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Lock Hospital


Gus1914

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I was looking at the war diary of the 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company from early 1917... The two main projects were the St Eloi mine and "Lock Hospital"... Does anybody know anything about "Lock Hospital" please...?

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The Lock Hospital position was located at Lock 6 on the Ypres-Comines canal, and the tunnel extended from there to a point beneath the British lines some 400 metres away. The project was eventually abandoned due to geological difficulties.

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Couldn't see it on a 1917 trench map but here is its location;

 

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A bit of soldier black humour here of course a Lock Hospital is where soldiers went if they had a sexually transmitted disease.

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4 minutes ago, mebu said:

Query: why were they working behind German lines early 1917?

 

Locks 7 or 8 would make more sense.

 

Peter

That's a spanner in the works because I think you are right about Lock 6... 

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I did find there appears to be two Lock 6s the other one is just north of the one in the previous post referred to as Lock 6 bis (again). Still behind German lines mind you.

 

 

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I would suggest it is Lock 7. On 12/ May '17 1 Can Tun Coy record  "Lock Hospital: Heavy shelling at end of Spoil Bank near works."

This puts it close to Lock 7, preparatory for the Messines offensive.

 

Peter

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6 minutes ago, mebu said:

I would suggest it is Lock 7. On 12/ May '17 1 Can Tun Coy record  "Lock Hospital: Heavy shelling at end of Spoil Bank near works."

This puts it close to Lock 7, preparatory for the Messines offensive.

I'm sure you are right I should know better than trust Wikipedia without checking. 

 

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