pferguson | September 18, 2023
War and War Trophies Prior to the attack 533 British guns fired more than 250,000 shells during a four-day bombardment commencing 21 September 1915. At the time, the engagement was the largest Great War British offensive. The battle also marked the first use of gas by the British Army. Specialized units of the Royal Engineers […]
Category: Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: 19th (County of London) Battalion, 25 September 1915 - 8 October 1915, Battle of Loos, Chlorine Gas, Esquimalt Memorial Park, German Field Gun, Royal Engineers, Salvage, Scrap, Souvenirs, Trophies of War, Victoria Cross, War Exhibitions, War Trophies
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 […]
Category: Odds & Ends |
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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
