The 184th 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 mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps, cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services.
184th Tunnelling Company
British-dug fighting tunnel in Vimy sector
Tunnel and mining trolley in Carrière Wellington
New Zealand Tunnelling Company
The New Zealand Tunnelling Company was a tunnel warfare unit of the Royal New Zealand Engineers during World War I which specialised in sapping and mining. The tunnelling companies were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps, cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services. The unit is particularly known for its role at Carrière Wellington and during the Battle of Arras.
New Zealand Tunnelling Company
British-dug fighting tunnel in Vimy sector
Tunnel and mining trolley in Carrière Wellington
Officer and NCO purchasing items at the New Zealand Tunnelling Company's canteen at Dainville in July 1918.