New WW1 Cemetery, Loos-en-Gehole

[trajan]

I guess many GWF members will know of this new cemetery area, which made the papers of the Turkish Daily News! https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/new-cemetery-for-wwi-soldiers-to-be-built-in-france-182914 

It was news to me though, but I was wondering if anyone knew of any planned or already in progress archaeological excavation on the route of this "new canal in the area linking the town of Compiegne to Aubencheul-au-Bac over 107 kilometers (66 miles)" and which "is expected to lead to the discovery of hundreds of new remains."

 

Julian

[Marco]

Loos British Cemetery to be extended | CWGC mentions the 1,200 and the canal?

[trajan]

Thanks Marco,

I was - as an archaeologist - wondering more about the practical matters here. E.g., geophysics can identify trench systems, and GPR has been used to identify individual graves in an active battlefield cemetery, i.e., burials done while battle was in progress and not properly recorded afterwards. So what archaeological team is involved in this project?

Julian

[battle of loos]

Good evening,
There was at the beginning of the week the inauguration with the laying of the 1st stone (in small committee).
Here are photos of this cemetery over time.

auguste 1917

1920

On Wednesday or Thursday, I will go and take pictures of the work.
I live about 500 meters away.

regrads

michel

[gilles]

Bonjour à tous

Pose de la première pierre extension du cimetière de Loos British

I attended this ceremony organized by CWGC

see this link a lot of photographies

https://www.facebook.com/alexandre.villedieu.56

 

Gilles Payen Président de Loos sur les traces de la grande guerre