179th Tunnelling Company
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The 179th Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mi
Badge of the Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers
Geological cross-section of the Somme battlefield
La Boisselle mine crater, August 1916
Troops passing Lochnagar Crater, October 1916
Battle of the Somme
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The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Republic against the German Empire. It took pl
179th Tunnelling Company
…medical services. 179th Tunnelling Company is particularly known for its role at L'îlot de La Boisselle and for firing the Lochnagar mine during the Battle of the Somme 1916. The Lochnagar mine formed part of a series of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines on the British section of the Somme front to…
The Western Front (January 1915 – December 1916)
Troops of the British Indian Army at Battle of the Somme.
Men of the 10th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment of the 31st Division marching to the front line, 28 June 1916.
British aerial photograph of German trenches north of Thiepval, 10 May 1916, with the German forward lines to the lower left. The crenellated appearance of the trenches is due to the presence of traverses.