Fields of Battle - The Somme - Lochnagar Crater
Fields of Battle - The Somme - Lochnagar Crater. Mine was dug by 185th and 179 Tunnelling Company and used two charges totalling 60, 000 lb of ammonal. It was blown at 0728 on July 1st 1916 and oringinally was 300ft in diamater and 90ft deep. The initial attack failed as the Germans got to the crater rim first and it was not until the 3rd that the 10th Worcesters took the crater losing 30% of its men in the assault
Picture No
10796423
Media ID
47615174
Size
6144px x 4096px
(24.8MB)
Credit
westernfrontphotography.com/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Mike St Maur Sheil
Date
2007
