FISH TERMINOLOGIES
First World War Thesaurus
Report Format: Hierarchical listing - alpha
Notes: For the recording of monuments related to the First World War in the UK.
Date: February 2020
ABLUTIONS BLOCK AIR SEA RESCUE STATION SN A building housing toilets and washing facilities. SN A site or building used to co-ordinate Air-Sea CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION Rescue operations. BT ANCILLARY BUILDING CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION RT BARRACK BLOCK BT MILITARY BASE ACCOMMODATION HUT AIRCO SN A hut used for the accommodation of members of SN Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Established in the armed forces. 1912 by Mr G. Holt Thomas. In 1914 secured the CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION services of Capt. Geoffrey de Havilland as BT ANCILLARY BUILDING designer-in-chief, who went on to lend his initials to a number of highly successful machines. ACTIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN A site equipped for active defensive action BT AIRCRAFT
2 use by the RNAS in a Maritime Reconnaissance SN Sites used for the manufacture of aircraft. and anti-submarine role when the Avro 504 CL INDUSTRIAL became the standard trainer. BT VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE NT AIRCRAFT ENGINE FACTORY BT BIPLANE AIRCRAFT FACTORY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TESTING SITE AIRCO AIRSHIP CONSTRUCTION WORKS AIRCO DH9 BALLOON SHED UF Dh9 AIRCRAFT FACTORY SN Developed from the DH4, featured the pilot and UF Aircraft Assembly Plant gunner cockpits in closer proximity, but suffered Aircraft Works from engine reliability problems. Also known as SN A factory where aircraft are assembled. the Ninak, saw service from 1918 to 1931. CL INDUSTRIAL CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT VEHICLE FACTORY BT BOMBER AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SITE AIRCO NT SEAPLANE FACTORY AIRCRAFT
3 MKXVI SN A building where non-commissioned aircrew are Aircraft Shed housed. USE AIRCRAFT HANGAR CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ANCILLARY BUILDING AIRCRAFT STORAGE FACILITY AIRSHIP SN A site, building or structure used to store aircraft. Use more specific term. SN An aircraft lifted by gas bags, containing CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION hydrogen or helium, but propelled by engines. BT AIRFIELD SITE Also known as a dirigible balloon, firm and NT AIRCRAFT HANGAR streamlined in shape and incapable of high AIRSHIP HANGAR speeds. Used extensively during the First World SEAPLANE SHED War. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE AIRCRAFT TESTING SITE BT AIRCRAFT
4 CL INDUSTRIAL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY BT PASSIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE AMMUNITION DEPOT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY UF Ammunition Dump SN A site containing one or more artillery pieces SN A building or site used for the storage and and/or rocket launchers for firing at enemy distribution of ammunition. aircraft. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT DEPOT BT ANTI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE NT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST Ammunition Dump ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT USE AMMUNITION DEPOT BATTERY OBSERVATION POST AMMUNITION STORE HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY RT BATTERY ENGINE HOUSE SN An building or installation used for the storage of ammunition. ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A command post used to direct the guns of an BT ANCILLARY BUILDING anti aircraft battery. NT BOMB STORE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION ANCILLARY BUILDING BT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST SN Buildings, used for a variety of purposes, providing support to essential services or for a ANTI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE central function. Use more specific term. SN Sites, buildings and structures for the control and CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION mounting of anti aircraft artillery. Also, structures BT DEFENCE SITE for passive or indirect defence against enemy NT ABLUTIONS BLOCK aircraft. ACCOMMODATION HUT CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION AIRFIELD BUILDING BT ACTIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE AIRMENS QUARTERS NT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY AMBULANCE STATION ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN TOWER AMMUNITION STORE BARRAGE BALLOON SITE ARMOURY SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY BARRACK BLOCK BARRACKS ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT BILLET SN A gun emplacement equipped with anti aircraft BLAST WALL artillery. COMMAND POST CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING BT GUN EMPLACEMENT ENGINE HOUSE ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY FIRE STATION ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN TOWER GENERATOR HOUSE GUARDHOUSE SN A purpose-built firing platform on which an anti- MESS aircraft battery could be emplaced. MILITARY HEADQUARTERS CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION MILITARY OFFICE BT ANTI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE NISSEN HUT ANTI INVASION DEFENCE SITE OBSERVATION POST OFFICERS QUARTERS SN Sites, buildings and structures associated with OFFICIAL RESIDENCE the defence of the British Isles against invasion QUARTERMASTERS STORE from seaborne or airborne forces. RECEPTION CENTRE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION RECREATION HUT BT DEFENCE SITE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS NT ANTI SUBMARINE DEFENCE REQUISITIONED BUILDING BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT WORKSHOP FIELDWORK GUN EMPLACEMENT ANIMAL MEMORIAL PILLBOX UF Dog Memorial ANTI MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT BATTERY Horse Memorial CL COMMEMORATIVE SN A coastal battery containing one or more artillery BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT pieces for to defend the coast against hostile motor torpedo boats. ANTENNA ARRAY CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A structure used for the transmission and BT COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY interception of radio signals. Usually composed of ANTI SUBMARINE DEFENCE a number of different elements such as aerials, receiving equipment and supporting pylons. SN Defence sites and structures including passive
5 and active defences such as netting, chain CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION booms and mines designed to prevent BT MILITARY HEADQUARTERS submarines approaching strategic ports. ARSENAL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ANTI INVASION DEFENCE SITE UF Naval Arsenal ARMAMENT MANUFACTURING SITE SN A building or large scale site for the manufacture and/or storage of weapons, ammunition and SN A building or site used for the manufacture, equipment. assembly and testing of weapons, explosives CL INDUSTRIAL and associated military hardware. BT ARMAMENT MANUFACTURING SITE CL INDUSTRIAL RT CANNON BORING MILL NT ARSENAL ORDNANCE FACTORY CANNON BORING MILL CANNON FOUNDRY ART STORAGE FACILITY GUN TESTING SHOP SN A site used for the safe storage of the art held in MUNITIONS FACTORY the national collections. During the Second World ORDNANCE FACTORY War many paintings, sculptures and works of art PROVING HOUSE were moved to modified mines for safe keeping SHOT TOWER to protect them against bomb damage. Armaments Factory CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT STORAGE FACILITY USE ORDNANCE FACTORY ARTILLERY FIRING RANGE ARMOURY SN A piece of ground, or a building, on which artillery SN A secure building where weaponry and may be fired at targets. ammunition are kept. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT WEAPON TESTING FACILITY BT ANCILLARY BUILDING AUXILIARY HOSPITAL ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH SN A building temporarily requistioned for use as a SN Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd. hospital. Auxiliary hospitals treated the less formed in 1912. seriously wounded and were less strict than CL AIRCRAFT TYPE military hospitals although they remained under BT AIRCRAFT
6 members of the armed forces. known as Type H hangar. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ANCILLARY BUILDING BT AIRCRAFT HANGAR (TRANSPORTABLE) RT ABLUTIONS BLOCK BICYCLE FACTORY BARRACKS SN A factory for the assembly of bicycles. SN A building used to house members of the armed CL INDUSTRIAL forces. BT VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION VEHICLE FACTORY BT ANCILLARY BUILDING BILLET BARRAGE BALLOON SITE SN Accommodation for military personnel. SN A site where a single large balloon was attached CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION by fine wire cables to the ground to form an BT ANCILLARY BUILDING aerial obstruction to attacking enemy aircraft. BIPLANE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ANTI AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SITE SN An aeroplane with two wings, or planes, placed one above the other either side of the fuselage. BATTERY ENGINE HOUSE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN A building housing the engines used to power BT AIRCRAFT
7 NT BLERIOT 155 bombing range. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BLERIOT 155 RT BOMBING RANGE SN A French airliner produced in 1925. A fourengined biplane developed from the Bleriot BOMBING RANGE OBSERVATION POST 115 and 135 but larger than these. Two were SN An observation post located on or close to a built for Air Union (the Paris-London route). Both bombing range. crashedwith fatalaties in 1926 (Kent). CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT OBSERVATION POST BT BIPLANE BOMBING RANGE TARGET BLERIOT TRANSPORTER SN Any structure or object, used for the purpose of practice bombing. Bleriot Aeronautique CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION USE BLERIOT BT BOMBING RANGE BOAT YARD BOMBING RANGE TOWER SN A place where boats are built and stored. SN An observation tower located on or near to a CL INDUSTRIAL bombing range. BT MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BOMBING RANGE BOMB CRATER BT SN A depression in the ground caused by the BOOM DEFENCE explosion of a mine or bombshell. SN A bar, chain or other obstruction stretched CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION across a waterway to obstruct navigation. BOMB SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT COASTAL DEFENCE SITE SN A site which has been bombed but where there is no crater, eg. bombed buildings. BORING MILL CL UNASSIGNED SN A building containing a machine tool for boring out BOMB STORE large cylindrical holes in items such as steam engine cylinders, pump barrels, etc. SN A complex of buildings and earthworks CL INDUSTRIAL constructed the storage of bombs and BT ENGINEERING INDUSTRY SITE pyrotechnics. NT CANNON BORING MILL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT AMMUNITION STORE Brass Plaque PLAQUE BOMBER USE SN A large, powerful aircraft, usually with two or Bread Stone more engines, designed to carry a payload of USE PLAQUE bombs. BREAKING DOWN HOUSE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT
8 CL INDUSTRIAL BRISTOL F2B BT ENGINEERING WORKS SN Highly successful, two-seat, biplane fighter and MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE reconnaissance aircraft with both forward and rear facing guns. Designed to replace the BE2, it CARTRIDGE HOUSE entered service with the RFC in mid-1917 SN A component building of an explosives works andremained in service until 1932. where cartridges were filled with explosives CL AIRCRAFT TYPE with the aid of cartridging machines. BT BIPLANE CL INDUSTRIAL FIGHTER BT EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE BRISTOL CENOTAPH RECONNAISSANCE SN A sepulchral monument erected to commemorate Bronze Plaque a person or persons buried elsewhere. USE PLAQUE CL COMMEMORATIVE CAMEL BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT RT WAR MEMORIAL SN Single-seat, single-engine fighter biplane renowned for its high performance and Ceremonial Arch manoeuvrability. Entered service in 1917. USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CHARGE HOUSE BT SOPWITH BIPLANE UF Green Charge House FIGHTER Ripe Charge House RT SNIPE SN Workshop, as part of a gunpowder works complex, in which explosive is loaded into shells. CAMOUFLAGE Also used for expense magazine, where powder SN The surviving remnants of material used to was stored between work processes. disguise the existence of a building or site. Use CL INDUSTRIAL with specific monument type where known. BT EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORE BT MILITARY SITE SN A protected building or site used for the safe CANADIAN FORESTRY CORPS CAMP storage of chemical weapons. SN A camp providing accommodation for members of CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION the Canadian Forestry Corps along with facilities BT STORAGE FACILITY such as saw mills for the sawing and squaring of CHIMNEY timber to create pit props, shoring, crates etc for the war effort. UF Chimney Stack CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN Chimney used on an industrial or commercial site. BT MILITARY CAMP CL INDUSTRIAL BT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING Canal Dry Dock Chimney Stack USE DRY DOCK USE CHIMNEY CANNON BORING MILL CINEMA SN A building used for drilling out the bores of cannon and other military pieces. SN A building equipped with a large screen and film CL INDUSTRIAL projectors where service personnel could watch BT ARMAMENT MANUFACTURING SITE films. BORING MILL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION RT ARSENAL BT DOMESTIC SITE CANNON FOUNDRY CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING SN A workshop or factory where the barrels of SN A building used to coordinate civil defence in cannon are cast. times of war. Can also be utilized as aid centres CL INDUSTRIAL in times of national emergency. BT ARMAMENT MANUFACTURING SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT CIVIL DEFENCE SITE CAR FACTORY NT CIVIL DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS SN A factory where cars are manufactured. FIRE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS CL INDUSTRIAL CIVIL DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS BT VEHICLE FACTORY MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE SN A building used for the daily administration of Civil Defence activities. CARRIAGE WORKS CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A building or works in which carriages were BT CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING built. Use RAILWAY CARRIAGE WORKS for sites CIVIL DEFENCE SITE making railway carriages.
9 SN Sites and buildings used in the coordination of the NT BATTERY OBSERVATION POST defence of the civilian population during times of BEACH DEFENCE BATTERY war. Could also be used during times of national COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY emergency. COAST BATTERY GUN SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST BT DEFENCE SITE RT BATTERY ENGINE HOUSE NT AIR RAID SHELTER COAST ARTILLERY SEARCHLIGHT CIVIL DEFENCE BUILDING COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST RT FIRST AID POST SN A command post used to direct the guns of a CLOSE DEFENCE BATTERY coastal battery. SN A coastal battery designed for use in short range CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION engagements with enemy vessels, minelayers, BT COASTAL BATTERY blockships and torpedo craft. COMMAND POST CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION COASTAL DEFENCE SITE BT COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY SN A defence site used to defend against emeny CLOTHING INDUSTRY SITE shipping or invasion attempts. Use more specific CL INDUSTRIAL term. NT CLOTHING WORKSHOP CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT DEFENCE SITE CLOTHING WORKSHOP NT BEACH DEFENCE LIGHT SN A workshop for the manufacture of clothing, eg. BOOM DEFENCE tailor's workshop. COAST ARTILLERY SEARCHLIGHT CL INDUSTRIAL COASTAL BATTERY BT CLOTHING INDUSTRY SITE COASTAL FORT COACH WORKS COASTAL OBSERVATION POST EXTENDED DEFENCE OFFICERS POST SN Traditionally a building or site where stage MINEFIELD coaches were built. Nowadays the term is SUBMARINE MINE ESTABLISHMENT applied to buildings used for the manufacturing of TORPEDO STATION the body work and furnishings of motor vehicles and railway carriages. COASTAL FORT CL INDUSTRIAL SN A fortification constructed either on the coast, or BT ENGINEERING WORKS in the middle of a stretch of water, designed to MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE protect a port or river from enemy incursion. COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT COASTAL DEFENCE SITE SN A defensive battery positioned facing out to sea enabling the guns to be brought to bear on enemy COASTAL OBSERVATION POST shipping and amphibious craft. SN A building, situated on the coast, used for CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION observing the movements of shipping. BT COASTAL BATTERY CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION NT ANTI MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT BATTERY BT COASTAL DEFENCE SITE CLOSE DEFENCE BATTERY OBSERVATION POST EMERGENCY COAST DEFENCE BATTERY NT MINEWATCHERS POST COAST ARTILLERY SEARCHLIGHT COAT OF ARMS SN A searchlight battery, which faces out to sea, UF Crest used to locate and illuminate enemy shipping. SN Includes crests, hatchments and supporters. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL COMMEMORATIVE BT COASTAL DEFENCE SITE BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT RT BEACH DEFENCE LIGHT COMMAND POST COASTAL BATTERY SN A building used for directing the movements of COAST BATTERY GUN SITE artillery pieces or searchlights. Use more specific SN A gun emplacement associated with a coastal term where known. battery. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ANCILLARY BUILDING BT COASTAL BATTERY NT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY COMMAND POST COASTAL BATTERY COASTAL BATTERY COMMAND POST SN A site including artillery pieces and associated COMMEMORATIVE structures directed out to sea to engage enemy CL COMMEMORATIVE shipping and defend the coastline. Use more NT BATTLEFIELD specific term where known. COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION HISTORICAL SITE BT COASTAL DEFENCE SITE
10 Commemorative Arch NT RADIO STATION USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT SIGNALS GATHERING STATION Commemorative Column CONCERT HALL USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT SN A place where service personnel could meet and listen to musical performances etc. COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION UF Ceremonial Arch BT DOMESTIC SITE Commemorative Arch Commemorative Column CONTROL BUILDING Commemorative Tablet CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION Hall Of Memory BT TECHNICAL SITE Memorial CONTROL TOWER Memorial Chapel Memorial Garden SN A building at an airfield from which air traffic can Memorial Seat be controlled, usually by radio. Monument CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION Monumental Arch BT AIRFIELD SITE SN A building or structure erected to commemorate a NT WATCH OFFICE person or event. CORDITE DOUGH STORE CL COMMEMORATIVE NT ANIMAL MEMORIAL SN A building in which cordite dough is stored before CENOTAPH extrusion. COAT OF ARMS CL INDUSTRIAL COMMEMORATIVE STONE BT EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE EFFIGY Cordite Drying Stove GRAVE MARKER USE REEL DRYING STOVE NAMED TREE PLAQUE CORDITE FACTORY ROSTRAL COLUMN SN A factory principally engaged in the manufacture TRIUMPHAL ARCH of the propellant explosive cordite. TROPHY CL INDUSTRIAL WALL MONUMENT BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY WAR MEMORIAL RT GUNCOTTON FACTORY Commemorative Plaque CORDITE INCORPORATING HOUSE USE PLAQUE SN A building in which cordite paste is blended with COMMEMORATIVE STONE the solvent acetone and Vaseline to form a cordite dough. UF Memorial Stone CL INDUSTRIAL SN A stone commemorating a person or event. BT EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE CL COMMEMORATIVE BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT Cordite Press House NT DATE STONE USE PRESS HOUSE DEDICATION STONE RT GRAVESTONE CORNING HOUSE Commemorative Tablet SN A processing house containing equipment for sieving caked gunpowder to produce graded USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT granules. PLAQUE CL INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION TRENCH BT GUNPOWDER MANUFACTURING SITE SN A trench, usually linking two or more rows of Cotton Waste Mill trenches, enabling the conveyance of messages USE COTTON WASTE WORKS or equipment safely from one trench to another. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION COTTON WASTE WORKS BT TRENCH UF Cotton Waste Mill COMMUNICATIONS SN A works where cotton waste is stored or processed. SN An aircraft used to facilitate communications, for CL INDUSTRIAL example in a military context. BT FACTORY CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT
11 CL COMMEMORATIVE Dh1 BT COMMEMORATIVE STONE USE AIRCO DH1 RT PLAQUE Dh2 DE HAVILLAND USE AIRCO DH2 SN The de Havilland Aircraft Co, Ltd. Dh4 CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT
12 SN Buildings used for the accommodation, welfare SN A coastal battery constructed at short notice and recreation of servicemen. usually mounting a variety of artillery pieces. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION NT CINEMA BT COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY CONCERT HALL EMERGENCY FOOD CENTRE DECONTAMINATION BUILDING FOOD AND REST CENTRE SN An establishment from which food is distributed GYMNASIUM to the public during wartime or similar states of MEDICAL BLOCK emergency. MEETING HALL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION PARADE GROUND ENGINE HOUSE SICK QUARTERS SQUASH RACQUETS COURT SN A building housing an engine used to run TENNIS COURT electrical equipment. Use more specific type WOMENS LAND ARMY CAMP where known. WOMENS LAND ARMY HOSTEL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ANCILLARY BUILDING Double Dock NT BATTERY ENGINE HOUSE DRY DOCK USE Engine Manufactory DRILL HALL USE ENGINEERING WORKS SN A building or site used for the exercise and Engine Works training of military personnel. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION USE ENGINEERING WORKS BT REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS ENGINEERING INDUSTRY SITE DRY DOCK SN Buildings, sites and structures associated with UF Canal Dry Dock the engineering industry. Double Dock CL INDUSTRIAL Graving Dock NT BORING MILL SN A stone-faced enclosure, with entrance closed ENGINEERING WORKS by a floatable caisson or by gates, which can be VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE pumped dry for inspection, maintenance, or repair ENGINEERING WORKS of the hull or underwater fittings of a ship or UF Engine Manufactory ships. Engine Works CL INDUSTRIAL Traction Engine Works BT MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE SN Any factory or site using machine tools in a RT SHIP REPAIR WORKS manufacturing or processing capacity. DUSTING HOUSE CL INDUSTRIAL SN A building within the gunpowder works complex. BT WORKS During the gunpowder production process, the ENGINEERING INDUSTRY SITE mill cake was broken down, pressed and then NT CARRIAGE WORKS corned. The remaining dust was removed from COACH WORKS the corned powder by tumbling it in gauze- EXPLOSIVES FACTORY coveredrevolving cylinders. UF Explosives Works CL INDUSTRIAL SN A building or buildings where explosives are BT GUNPOWDER WORKS manufactured. RT BREAKING DOWN HOUSE CL INDUSTRIAL DYNAMITE FACTORY BT FACTORY SN A works or factory principally engaged in the EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE manufacture of dynamite. NT AMMONAL WORKS CL INDUSTRIAL AMMONIUM NITRATE WORKS BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE WORKS BELLITE WORKS EFFIGY CORDITE FACTORY UF Memorial Effigy DYNAMITE FACTORY SN A sculptured likeness, portrait or image, often GELATINE WORKS (EXPLOSIVE) found on a tomb or other memorial. GELIGNITE WORKS CL COMMEMORATIVE GUNCOTTON FACTORY BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT NITROCELLULOSE POWDER FACTORY NITROGLYCERINE WORKS EMBARKATION POINT PHENOL WORKS SN Muster/departure points from which troops PICRIC ACID WORKS embarked for their journey to the Front. SABULITE FACTORY CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SALTPETRE WORKS TOLUENE WORKS EMERGENCY COAST DEFENCE BATTERY
13 TRINITROTOLUENE FACTORY BT AIRCRAFT
14 rocket and missile firing use ROCKET TEST Footstone FACILITY. USE GRAVESTONE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION FUEL DEPOT BT TRAINING AREA WEAPON TESTING FACILITY SN A building or site used for the storage and NT FIRING RANGE BLOCKHOUSE distribution of fuel. NAVAL GUNNERY RANGE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION TARGET RANGE BT DEPOT TORPEDO RANGE FUEL STORE FIRING RANGE BLOCKHOUSE SN A building used for the storage of materials used UF Firing Range Shelter to provide power or heat. SN A shelter on a firing range from which the CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION weapons testing can be viewed in safety. BT STORAGE FACILITY CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION NT FUEL TANK BT FIRING RANGE FUEL TANK Firing Range Shelter SN A large, usually metal, container used for the USE FIRING RANGE BLOCKHOUSE storage of liquid fuels. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION FIRST AID POST BT FUEL STORE SN A building with first aid facilities to deal with GARAGE accidents and other medical emergencies. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A building used for the storage and maintenance RT CIVIL DEFENCE SITE of motor vehicles. HOSPITAL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT MOTOR TRANSPORT BUILDING Fk3 Gas Decontamination Centre USE ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK3 USE DECONTAMINATION BUILDING Fk8 GELATINE WORKS (EXPLOSIVE) USE ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH FK8 SN A factory or works principally engaged in the FLOATPLANE manufacture of blasing or explosive gelatine. SN A type of seaplane, with one or more slender CL INDUSTRIAL pontoons (known as "floats") mounted under the BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY fuselage to provide buoyancy. GELIGNITE WORKS CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT SEAPLANE SN A factory or works principally engaged in the manufacture of the explosive Gelignite. FLYING BOAT CL INDUSTRIAL SN An aeroplane with the capability to land at sea, BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY the underside of its fuselage shaped like the hull GENERAL AIRCRAFT of a sea-going vessel and designed to make contact with the water. SN General Aircraft Limited. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT SEAPLANE BT AIRCRAFT
15 SN An aircraft used for towing gliders aloft. SN A fortified site in which a gun, mortar or cannon CL AIRCRAFT TYPE is positioned. BT TUG CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ANTI INVASION DEFENCE SITE GOTHA NT ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT SN Gothauer Waggonfabrik A.G., based in Gotha, GUN EMPLACEMENT (TYPE 55414) Thuringia (Germany). GUN EMPLACEMENT (TYPE 55415) CL AIRCRAFT TYPE GUN EMPLACEMENT (TYPE 55422) BT AIRCRAFT
16 BT ARMAMENT MANUFACTURING SITE physical fitness. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION GUNCOTTON FACTORY BT DOMESTIC SITE UF Gun Cotton Mill SN A factory or works engaged in the manufacture HALF TIDE DOCK of the explosive guncotton. They may be found SN A dock with gates which open for access for as separate factories or form part of a cordite some hours before and after high water. factory. CL INDUSTRIAL CL INDUSTRIAL BT MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY Hall Of Memory RT CORDITE FACTORY USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT GUNCOTTON STOVE HANDLY PAGE SN A building in which moist guncotton is dried by warm air for use in nitroglycerine manufacture. SN Handley Page, Ltd.. Founded by Sir Frederick CL INDUSTRIAL Handley Page, this was the first limited company BT EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE to be incorporated in Great Britain for the purpose RT GUNPOWDER DRYING HOUSE of aircraft manufacture. REEL DRYING STOVE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT
17 NT AUXILIARY HOSPITAL SN High speed, short to medium-range bomber, MILITARY HOSPITAL usually powered by two engines. RT FIRST AID POST CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT BOMBER HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER SN A structure used for the production of hydraulic LISTENING POST power. A head of water was raised at the top of CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION the tower by means of pumps. Used for BT PASSIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE powering machinery. RT SOUND MIRROR CL INDUSTRIAL LOCKHEED VEGA BT HYDRAULIC POWER SITE SN A subsidiary of Lockheed. HYDRAULIC POWER SITE LORRY FACTORY CL INDUSTRIAL BT POWER GENERATION SITE SN A factory used for the manufacture and NT HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR TOWER assembly of lorries. CL INDUSTRIAL INCORPORATING MILL BT VEHICLE FACTORY SN A stone edge-runner grinding machine or mill MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE used for mechanically grinding and mixing the MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT ingredients of gunpowder. CL INDUSTRIAL SN A structure, usually or concrete or sandbags, in BT GUNPOWDER MANUFACTURING SITE which a machine gun was emplaced. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION INDUSTRIAL BT GUN EMPLACEMENT CL INDUSTRIAL NT MACHINE GUN POST NT ARMAMENT MANUFACTURING SITE VICKERS MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT CLOTHING INDUSTRY SITE MACHINE GUN POST ENGINEERING INDUSTRY SITE EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE SN An open walled structure built of concrete, brick INDUSTRIAL BUILDING or sandbags which enclosed one or more MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE machine-guns mounted on pintels for light anti- POWER GENERATION SITE aircraft and ground defence. TEXTILE INDUSTRY SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MAGAZINE SN Any building designed or adapted to accommodate trades and manufacturing activity. SN A building in which a supply of arms, ammunition Use more specific site where known. and provisions for an army is stored. CL INDUSTRIAL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION NT CHIMNEY BT HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY FACTORY MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE WORKS SN Buildings, sites and structures associated with INFANTRY POST the construction and repair of ships and boats. UF Rifle Post CL INDUSTRIAL SN A defensive position, often constructed from NT BOAT YARD sandbags, designed to protect a group of DOCKYARD infantry. DRY DOCK CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION HALF TIDE DOCK BT FIELDWORK MARINE ENGINEERING WORKS MARINE WORKSHOP INSTRUCTIONAL SITE SEAPLANE FACTORY SN A site used to train military personnel in the use SHIP BREAKERS YARD of equipment. SHIP REPAIR WORKS CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SHIPYARD BT TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE WET DOCK Ledger Stone MARINE ENGINEERING WORKS USE GRAVESTONE SN Specialized engineering workshop particularly for the production of marine engines or other large LIGHT AIRCRAFT components of ships. SN Generally understood to mean aircraft whose CL INDUSTRIAL normal loaded weight is less than 2750kg BT MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE (6060lb). NT FABRICATION SHED CL AIRCRAFT TYPE RT SHIP REPAIR WORKS BT AIRCRAFT
18 harbour or naval dockyard. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL INDUSTRIAL NT AIR SEA RESCUE STATION BT MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE ROYAL NAVAL BASE NT SHIPWRIGHTS WORKSHOP TRAINING BASE SLIP SHED MILITARY BUILDING RT SHIPYARD SN A building of unknown purpose found at a military MATCH LODGE site. Use more specific type where known. SN A building at the entrance to an factory CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION manufacturing explosives where a person was MILITARY CAMP searched for matches, prior to entering the workplace. SN A site where a body of troops is temporarily or CL INDUSTRIAL permanently lodged, with or without BT EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE entrenchments and fortifications. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION MEDICAL BLOCK NT ARMY CAMP SN A building, usually part of a complex, where CANADIAN FORESTRY CORPS CAMP medical treatment and hospital facilities are TRAINING CAMP provided. WOMENS ROYAL AIR FORCE CAMP CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT DOMESTIC SITE SN This is the top term for the thesaurus see Class MEDIUM BOMBER List for Narrower Terms. SN A bomber designed to operate with medium CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION bombloads over medium distances.The medium NT ADMIRALTY SIGNAL ESTABLISHMENT bomber was generally considered to be any ADMIRALTY SIGNAL STATION design that delivered about 4,000 lb (1.8 t) over AIRSHIP STATION ranges of about 1,500 to 2,000 miles (2,400 to BOMB CRATER 3,200 km). BOMBING RANGE MARKER CL AIRCRAFT TYPE DEFENCE SITE BT BOMBER DISPLACED PERSONS CAMP DOMESTIC SITE MEETING HALL EMBARKATION POINT SN A place where service personnel could meet for EMERGENCY FOOD CENTRE entertainment. FIRST AID POST CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION HEADQUARTERS BT DOMESTIC SITE HOSPITAL MILITARY BASE Memorial MILITARY BUILDING USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT MILITARY CAMP Memorial Chapel MILITARY SITE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS FACTORY USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT PRISONER OF WAR CAMP Memorial Effigy REQUISITIONED LAND USE EFFIGY ROYAL NAVY SHORE ESTABLISHMENT TRAINING SITE Memorial Garden TRANSPORT SITE USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT MILITARY HEADQUARTERS Memorial Seat SN A building used as the command centre of a USE COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT military operation. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION Memorial Stone BT ANCILLARY BUILDING USE COMMEMORATIVE STONE NT AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS MESS NAVAL HEADQUARTERS SN A building providing dining and recreation facilities TERRITORIAL ARMY HEADQUARTERS for military personnel. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION MILITARY HOSPITAL BT ANCILLARY BUILDING SN A hospital for the medical and surgical treatment NT OFFICERS MESS of military personnel and/or their families. SERGEANTS MESS CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT HOSPITAL MILITARY BASE SN A building or group of buildings, often surrounded MILITARY OFFICE by a system of fortifications, used as a SN An administrative building used to organize and residential and training site by members of an co-ordinate the activities of members of the armed force. armed forces.
19 CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A Mark 1E aircraft which has undergone further BT ANCILLARY BUILDING modifications to enhance performance or NT SQUADRON OFFICE armament. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE MILITARY SITE BT AIRCRAFT MARK SN Sites, buildings and structures used by the military. MKII CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN Mark 2 or the second variant of an aircraft with NT CAMOUFLAGE its associated modifications. ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SEAPLANE STATION BT AIRCRAFT MARK MINEFIELD MKIIA SN An area of ground or water containing explosive SN A Mark 2 aircraft which has undergone slight mines. modifications to enhance performance or CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION armament. BT COASTAL DEFENCE SITE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE RT EXTENDED DEFENCE OFFICERS POST BT AIRCRAFT MARK MINELAYER MKIIB SN An aircraft equipped to deploy explosive mines. SN A Mark 2A aircraft which has undergone slight CL AIRCRAFT TYPE modifications to enhance performance or BT AIRCRAFT
20 MOTOR TRANSPORT BUILDING BT AIRCRAFT MARK SN A building, on an airfield or military base, used for MKVIC the maintenance and storage of motor vehicles. SN A Mark 6B aircraft which has undergone further CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION modifications to enhance performance or BT TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE armament. NT GARAGE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE VEHICLE SHED BT AIRCRAFT MARK MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE MKVII SN Buildings and sites associated with the SN Mark 7 or the seventh variant of an aircraft with manufacture of motor vehicles. its associated modifications. CL INDUSTRIAL CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT VEHICLE ENGINEERING SITE BT AIRCRAFT MARK NT CAR FACTORY MKVIII CARRIAGE WORKS COACH WORKS SN Mark 8 or the eighth variant of an aircraft with its LORRY FACTORY associated modifications. MOTOR CYCLE FACTORY CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT MARK MUNITIONS FACTORY MKX SN A building or site used for the manufacture of weapons, ammunition and military supplies. Use SN Mark 10 or the tenth variant of an aircraft with its more specific type where known. associated modifications. CL INDUSTRIAL CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT FACTORY BT AIRCRAFT MARK ARMAMENT MANUFACTURING SITE MKXI NT FILLING FACTORY SHELL FACTORY SN Mark 11 or the eleventh variant of an aircraft with SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION FACTORY its associated modifications. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE NAMED TREE BT AIRCRAFT MARK SN A tree named after a person or event associated MKXII with it, e.g. Byron's Oak at Newstead. CL COMMEMORATIVE SN Mark 12 or the twelfth variant of an aircraft with BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT its associated modifications. RT HISTORICAL SITE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT MARK Naval Arsenal MKXIV USE ARSENAL SN Mark 14 or the fourteenth variant of an aircraft NAVAL BATTLEFIELD with its associated modifications. SN Area or zone of sea where a battle, skirmish or CL AIRCRAFT TYPE action was fought between naval ships or BT AIRCRAFT MARK warships and privateers. Not to be used for MKXVI enemy action upon mercantile ships or a sudden strike by mine/torpedo against an enemy warship. SN Mark 16 or the sixteenth variant of an aircraft CL COMMEMORATIVE with its associated modifications. BT BATTLEFIELD CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRCRAFT MARK NAVAL DOCKYARD MONOPLANE SN A naval base that builds, repairs, docks or converts warships, and is manned by civilian SN An aircraft with a single wing, or plane, either engineers and workers and administered by side of its fuselage. engineer duty officers. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL INDUSTRIAL BT AIRCRAFT
21 CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT MILITARY HEADQUARTERS BT ANCILLARY BUILDING NIEUPORT OFFICIAL RESIDENCE SN A French aeroplane company that primarily built SN Used where an existing building is designated as racing aircraft before World War I and fighter the residence of an official. aircraft during World War I and between the CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION wars. First set up in 1902 as manufacturer of BT ANCILLARY BUILDING engine components, then aircraft in 1911 as OPERATIONS BLOCK Nieuport et Deplante. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE SN A building of varying designs intended for BT AIRCRAFT
22 enemy territory and gather photographic power generation. evidence of strategic features and/or the position CL INDUSTRIAL and strength of any military presence. BT POWER GENERATION SITE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT RECONNAISSANCE BT POWER GENERATION SITE NT POWER HOUSE (207/17) PICRIC ACID WORKS POWER HOUSE (476/18) SN A chemical works engaged in the manufacture of the coal tar derivative, picric acid, often POWER HOUSE (207/17) associated with the textile industry where it was SN A power house built to Air Ministry drawing used as a dye, but more commonly with the number 207/17 and comprising four rooms; a explosives industry where it was used as the driver's room, workshop and store, battery room shell filling Lyddite. and engine room containing 2 generator sets. CL INDUSTRIAL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY BT POWER HOUSE PIGGERY POWER HOUSE (476/18) SN A place where pigs are reared. SN The standard RFC power house built to Air CL AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE Ministry drawing number 476/18 and comprising an engine room with a small workshop and PILLBOX driver's room. SN An often squat building with thick, loopholed CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION walls and a flat roof, designed to accommodate a BT POWER HOUSE variety of weapons, usually strategically positioned to cover a vulnerable point in a PRESS HOUSE defensive system. UF Cordite Press House CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A building containing presses for the compaction BT ANTI INVASION DEFENCE SITE of mill cake gunpowder as part of the gunpowder NT PILLBOX (SHELLPROOF) manufacturing process. PILLBOX (VARIANT) CL INDUSTRIAL BT GUNPOWDER MANUFACTURING SITE PILLBOX (SHELLPROOF) SN A pillbox with walls that have been thickened to PRISONER OF WAR CAMP protect against shells. SN A prison site for the containment of servicemen CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION captured in war. BT PILLBOX CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION PILLBOX (VARIANT) Projectile Factory SN A pillbox which varies from the standard designs. USE SHELL FACTORY CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION Proof House BT PILLBOX USE PROVING HOUSE PLAQUE PROVING HOUSE UF Brass Plaque Bread Stone UF Proof House Bronze Plaque Testing Works Commemorative Plaque SN A building used for the testing of weapons for Commemorative Tablet quality, accuracy and explosive power. Wall Tablet CL INDUSTRIAL SN An ornamental, commemorative tablet. BT ARMAMENT MANUFACTURING SITE CL COMMEMORATIVE QUADRANT TOWER BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT SN An observation tower on a bombing range from RT DATE STONE which an observer could watch the bombing Powder Mill runs and report back to the aircraft on their USE GUNPOWDER WORKS accuracy. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION POWER GENERATION SITE BT AIRFIELD BUILDING SN A site or building including generators and fuel QUARTERMASTERS STORE storage facilities used to generate electricity. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A building or group of buildings used for the BT AIRFIELD SITE storage and issuing of rations and equipment to CL INDUSTRIAL an army unit. NT HYDRAULIC POWER SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION POWER HOUSE BT ANCILLARY BUILDING STAND BY SET HOUSE RADIO MAST POWER HOUSE SN A tall, usually steel, structure used to receive and SN Building for domestic or small scale unspecified transmit radio signals.
23 CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION and maintenance of non-passenger carrying BT RADIO STATION railway rolling stock. CL INDUSTRIAL RADIO STATION BT RAILWAY ENGINEERING SITE UF Wireless Station RAILWAY WORKS SN A building or group of buildings containing SN An engineering works producing items for the equipment capable of transmitting and receiving railway other than rolling stock, such as signals, radio signals. Use BROADCASTING RADIO tracks, points, etc. STATION for broadcasting establishments e.g. CL INDUSTRIAL BFBS Radio stations. BT RAILWAY ENGINEERING SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING RAILWAY WORKSHOP NT RADIO MAST SN An ancilliary workshop used for repairs, etc. RADIO TELEGRAPHY STATION CL INDUSTRIAL RADIO TELEGRAPHY MAST BT RAILWAY ENGINEERING SITE SN A tall, usually steel, structure used to receive and RECEPTION CENTRE transmit radio telegraphy signals. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ANCILLARY BUILDING BT RADIO TELEGRAPHY STATION RECONNAISSANCE RADIO TELEGRAPHY STATION SN An aircraft, often fitted with cameras, intended to UF Wireless Telegraphy Station fly over enemy territory to ascertain its strategic SN A building or group of buildings, incorporating features and/or the position and strength of any radio masts, built to intercept radio transmissions military presence. from enemy vessels and aircraft during WWI. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT AIRCRAFT
24 During wartime buildings were requisitioned for aircraft hangar designed in 1913 and used in various purposes, such as temporary hospitals WWI. Originally constructed from wooden or headquarters. trusses and struts, some examples have steel CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION frames. It comprised a single or coupled shed BT ANCILLARY BUILDING with rear workshops. RT REQUISITIONED LAND CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT AIRCRAFT HANGAR REQUISITIONED LAND NT RFC SIDE OPENING AIRCRAFT HANGAR SN Land which has been temporarily taken over for use by the military or civilian authorities. During Royal Flying Corps Side Opening Aircraft Hangar wartime land was requisitioned for various USE RFC SIDE OPENING AIRCRAFT HANGAR purposes, such as for argriculture or for military ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION training/events etc. CL AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE SN An airfield with associated hangars and control CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION buildings used for the storage, maintenance and RT REQUISITIONED BUILDING deployment of military aircraft and airships flown TRAINING AREA by the Royal Naval Air Service. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION RFC SIDE OPENING AIRCRAFT HANGAR BT MILITARY SITE UF Royal Flying Corps Side Opening Aircraft Hangar ROYAL NAVAL BASE SN The earliest side-opening standard type of aircraft hangar designed in 1913 and used in SN A site, usually with docks and control buildings, WWI. Originally constructed from wooden used for the storage, maintenance and trusses and struts, one example has steel deployment of military vessels or the frames. It comprised a single or coupled shed administration of the Royal Navy. May also with rear workshops. include accommodation buildings for personnel. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT ROYAL FLYING CORPS AIRCRAFT HANGAR BT MILITARY BASE Rifle Factory ROYAL NAVAL DEPOT USE ORDNANCE FACTORY SN A building or site used for the storage and distribution of the essential logistical requirements RIFLE PIT of the Royal Navy. SN A pit dug to protect a small group of infantry men. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT DEPOT BT FIELDWORK ROYAL NAVY SHORE ESTABLISHMENT Rifle Post SN A complex of buildings used as a headquarters USE INFANTRY POST and training base for Royal Navy personnel. Even though they are buildings on land shore RIFLE RANGE establishments are deemed to be shipsand are SN A target range used for rifle and small arms designated 'HMS' eg. HMS Dolphin in Portsmouth. practice. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SABULITE FACTORY BT WEAPON TESTING FACILITY SN A factory or works principally engaged in the Ripe Charge House manufacture of the mining explosive sabulite. USE CHARGE HOUSE CL INDUSTRIAL ROAD BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY SN A way between different places, used by SALTPETRE STORE horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. SN A place where saltpetre, the chief component of CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION gunpowder, is kept. BT TRANSPORT SITE CL INDUSTRIAL ROSTRAL COLUMN BT GUNPOWDER MANUFACTURING SITE SN A column set on a pedestal and decorated with SALTPETRE WORKS the bows of warships to celebrate naval SN A building, factory or works which was engaged victories. Originally a Roman form, it was revived in the manufacture of refining saltpetre. Often in 17th and 18th century decoration. part of a gunpowder works. CL COMMEMORATIVE CL INDUSTRIAL BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT BT EXPLOSIVES FACTORY Royal Flying Corps Aeroplane Shed GUNPOWDER MANUFACTURING SITE RT GUNPOWDER WORKS USE ROYAL FLYING CORPS AIRCRAFT HANGAR NITRE BED ROYAL FLYING CORPS AIRCRAFT HANGAR SEAPLANE UF Royal Flying Corps Aeroplane Shed SN An aircraft designed to land on water. They can SN The earliest side-opening standard type of be divided into 2 types: Flying boats (designed
25 with a hull allowing the aircraft to land directly on locate enemy aircraft or surface vessels for the water) and Floatplanes (where the benefit of batteries and night fighter aircraft. undercarriagewas replaced by fixed floats). CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY BT AIRCRAFT
26 of intelligence gathering. detect approaching enemy aircraft. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING BT SOUND MIRROR SLIP SHED SOUND MIRROR (200 FEET) SN A wooden or metal structure covering a SN A concrete, concave wall 200 feet in length used shipbuilding slip way. as an acoustic listening device to detect CL INDUSTRIAL approaching enemy aircraft. BT MARINE WORKSHOP CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION RT DOCKYARD BT SOUND MIRROR SLIT TRENCH SOUND MIRROR (30 FEET) SN A short trench used to protect troops or to SN A concrete, circular concave dish 30 feet in provide defensive fire from, often dug for diameter used as an acoustic listening device to practice purposes. detect approaching enemy aircraft. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT TRENCH BT SOUND MIRROR SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION FACTORY SOUND MIRROR BUILDING SN A factory engaged in the manufacture of small SN A building associated with the early 20th century arms ammunition, especially the metal acoustic detection system. components and filling with the explosive CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION propellant. BT PASSIVE AIR DEFENCE SITE CL INDUSTRIAL SQUADRON OFFICE BT MUNITIONS FACTORY SN A building used for the administration of a Small Arms Factory squadron. USE ORDNANCE FACTORY CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT MILITARY OFFICE SNIPE SN Single-engined fighter, developed from the Camel. SQUASH RACQUETS COURT Entered service in 1918 and became the RAF's SN A building in which the game of squash can be first mainstay peacetime fighter. played. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT SOPWITH BT DOMESTIC SITE BIPLANE STAND BY SET HOUSE FIGHTER RT CAMEL SN A building housing the stand-by generator set and associated equipment which could supply SOPWITH electricity to all essential services in the event of SN The Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd.. Established in a power cut. 1911 by the noted aviator Mr T. O. M. Sopwith. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION Produced many notable aircraft, including the BT POWER GENERATION SITE Camel and a Schneider Cup-winning seaplane. CL INDUSTRIAL CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT POWER GENERATION SITE BT AIRCRAFT
27 CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT AIRFIELD SITE BT AIRFIELD SITE NT AEROPLANE REPAIR SECTION SHED NT ART STORAGE FACILITY FIRE TENDER HOUSE CHEMICAL WEAPONS STORE INSTRUCTIONAL SITE DEPOT MOTOR TRANSPORT BUILDING EXPLOSIVES STORAGE FACILITY OPERATIONS BLOCK FUEL STORE OPERATIONS ROOM STORAGE BUILDING TECHNICAL SITE VEHICLE PARK TECHNICAL SITE WATER STORAGE FACILITY SN A site associated with the maintenance of military SUBMARINE MINE ESTABLISHMENT equipment and buildings. SN A complex of purpose-built or adapted buildings CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION used for the maintenance, storage, assembly and BT TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SITE control of sea mines and minefields. NT CONTROL BUILDING CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION TRANSFORMER BUILDING BT COASTAL DEFENCE SITE VEHICLE REPAIR CENTRE SUPPLY DEPOT TENNIS COURT SN A building or site used for the storage and SN A prepared area, traditionally grass, where distribution of the essential logistical requirements tennis is played. of an armed force. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT DOMESTIC SITE BT DEPOT TERRITORIAL ARMY HEADQUARTERS TANK FACTORY SN A building used as headquarters by the Territorial SN A factory for the manufacture of military tanks. Army, the volunteer reserve of the British army. CL INDUSTRIAL CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT VEHICLE FACTORY BT MILITARY HEADQUARTERS TANK PARK TEST AIRCRAFT SN A site where tanks and armoured fighting SN An aircraft designed for the testing of engines or vehicles can be stored. other aircraft components. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT VEHICLE PARK BT AIRCRAFT
28 Toluol Works TRAINING SITE USE TOLUENE WORKS SN A site used for military training. Use more specific term. TORPEDO BOMBER CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN Aircraft designed for the carrying and dropping NT TRAINING AREA of torpedoes. TRAINING BASE CL AIRCRAFT TYPE TRAINING CAMP BT BOMBER TRAINING CENTRE TORPEDO RANGE TRANSFORMER BUILDING SN A designated area of water in which the SN A building housing transformers to convert AC performance of torpedoes can be evaluated. electricity supply for domestic use. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT FIRING RANGE BT TECHNICAL SITE NT TORPEDO RANGE CONTROL BUILDING TRANSPORT SITE TORPEDO RANGE CONTROL BUILDING SN A site associated with transport including both SN A building from which the firing of torpedoes can vehicles and transport infrastructure. be controlled and evaluated. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION NT AIRFIELD SITE BT TORPEDO RANGE BRIDGE TORPEDO STATION ROAD SN A land based establishment armed with TRANSPORTER torpedoes and used to defend the coast from SN An aircraft used for the transportation of troops, enemy shipping. supplies, vehicles or passengers. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT COASTAL DEFENCE SITE BT AIRCRAFT
29 object, such as a glider or target. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT MOTOR TRANSPORT BUILDING BT AIRCRAFT
30 CL COMMEMORATIVE remain constantly afloat in them. BT COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT CL INDUSTRIAL RT CENOTAPH BT MARINE CONSTRUCTION SITE WET GUNCOTTON MAGAZINE War Memorial Chapel SN A building in which moist guncotton is stored prior USE WAR MEMORIAL to drying for cordite maunufacture. War Memorial Cloister CL INDUSTRIAL USE WAR MEMORIAL BT EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING SITE War Memorial Garden Wireless Station USE WAR MEMORIAL USE RADIO STATION WAR PRODUCTION FACTORY Wireless Telegraphy Station SN A factory or works which has been temporarily USE RADIO TELEGRAPHY STATION turned over to the manufacture of goods for the WOMENS LAND ARMY CAMP war effort. SN A camp used to accommodate members of the CL INDUSTRIAL Womens Land Army who undertook essential BT FACTORY agricultural work during the First and Second WATCH OFFICE World Wars. SN A building, originally used as a shelter for the CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION duty pilot or officer on watch on an airfield, and BT DOMESTIC SITE later used to direct air traffic. Use more specific WOMENS LAND ARMY HOSTEL type where known. SN A hostel used to accommodate members of the CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION Womens Land Army who undertook essential BT CONTROL TOWER agricultural work during the First and Second WATER STORAGE FACILITY World Wars. SN A site or building containing tanks and pipes and CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION used to store large quantities of water. BT DOMESTIC SITE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION WOMENS ROYAL AIR FORCE CAMP BT STORAGE FACILITY SN A camp used for the accommodation of members NT WATER TANK of the Womens Royal Air Force who undertook a WATER TOWER variety of essential roles within the RAF to enable WATER TANK their male counterparts to fight more effectively. SN A receptacle for the storage of water. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT MILITARY CAMP BT WATER STORAGE FACILITY WORKS WATER TOWER SN Usually a complex of buildings for the processing SN A tower serving as a reservoir to deliver water of raw materials. Use specific type where at a required point. known. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL INDUSTRIAL BT WATER STORAGE FACILITY BT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING NT AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE UNIT WEAPON TESTING FACILITY ENGINEERING WORKS SN A site, buildings or structure associated with the SHIP REPAIR WORKS demonstration and testing of weapons and WORKSHOP military equipment. Use more specific term. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A building or room used for small scale BT DEFENCE SITE manufacture or maintenance. NT ARTILLERY FIRING RANGE CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BOMBING RANGE BT ANCILLARY BUILDING FIRING RANGE WRECK GRENADE RANGE SN The remains of a vessel which has either sunk or RIFLE RANGE suffered structural damage to the extent where it WEAPONS PIT can no longer function. SN Usually a small, two or three man trench, dug as CL UNASSIGNED an isolated fieldwork rather than as part of a Y STATION defensive system. A WWI and WWII feature. CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION BT RADIO TELEGRAPHY STATION BT FIELDWORK Z STATION WET DOCK CL MILITARY DEFENCE AND FORTIFICATION SN A large, watertight enclosure in which the water BT RADIO TELEGRAPHY STATION is maintained at the high-tide level so that vessels
31 ZEPPELIN SN A rigid frame type of airship pioneered by Count Zeppelin and used by the Germans in FWW for military purposes: do not use asa generic name for airships. CL AIRCRAFT TYPE BT AIRSHIP
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