Working parties in a mine
Photograph: Working parties in a mine. From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Tunnelling and mining operations were used to attack enemy positions by tunnelling underneath them and then destroying them with explosive mines. Much of the tunnelling was done by special Royal Engineers units formed from Welsh and Durham miners
Picture No
11109416
Media ID
48571219
Size
3000px x 2195px
(1.5MB)
Credit
©The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph
Date
1917
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Destroying Done Durham Explosive Formed Mines Positions Tunnelling Underneath
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