Anyone know anything about Marco Map Reference Code? Here is the context from the 59th HAA war diaries, Feb 1943; It is clearly a code used to communicate map references. But a quick search on the net didn't reveal any information.
Hello Steve, From 8th Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps’ war diary for 1 Mar 1943, “ [?] Map Reference Code abolished and replaced by Marco Map ref. code.” An appendix in mentioned which I don’t have. I would guess that “Marco” is short for Map Reference Code. I haven’t been able to find any more information about it. Have a look at this thread. British Army Map Reference Point Code. This seems to be a later (1 Dec 1943) system. Richard
Thanks Richard, it looks like Marco was only in use for about 8 months in 1943, so not very significant.
Looks like an early runner for BATCO ( battlecode) used by the army in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Basically a key code given in the message gave you the line of letters to use which transcribed to numbers after deciphering. Alex.