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Miners at War 1914-18: South Wales Miners in the Tunnelling Companies on the Western Front
By Ritchie Wood Helion, £35.00, 320pp Hardback, 107 illustrations within text., 29 tables, index, notes and refs. ISBN: 978-1-991096-49-8 Book review by Niall Ferguson Although the large mines at Messines and the Somme are well-known, it is only recently that researchers have realised the extent of mining on the Western Front. It was only reall...
SPECIAL OFFER: 'Two Sides of the Same Wrong Penny: Gallipoli and the Western Front: A comparison' edited by Michael LoCicero with contributions from Gary Sheffield, Stephen Chambers and others.
Announcing the launch of the Western Front Association / Helion publication: Two Sides of the Same Wrong Penny: Gallipoli and the Western Front, A Comparison The year 1915 saw the BEF severely challenged on the Western Front. Recovering from the loss of the majority of experienced regulars in 1914, a largely new army had to come to terms with t...
'Military Mining And The La Boiselle Project' with Colin Winn
Join us for a fascinating talk on Military Mining and the La Boiselle Project by Colin Winn Colin Winn is a retired weapons engineer specialising in the underground conflict. He is a founder member of the Hawthorn Ridge Crater Association and is interested in the work of the 252 Tunnelling Company in the sector. Colin will bring relevant arte...
The Contemptible Little Army, 1914 -1918
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By Alex Saunt (Major Alex Saunt MBE served with the Light Infantry and with the SAS in Libya, Borneo, Northern Ireland, Germany and Denmark. He was awarded an MBE for his courage). The story of the expansion and development of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1914-1918 and how the Contemptible Little Army became a huge, effective machine. B...
13 June 1917 : Major Alfred Osborn Wraith
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Alfred Wraith was born Moor House, Spennymoor, County Durham 17 July 1883, the second son of George (Colliery Director, Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co. Ltd) and Fanny (née Osborn) He was educated at the North Eastern County School and Barnard Castle School. He served 10 years with the Durham Light Infantry Territorials. He was a keen athlete...
Directing the Tunnellers’ War: The Tunnelling Memoirs of Captain H R Dixon MC RE by Phillip Robinson and Nigel Cave (Eds)
Pen & Sword, £19.99 HB, 207pp, Ills, maps & diagrams throughout, references and further reading, appendices and glossary. ISBN 9781526714411 [This review first appears in the April 2021 edition of Stand To!. No.122] Herbert Dixon, a civil engineer, joined the Middlesex Regiment in 1914 as a private. His abilities were soon recognised. C...
Ep.260 – Subterranean operations in the First World War – Dr Matt Leonard
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Historian and modern conflict archaeologist Dr Matt Leonard talks about subterranean operations in the First World War. Your browser does not support the audio element. Matt discusses how the extent, scope and nature of below ground...
Tunnelling in the Great War by Professor Peter Doyle
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Tunnelling in the Great War by Professor Peter Doyle Tunnelling played an important part in many battles in the Great War. On the Western Front both sides used tunnels to lay mines under enemy trenches and to listen for enemy mining activity. In some places, like Vimy Ridge, tunnels were used to shelter and transport troops. Peter is a geologi...
Vimy Ridge Day 2025
The Government of Canada will be holding a commemoration event at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial at 3pm on Wednesday 9th April 2025. This will mark the 108th Anniversary of the Canadian Corps’ magnificent action in capturing Vimy Ridge in the early days of the Battle of Arras. The memorial, designed by Walter S. Allward and unveiled by King...
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'Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter, DSO Pioneer Battalion Commander on the Western Front' by William Westerman
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter, DSO Pioneer Battalion Commander on the Western Front by William Westerman (Originally published on Stand To! No.117 February, 2020). Made freely available as key material for the online course The Imperial Western Front created in conjunction with the University of Kent). In March 1916, the Australian Im...
ONLINE: 'The War Underground 1914-18' by Simon Jones
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Caption: The desolate landscape at Éparges About the talk: In 1914, the ancient siegecraft of military mining was revived with the onset of trench warfare. As it escalated, it drew in thousands of skilled miners and mining engineers to dig hundreds of miles of tunnels and detonate thousands of underground charges of up to 50 tonnes, leaving the...