underground at loos - Hill 70

[battle of loos]

Good evening,

 

I'm looking for information about the mine war and underground construction at Loos  & Hill 70.
on the site :

longlongtrail.co.uk

I found this :

 

- 173rd Tunnelling Company

Hulluch-Loos area in January 1916 to Spring of 1917

 

- 180th Tunnelling Company

Vermelles sector 1915 during the Battle of Loos. to early 1916 

 

- 253rd Tunnelling Company

old Loos battlefield, north of the Vermelles-Hulluch road 1916 to mid-1917

 

- 258th Tunnelling Company

Hill 70 sector near Loos April 1916 to ???

 

- 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company

 

thank's a lot in advance.

 

regards

 

michel

 

 

[johnmelling1979]

Hello Michel

 

Have you seen this webpage, looks interesting 

 

http://www.durandgroup.org.uk/copse_project.html

 

John

 

 

[brianmorris547]

Michel

I only have the WD of 253 TC (WO 95 488/5) for the period January 1916 to June 1917. The Company began mining work on the Front G 11 b 5 7 to H 19 a 3 6 and there are many reports of British and German Blows, some with map references. It is worth downloading. I attach part of the Loos Trench Map Sheet 36 N W 3 which I bought at Kew.

Brian

Edited 1 April , 2020 by brianmorris547