The Durand Group - investigating a Battle of the Somme WW1 tunnel.

What you are seeing is an investigation of a shallow tunnel designed to support the attack of 29th Division at Beaumont Hamel during the Battle of the Somme. It was intended to link to the German front line once captured in the first assault. Sadly this never happened as most of the infantry became casualties before they could even reach the German wire.

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Since 1998 The Durand Group - a voluntary association dedicated to researching and investigating subterranean military features - has been recording and interpreting the underground war on the Western Front during WW1. This includes the disarming of live mine charges left over from the conflict, many of which exist in deep tunnels below the old battlefields.

Our remit is to disseminate this information to the general public and we are passionate about what we do. To this end we hope that you can support us in our endeavours. Multimedia reports of most of our excavations are available on Amazon, eBay and the Fougasse Films website and funds raised from sales go directly to supporting further excavations, talks, displays and publications.

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• Hamel
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