mcderms Posted 20 September , 2006 Share Posted 20 September , 2006 I am trying to find more info on the attack of the 2nd RWR on the first day of Loos. I understand that these are the positions they attacked, losing 70% of their strength including my GGF (WIA). Can anyone point me at more info and pics? Anyone got any pics of the site today? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwsmith Posted 20 September , 2006 Share Posted 20 September , 2006 I am trying to find more info on the attack of the 2nd RWR on the first day of Loos. I understand that these are the positions they attacked, losing 70% of their strength including my GGF (WIA). Can anyone point me at more info and pics? Anyone got any pics of the site today? Thanks in advance Hi, Sorry but you do not give your first name. I recently returned from Loos and got access to the Double Crassier which overlooks Hulluch and the rest of the battlefield. There aqre no trenches left to see but you can see evidence of where they were in the recently ploughed fields. Hulluch quarry is still visible. If you give me your email address I will send you some photos of the area. Do you know where your GGF was buried? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 21 September , 2006 Share Posted 21 September , 2006 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 22nd Brigade 7th Division Check out: Oblique aerial photographs of the Northern Sector of Loos Battlefield taken in August 2003, by Howard Anderson, including Cité St Elie and Hulluch at http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the...chy/cuinchy.htm Paul Reed’s website at http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/loos.htm Trench map “Hulluch December 1915” at http://pathsofglory.co.uk/Trenchmap%20extracts%202.htm Attached: Hulluch Quarries trench map 1916 regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 21 September , 2006 Share Posted 21 September , 2006 Regarding 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, the book: The Seventh Division 1914 - 1918 by C.T. Atkinson ISBN: 1843421194 http://www.naval-military-press.com is an excellent reference. Chapter IX, pages 199 to 232 covers the battle of Loos regarding the 7th Division and the participation of the Warwicks. Attached: Map 19 from page 229 and 7th Division Loos casualty figures from page 231 regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcderms Posted 21 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 21 September , 2006 Many thanks Pals - keep it coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockdoc Posted 21 September , 2006 Share Posted 21 September , 2006 22nd Brigade were the northernmost section of 7th Division, to the 9th's right. My Grandfather was in XXXV Brigade RFA, which supported 22nd Brigade during the battle. Owing to the flat nature of the ground, the guns were positioned behind the Vermelles-Cuinchy ridge, about 3,000 yards from the front line. I'm visitng the area soon and have found the IGN Carte Bleu 2405E (Lens) a great help in planning the trip. It's at a scale of 1:25000 so has a lot of detail, showing Cite St Elie and The Quarries very clearly. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n cherry Posted 29 September , 2006 Share Posted 29 September , 2006 2nd Warwicks casualties 25th September 527 from the 17 officers and 650men who went in. Report from a Captain C Swinhoe -regretfully not known which Company he was with- does a Pal know, on pages 93 to 94 of Most Unfavourable Ground. Also some war time pctures of the area in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen2807 Posted 29 September , 2006 Share Posted 29 September , 2006 Richard on the map I can just about make out Chapel Trench, do you know where Chapel Keep was - the 20th Brigade HQ? thanks Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindlerp Posted 29 September , 2006 Share Posted 29 September , 2006 Helen I do not know the answer to your question. From page 223 and 224, The Seventh Division 1914 – 1918, by C.T. Atkinson, ISBN: 1843421194 “During the night of September 26th/27th some readjustment was effected, what was left of the 20th Brigade being relieved by the 21st, …... Of the 20th Brigade only the Borders were left on the German side of what had been No Man’s Land, the remnants of the other battalions being back in the old British lines, reorganizing as far as possible.” Attached: Map 17 – LOOS: THE DISPOSITION FOR ATTACK From page 211 Regards Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilles Posted 29 September , 2006 Share Posted 29 September , 2006 Bonjour de Loos See the link for more information http://perso.orange.fr/asso.sltdlgg/index.htm gilles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen2807 Posted 4 October , 2006 Share Posted 4 October , 2006 Hi Richard Thanks anyway. I actually found the answer in a map on Paul Reed's site Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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