Need some assistance with a sentence in handwritten war diary...

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  1. Tanja van Zon-Anderson

    Tanja van Zon-Anderson Senior Member

    Hi,

    What does 740698 and 744698 mean in this diary?

    Greetings

    Tanja
     
    Tanja van Zon-Anderson, Jul 10, 2012
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  2. stolpi

    stolpi Well-Known Member

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    stolpi, Jul 10, 2012
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  3. 4jonboy

    4jonboy Daughter of a 56 Recce

    Hi,

    What does 740698 and 744698 mean in this diary?

    Greetings

    Tanja

    For future reference:
    Try this. Originally posted by Owen

    >> The "CoordinatesTranslator"

    Lesley
     
    4jonboy, Jul 10, 2012
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  4. Tom OBrien

    Tom OBrien Senior Member

    Very interesting stuff - my opinion would be that NES would be "no enemy seen" but "no enemy sighted" means the same so I wouldn't worry about it! I have been transcribing some diaries that are obviously written by someone with medical training, i.e. they are totally impossible to decipher - perhaps that was the intention!

    BTW You mention the Green Howards regimental history - do you have a title for that?

    Regards

    Tom
     
    Tom OBrien, Jul 10, 2012
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  5. stolpi

    stolpi Well-Known Member

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    stolpi, Jul 10, 2012
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  6. Nijmegen

    Nijmegen Member

    Hi,

    What does 740698 and 744698 mean in this diary?

    Greetings

    Tanja

    Hallo Tanja,

    As Stolpi already said, map references. All Allied troops were issued maps of Holland with so-called gridlines. Those lines were in fact the x and y-axis. For example: 740 698. 74 indicates the position on the x-axis, 0 is the decimal position in the grid. 69 indicates the position on the y-axis and 8 is the decimal position in the grid.

    See attachment.

    More clear, I hope!
     

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