pferguson | June 30, 2023
The Mines On the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1 July 1916), 19 mines were detonated. Eight large and eleven smaller charges prepared by tunneling units of the British Army exploded on the German frontline. Both the mines at Lochnagar (detonated at 7:28 AM) and Hawthorn Ridge (detonated at 7:20 AM) were, […]
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pferguson | May 6, 2012
Lochnagar and Hawthorn Ridge Standing at its edge the mine crater of Lochnagar dwarfs all those who stand beside it staring down into its depth at the circle of poppy crosses at its base. The crater was created July 1, 1916 when the explosive packed mine was detonated by the Royal Engineers at 7:28 AM […]
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Tags: 1 July 1916, Beneath Flanders Fields: The Tunnellers’ War 1914-1918, Beneath Hill 60, Ernest Brooks, Geoffrey Malins, Hawthorn Ridge Crater, Lochnagar Crater, Mining Operations, Richard Dunning, Royal Engineers, Somme, Tunnelling Operations