Lochnagar Crater - Somme Battlefield

Somme Battlefield - Lochnagar Crater. This mine was dug by 185th and 179 Tunnelling Coy and used two charges totalling 60, 000 lb of ammonal. It was blown at 07:28 on July 1st 1916 and originally 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

185th Companies Crater Lochnagar Massive Maur Sappers Sheil Somme Tunneling Tunnelling

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