Carrière Wellington
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The Carrière Wellington is a museum in Arras, northern France. It is named after a former underground quarry which was part of a network of tunnels used by forces of the British Empire and Commonwealt
Entrance to the Carrière Wellington museum
Tunnel and mining trolley in the Carrière Wellington
Exit no. 10
Royal Engineer tunnelling companies were specialist units of the Corps of Royal Engineers within the British Army formed to dig attacking tunnels under enemy lines during the First World War.
Example of a mine gallery with timber roof support
French Army Trench in northeastern France
Major Sir John Norton-Griffiths MP, founder of the Royal Engineers tunnelling companies