bwarchive Posted 24 March , 2016 Share Posted 24 March , 2016 Dear All Just thought I would show you this, from the Black Watch Archive, in case anyone is interested. It is one photograph from a panoramic set which, according to the information we have was taken just before the start of the battle from the British Artillery positions. If anyone knows different I would be fascinated to hear. Ps I hope this works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genegwf Posted 25 March , 2016 Share Posted 25 March , 2016 Surprising clear photo! I did not realize how flat and open the area is. Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 25 March , 2016 Share Posted 25 March , 2016 It's certainly Loos. Long Long Trail photo of Tower Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 March , 2016 Share Posted 25 March , 2016 Nice one Richard. 36c.h.32.b.3.3. is right in the correct area. Great War British Trench Map Coordinates Converter The centroid of grid location 36c.h.32.b.3.3. is at 50.4597, 2.8276. Mike Loos 36c.h.32.b.3.3..kmz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 25 March , 2016 Share Posted 25 March , 2016 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgranger Posted 25 March , 2016 Share Posted 25 March , 2016 Most favourable ground. Not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted 25 March , 2016 Share Posted 25 March , 2016 A fascinating picture, many thanks. May I offer a few comments? The first post refers to the 'artillery position', I guess this would be an observer as my limited knowledge of the site (a visit a few years ago) suggests the picture is from forward of gun lines. The origin of the trench map reference is unclear but the latitude and longitude ( if I have mastered Google maps) is now in a car park in the commercial centre beside the E47, possibly among the trees in the middle distance of the picture near the vertical line marked Loos. Old Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euan Posted 26 March , 2016 Share Posted 26 March , 2016 I may have misinterpreted the trench map co ordinates but surely those listed above cannot be the point of origin for the photo. Those given indicate the car park of the commercial centre. Well behind German lines on 25th September 1915. I would suggest that the photo was taken from a point WSW of Loos as the Loos Crassier seems to rise behind tower bridge off to the right of the image. This would indicate the point where the image was taken as being somewhere in the 47th Division sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 26 March , 2016 Share Posted 26 March , 2016 Hi Euan, the coordinates I gave in post 4 are 36c.h.32.b.3.3. as stated on photograph. I imagine they are in German lines, or behind. I have no idea where the photo was taken from. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euan Posted 26 March , 2016 Share Posted 26 March , 2016 Ah. Thanks Mike. I had not zoomed in enough on the photo and wondered where the map ref came from. The coordinate markers on the photo certainly look right for the area just to the left of Hill 70. Regards. Euan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeesown Posted 27 March , 2016 Share Posted 27 March , 2016 Another picture for you. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 4 April , 2016 Share Posted 4 April , 2016 In the WD of 63 Infantry Brigade for September 1915 (WO 95/2157(1)) there is a map which shows H 32 a and c but unfortunately not H 32 b. Chalet and Hugo marked on the photo are in squares H 25 a and H 25 d respectively on the map, Tower Bridge (marked as Pylons and Tower) are in G 36 a on the map so it looks like the picture was taken from somewhere near the junction of the Lens road and the Grenay-Benifontaine road in G 34 b. Has anyone got any images of Hill 70. Brian EDIT It is Chalk Pit Wood and the Chalk Pit in H 25 a, not Chalet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 4 April , 2016 Share Posted 4 April , 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 27 May , 2016 Share Posted 27 May , 2016 The above map in 63 Infantry Brigade WD is the same one that is for sale at TNA bookshop. (Trench Map Loos Sheet 36c Provisional Edition). Last week I took this picture from the German Redoubt on Hill 70 at H 31 a 7 0 looking back with Loos on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historian9 Posted 9 February , 2020 Share Posted 9 February , 2020 Is that the airfield at photo centre with Puis 14 to the R ? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 10 February , 2020 Share Posted 10 February , 2020 Puits 14 bis is on the right with the Aerodrome just visible on the extreme right. The town in the right distance is Hulluch. Please see this from the current IGN 1:25 000 no 2405 E Lens. The spot where I took the picture from is marked on the map with the number 67, at the crossroads near the Hopital Pediatrique and I was facing North West. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 10 February , 2020 Share Posted 10 February , 2020 This came from from the 1/5th South Staffs war diary. The lower image is on it's side with the photograph on top of the trench map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilles Posted 15 February , 2020 Share Posted 15 February , 2020 superbe photo gilles p Loos grande guerre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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