Has anyone anything on the miners who were conscripted into the RE? I am
involved in the restoration of a WW2 Naval HQ at Newhaven which was dug by
172 Tunneling Coy RE. The only person we have traced is the OC who still
had all his calculations and drawings of it. He recalls the men mostly
being from the NE and that there was a great amount of ill feeling that
they were paid 2/- (10p)a day , much less than the civvy rate. There is
graffiti on the lining to back this up along with a few names.More info is
on www.secret-tunnels.co.uk or contact me. Anything is of interest.After
Newhaven they went to Portsmouth and Malta.
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