War Diaries Talk

OBL - LTM - TEE - MTM

  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    "Cook house in OBL completed" OBL?
    "Improvement of LTM in Barnton TEE" TEE?
    I know LTM and MTM but what do OBL and TEE mean?

    In the mean time I found that Barnton TEE is the name of a Trench.

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  • marie.eklidvirginmedia.com by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

    OBL - It is an abbreviation for the Old British Line. Barnton Tee is a place - see article - *1/8th (Ardwick) Battlion Manchester Regiment:

    Under the Heading 27 November 1917: Link: http://www.execulink.com/~kbrannen/8thbnwd.pdf

    *Communication both forward and to the rear is very good indeed. Rations are brought by limber to ESTAMINET Dump (F6 c48) and then pushed in trucks along the Railway Lines to the Coys. at BARNTON TEE (A3 a56), RICHMOND (S27 a20.85) and to O.B.L.

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    It looks like O.B.L. is an abbreviation of a name, maybe a trench name, where they built the cookhouse.

    I think TEE is a spot where a communication trench or a sap branched off a main trench named Barnton Trench. Most probably a sap or short trench of some sort because it is a place where there was a trench mortar emplacement.

    L.T.M. and M.T.M. are light trench mortar and medium trench mortar, respectively.

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  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    Old British Line sounds good.

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  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    Found another OBL: Old Boots Line Image AWD0003u4j

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    Seems like a likely candidate for OBL.

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