Remains and Memorial
Many of the largest craters have been left, often too large to fill-in, even today. The largest crater on the Western Front, the Lochnagar Crater, had been left for 50 years, but it had begun to be used by motorbikers and as a rubbish dump. Privately purchased in 1979, it is now a recognized 1914–1918 historic battlefield site.
The RE Grave Railway Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery was founded by Commonwealth troops in November 1915 and remained in use until August 1917. It commemorates the eight men of the 177th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, and the four assistant infantrymen who were killed whilst tunnelling under the hill. Their bodies were left in situ, beneath the hill on which the memorial now stands.
Read more about this topic: Tunnelling Companies Of The Royal Engineers
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