weshallremember Posted 26 November , 2022 Share Posted 26 November , 2022 good afternoon are there any pictures of the quarries at Loos for around oct 1915 cant seem to find any trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 26 November , 2022 Admin Share Posted 26 November , 2022 @battle of loosor @gilles might be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 26 November , 2022 Share Posted 26 November , 2022 I have an interest in The Quarries. My Great Uncle Dan Morris first saw action there on 25/09/1915. He was with 2 Bn Yorkshire Regt, 21 Infantry Brigade, 7 Div. The September 1915 WD of 20 Infantry Brigade of 7 Div, WO 95/1652/1-2 (Ancestry p 400 - 412), has maps and six aerial photographs. I do not think that they cover the Quarries though. The October 1915 WD of 37 Infantry Brigade of 12 Div, WO 95/1858 has a good map of the Quarries (Ancestry p 134) in Squares G 6 c and G 12 a. The October 1915 WD of 139 Infantry Brigade of 46 Div HQ, WO 95/2692 has a map which shows the Quarries (Ancestry p 257) followed by a series of aerial photographs. The railway junction in the map in square G 3 b can be seen in the first map. The second map, according to the legend might just show The Quarries. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted 26 November , 2022 Share Posted 26 November , 2022 I have an interest in the quarries to as that’s where my great great uncle fell in 1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 26 November , 2022 Admin Share Posted 26 November , 2022 There’s two photos on eBay. Search Quarries Hulluch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 26 November , 2022 Admin Share Posted 26 November , 2022 A google image search for the Quarries Hulluch also brings up an Alamy Stock photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 26 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 November , 2022 The October 1915 WD of 139 Infantry Brigade of 46 Div HQ, WO 95/2692 has a map which shows the Quarries (Ancestry p 257) followed by a series of aerial photographs. The railway junction in the map in square G 3 b can be seen in the first map. The second map, according to the legend might just show The Quarries. THANKS Brian the second map looks close a cross section of g5-6 and g11-12 might just be left of the quarries looking at my map trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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battle of loos Posted 26 November , 2022 Share Posted 26 November , 2022 Good evening, is it really that of Loos? for there was one on Auchy les Mines and Hulluch. for Loos: I have this card where it appears : Overlay of this map on Google Earth : red : quarries green : Canadian memorial blue : Loos British Cemetery // : ring road A21 / 1 : rue roger Salengro /2 : route de Béthune I'll take a closer look at what else I have on this one next week. Kind regards michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 26 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 November , 2022 looks closer on this map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 26 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 November , 2022 map ref for the aerial photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 26 November , 2022 Share Posted 26 November , 2022 Re the map I referred to earlier from the WD of 139 IB. Note the railway junction in G 3 b. The first photograph shows the junction in the top left and the x on the plan is on the top left. The x on the plan you have just posted from photograph number 2 is I estimate at G 5 b 9 1 so I have assumed that the x marks the top left of the photo. I have struggled to align it in the past. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 26 November , 2022 Admin Share Posted 26 November , 2022 I think the OP needs to quantify which quarries he means. I’ve always taken the quarries to mean the Hulluch ones. There is of course also the Quarry near the Hohenzollern Redoubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 26 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 November , 2022 i am convinced that the aerial photo grid references are the quarries# they match perfectly with the hand drawn map trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 26 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 26 November , 2022 sorry quarries above the hulluch are the ones we are looking for i think we have found the aerial map trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 26 November , 2022 Share Posted 26 November , 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Michelle Young said: I think the OP needs to quantify which quarries he means. I’ve always taken the quarries to mean the Hulluch ones. There is of course also the Quarry near the Hohenzollern Redoubt. Michelle I did look at the Quarry in G 4 but I have always taken the Quarries to be the Hulluch ones in G 6 c and G 12 a. I have looked at photo 2 from all angles and checked all the other photos in the batch. The only one I can align is photo no 1 which shows the railway junction. Brian Edited 26 November , 2022 by brianmorris547 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 27 November , 2022 Share Posted 27 November , 2022 Trevor Yesterday I mentioned that there is a good map in the October WD of 37 ID, 12 Div, which I think is the one you later posted. Have you seen the photograph on p 121 which relates to the Ops on 13/10/1915 by 35 IB and 37 IB. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 27 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 November , 2022 looking at the map 1st picture is the railway in g3 and the quarry in g4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 27 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 November , 2022 1st aerial photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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weshallremember Posted 27 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 November , 2022 (edited) 2nd aerial photo is a28 and a29 plus g4 and g5 it says in writing mad point in the top left hand corner which you can see on the map in red writing grid a28 Edited 27 November , 2022 by weshallremember error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 27 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 November , 2022 so they both match to the map grid references so the last aerial photo g5 to 6 plus g11 to 12 must be the quarries as the grid references also match trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 November , 2022 Admin Share Posted 27 November , 2022 4 hours ago, weshallremember said: This is the Vermelles quarry area, the photo shows Mad Pont and Madagascar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weshallremember Posted 27 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 27 November , 2022 yes that's correct MICHELLE and the picture above is the quarries at the Hulluch area trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 27 November , 2022 Share Posted 27 November , 2022 And the penultimate photograph in the 139 IB series covering G 6 & H 1 and G 12 & H 7 shows buildings which are clearly Cite St Elie. It just misses The Quarries. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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