John Gibbson asks about Sapper miners in WW1
(1) Try contacting the Royal Engineers Museum at:
RHQ RE,
Brompton Barracks,
Chatham,
Kent,
ME4 4UG
(2) The book "The Professionals" by Arthur Wilson,
a history of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
ISBN 1 870706 26 9, has two chapters on the
RE tunnelling in WW1. I believe one of the blasts
was so large the sound was heard in England.
Tony Brewis
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