In this presentation I describe the techniques and technology that civilian miners and mining engineers brought to the tunnelling war. Thanks to Subterranea Britannica for providing the platform.
Click on the above image to access high-quality interactive panoramas created by PAN360 show the archaeological excavation of the battlefield at La Boisselle on the Somme in 2012. Then click on the circles on the map. The trenches and tunnels date from 1914-1916 when there was fierce fighting over the sector which was called by the British the ‘Glory Hole’. A three-year excavation phase has ended and reports are being completed for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles Picardie. More information about the project is on the La Boisselle Study Group website.
Tunnellers 4th – 7th June 2021
The War Poets: Words, Music and Landscapes Summer 2021
First & Last Shots Summer 2021
Medics & Padres 29th July – 1st August 2021
The Ypres Salient War Poets 30th September – 3rd October 2021
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The Men Who Dug The Lochnagar Mine
Shirebrook Miners in the Tunnelling Companies
Simon Jones Historian 