mechanically grinding and mixing the ingredients of gunpowder. GUNPOWDER MANACTURING SITE ARMAME MANACTURING SITE OTHING INDUSTRY SITE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY SITE EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE BUILDING MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE POWER GENERATION SITE TEXTILE INDUSTRY SITE Any building designed or adapted to accommodate trades and manufacturing activity. Use more specific site where known. CHIMNEY FACTORY WORKS Rifle Post A defensive position, often constructed from sandbags, designed to protect a group of infantry. FIELDWORK A site used to train military personnel in the use of equipment. TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE GRAVESTONE LIGHT AIRCRAFT Generally understood to mean aircraft whose normal loaded weight is less than 2750kg (6060lb). AIRCRAFT <BY FORM> LIGHT BOMBER LISTENING POST LOCKHEED VEGA LORRY FACTORY MACHINE GUN EMPLACEME MACHINE GUN POST MAGAZINE High speed, short to medium-range bomber, usually powered by two engines. BOMBER PASSIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE SOUND MIRROR A subsidiary of Lockheed. A factory used for the manufacture and assembly of lorries. VEHIE FACTORY MOTOR VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE A structure, usually or concrete or sandbags, in which a machine gun was emplaced. GUN EMPLACEME MACHINE GUN POST VICKERS MACHINE GUN EMPLACEME An open walled structure built of concrete, brick or sandbags which enclosed one or more machine-guns mounted on pintels for light antiaircraft and ground defence. MACHINE GUN EMPLACEME A building in which a supply of arms, ammunition and provisions for an army is stored. HEAVY AI AIRCRAFT BATTERY MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE Buildings, sites and structures associated with the construction and repair of ships and boats. BOAT YARD DOCKYARD DRY DOCK HALF TIDE DOCK MARINE ENGINEERING WORKS MARINE WORKSHOP SEAPLANE FACTORY SHIP BREAKERS YARD SHIP REPAIR WORKS SHIPYARD WET DOCK MARINE ENGINEERING WORKS Specialized engineering workshop particularly for the production of marine engines or other large components of ships. MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE FABRICATION SHED SHIP REPAIR WORKS MARINE WORKSHOP A craft or repair workshop in a boat yard, 18

19 MATCH LODGE MEDICAL BLOCK MEDIUM BOMBER MEETING HALL Memorial Memorial Chapel Memorial Effigy Memorial Garden Memorial Seat Memorial Stone MESS harbour or naval dockyard. MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE SHIPWRIGHTS WORKSHOP SLIP SHED SHIPYARD A building at the entrance to an factory manufacturing explosives where a person was searched for matches, prior to entering the workplace. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE A building, usually part of a complex, where medical treatment and hospital facilities are provided. DOMESTIC SITE A bomber designed to operate with medium bombloads over medium distances.the medium bomber was generally considered to be any design that delivered about 4,000 lb (1.8 t) over ranges of about 1,500 to 2,000 miles (2,400 to 3,200 km). BOMBER A place where service personnel could meet for entertainment. DOMESTIC SITE MILITARY BASE MONUME MONUME EFFIGY MONUME MONUME STONE A building providing dining and recreation facilities for military personnel. OFFICERS MESS SERGEAS MESS A building or group of buildings, often surrounded by a system of fortifications, used as a residential and training site by members of an armed force. AIR SEA RESCUE STATION ROYAL NAVAL BASE TRAINING BASE MILITARY BUILDING A building of unknown purpose found at a military site. Use more specific type where known. MILITARY CAMP A site where a body of troops is temporarily or permanently lodged, with or without entrenchments and fortifications. ARMY CAMP CANADIAN FORESTRY CORPS CAMP TRAINING CAMP WOMENS ROYAL AIR FORCE CAMP This is the top term for the thesaurus see Class List for Narrower Terms. ADMIRALTY SIGNAL ESTABLISHME ADMIRALTY SIGNAL STATION AIRSHIP STATION BOMB CRATER BOMBING RANGE MARKER DEFENCE SITE DISPLACED PERSONS CAMP DOMESTIC SITE EMBARKATION POI EMERGENCY FOOD CERE FIRST AID POST HEADQUAERS HOSPITAL MILITARY BASE MILITARY BUILDING MILITARY CAMP MILITARY SITE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS FACTORY PRISONER OF WAR CAMP REQUISITIONED LAND ROYAL NAVY SHORE ESTABLISHME TRAINING SITE TRANSPO SITE MILITARY HEADQUAERS A building used as the command centre of a military operation. AIR FORCE HEADQUAERS ARMY HEADQUAERS NAVAL HEADQUAERS TERRITORIAL ARMY HEADQUAERS MILITARY HOSPITAL A hospital for the medical and surgical treatment of military personnel and/or their families. HOSPITAL MILITARY OFFICE An administrative building used to organize and co-ordinate the activities of members of the armed forces. 19

20 MILITARY SITE MINEFIELD MINELAYER MINERAL JELLY STORE MINEWATCHERS POST MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS FACTORY MIXING HO Mk1 MKI MKIC MKIF SQUADRON OFFICE Sites, buildings and structures used by the military. CAMOLAGE ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION SEAPLANE STATION An area of ground or water containing explosive mines. COASTAL DEFENCE SITE EXTENDED DEFENCE OFFICERS POST An aircraft equipped to deploy explosive mines. AIRCRAFT <BY FUNCTION> A building where mineral jelly was stored. Mineral jelly was used as a stabilizer in the manufacture of the explosive, cordite. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE A building with small observation ports used for plotting mines dropped by parachute. COASTAL OBSERVATION POST A factory used for the manufacture of ordnance including small arms, ammunition, artillery pieces and armoured fighting vehicles. Gunpowder Mixing House A building in which the ingredients of an explosive charge are weighed into their correct proportions and mixed prior to incorporation. EXPLOSIVES MANACTURING SITE MKI Mk1 Mark 1 or the first production variation of an aircraft. A Mark 1B aircraft which has undergone further modification to enhance performance or armament. MKII MKIIA MKIIB MKIIC MKIII MKIIIA MKIV MKV MKVB MKVI A Mark 1E aircraft which has undergone further modifications to enhance performance or armament. Mark 2 or the second variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. A Mark 2 aircraft which has undergone slight modifications to enhance performance or armament. A Mark 2A aircraft which has undergone slight modifications to enhance performance or armament. A Mark 2B aircraft which has undergone slight modifications to enhance performance or armament. Mark 3 or the third variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. A Mark 3 aircraft which has undergone slight modifications to enhance performance or armament. Mark 4 or the fourth variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. Mark 5 or the fifth variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. A Mark 5A aircraft which has undergone further modifications to enhance performance or armament. Mark 6 or the sixth variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. 20

21 MKVIC MKVII MKVIII MKX MKXI MKXII MKXIV MKXVI MONOPLANE Monument Monumental Arch A Mark 6B aircraft which has undergone further modifications to enhance performance or armament. Mark 7 or the seventh variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. Mark 8 or the eighth variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. Mark 10 or the tenth variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. Mark 11 or the eleventh variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. Mark 12 or the twelfth variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. Mark 14 or the fourteenth variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. Mark 16 or the sixteenth variant of an aircraft with its associated modifications. An aircraft with a single wing, or plane, either side of its fuselage. AIRCRAFT <BY FORM> FOKKER MONUME MONUME MOTOR CYE FACTORY A building where motor cycles are assembled. VEHIE FACTORY MOTOR VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE MOTOR TRANSPO BUILDING MOTOR VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE MUNITIONS FACTORY NAMED TREE Naval Arsenal A building, on an airfield or military base, used for the maintenance and storage of motor vehicles. TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE GARAGE VEHIE SHED Buildings and sites associated with the manufacture of motor vehicles. VEHIE ENGINEERING SITE CAR FACTORY CARRIAGE WORKS COACH WORKS LORRY FACTORY MOTOR CYE FACTORY A building or site used for the manufacture of weapons, ammunition and military supplies. Use more specific type where known. FACTORY ARMAME MANACTURING SITE FILLING FACTORY SHELL FACTORY SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION FACTORY A tree named after a person or event associated with it, e.g. Byron's Oak at Newstead. MONUME HISTORICAL SITE ARSENAL NAVAL BATTLEFIELD Area or zone of sea where a battle, skirmish or action was fought between naval ships or warships and privateers. Not to be used for enemy action upon mercantile ships or a sudden strike by mine/torpedo against an enemy warship. BATTLEFIELD NAVAL DOCKYARD A naval base that builds, repairs, docks or converts warships, and is manned by civilian engineers and workers and administered by engineer duty officers. DOCKYARD NAVAL GUNNERY RANGE An area of ground, usually situated on the coast, on which naval guns can be mounted for testing purposes and to practice firing at targets usually placed out at sea to mimic surface vessels. FIRING RANGE NAVAL HEADQUAERS A building used for the daily administration of the Royal Navy. 21

22 NIEUPO NIGHTFIGHTER NISSEN HUT NITRE BED A French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars. First set up in 1902 as manufacturer of engine components, then aircraft in 1911 as Nieuport et Deplante. AIRCRAFT <BY MANACTURER> A light, high speed aircraft equipped specifically to engage in night combat. FIGHTER A prefabricated structure of a steel frame clad in corrugated iron. Semi-circular in section they were used as accommodation for the armed forces and, during WWII, as emergency housing for bombed out civilians. Also used for storage. A large bed surrounded by an earthwork and filled with composing vegetable matter and animal waste. This was used to produce Nitre, a constituent of gunpowder. GUNPOWDER MANACTURING SITE SALTPETRE WORKS NITROCELLULOSE POWDER FACTORY A factory or works principally engaged in the production of a single base propellant, using nitrocellulose without the addition of nitroglycerine. NITROGLYCERINE WORKS A works or factory where nitroglycerine is manufactured. OBSERVATION POST A building or site for watching specific military activities or the movement of enemy forces, etc. BATTERY OBSERVATION POST BOMBING RANGE OBSERVATION POST COASTAL OBSERVATION POST OFFICERS MESS A building providing dining facilities and recreation for commissioned officers. MESS OFFICERS QUAERS MILITARY HEADQUAERS A building where military officers are accommodated. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OPERATIONS BLOCK OPERATIONS ROOM ORDNANCE DEPOT ORDNANCE FACTORY Used where an existing building is designated as the residence of an official. A building of varying designs intended for directing military aviation operations. Normally associated with military airfields. TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE A room used for directing military operations and exercises. TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE A building or site used by the armed forces for the storage and issuing of military stores and materials. DEPOT Armaments Factory Gun Factory Rifle Factory Small Arms Factory A building or site used for the manufacture of small arms and artillery pieces, etc. FACTORY ARMAME MANACTURING SITE ARSENAL PARADE GROUND A place where military personnel parade, practice marching, assemble or muster for a march or any other special purpose. DOMESTIC SITE PASSIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE Sites, buildings or structures involved in passive air defence, usually by forcing hostile aircraft to fly high or drop their bombs on the wrong targets. Use more specific term. AIR DEFENCE SITE AENNA ARRAY LISTENING POST SOUND MIRROR SOUND MIRROR BUILDING PHENOL WORKS A chemical works engaged in the production of the coal tar derivative phenol, a chemical used for the manufacture of explosives during WWI. PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE A camera-equipped aircraft intended to fly over 22