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Actions of St Eloi Craters

Index Actions of St Eloi Craters

The Actions of St Eloi Craters were local operations carried out in the Ypres Salient of Flanders, during the First World War by the German 4th Army and the British Second Army from 27 March – 16 April 1916. [1]

26 relations: Andrew Ross (rugby union), April 1916, Battle of Vimy Ridge, East Riding Fortress Royal Engineers, Edward Fanshawe (British Army officer), Edwin Alderson, Evelyn Barker, Gas attacks at Wulverghem, Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, Huntly Ketchen, List of Canadian battles during the First World War, March 1916, Mines on the first day of the Somme, Sint-Elooi, Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers, V Corps (United Kingdom), 172nd Tunnelling Company, 176th Tunnelling Company, 182nd Tunnelling Company, 184th Tunnelling Company, 185th Tunnelling Company, 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF, 2nd Canadian Division, 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade.

Andrew Ross (rugby union)

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April 1916

The following events occurred in April 1916.

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Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War.

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East Riding Fortress Royal Engineers

The East Riding (Fortress) Royal Engineers was a volunteer unit of Britain's Royal Engineers formed for the defence of the Humber Estuary in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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Edward Fanshawe (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Arthur Fanshawe KCB (4 April 1859 – 13 November 1952) was a British Army general of the First World War, who commanded the 11th (Northern) Division at Gallipoli and the V Corps on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme, the Third Battle of Ypres, and the 1918 Spring Offensive.

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Edwin Alderson

Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, KCB (8 April 1859 – 14 December 1927) was a senior British Army officer who served in several campaigns of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Evelyn Barker

General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker, (22 May 1894 – 23 November 1983) was a British Army officer who saw service in both the First World War and the Second World War.

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Gas attacks at Wulverghem

The Gas attacks at Wulverghem in the municipality of Heuvelland, were two German cloud gas attacks during the First World War on British troops near Ypres in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

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Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe

Lieutenant-General Sir Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, (30 October 1860 – 24 March 1957) was a British Army general of the First World War, who commanded V Corps on the Western Front and the 18th Indian Division in the Mesopotamian Campaign.

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Huntly Ketchen

Major General Huntly Douglas Brodie Ketchen, CMG (May 22, 1872 — July 28, 1959) was a Canadian soldier and politician.

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List of Canadian battles during the First World War

This is a list of battles during the First World War in which the Canadian Expeditionary Force participated.

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March 1916

The following events occurred in March 1916.

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Mines on the first day of the Somme

The 19 mines on the first day of the Somme comprised a series of underground explosive charges, secretly planted by British tunnelling units beneath the German front lines on the Western Front during the First World War, ready to be detonated in the morning of Saturday 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916).

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Sint-Elooi

Sint-Elooi is a small village, about south of Ypres in the Flemish province of West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.

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Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers

Royal Engineer tunnelling companies were specialist units of the Corps of Royal Engineers within the British Army, formed to dig attacking tunnels under enemy lines during the First World War.

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V Corps (United Kingdom)

V Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army that saw service in both World War I and World War II.

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172nd Tunnelling Company

The 172nd Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps (a narrow trench dug to approach enemy trenches), cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services.

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176th Tunnelling Company

The 176th Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps (a narrow trench dug to approach enemy trenches), cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services.

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182nd Tunnelling Company

The 182nd Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps (a narrow trench dug to approach enemy trenches), cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services.

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184th Tunnelling Company

The 184th Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps (a narrow trench dug to approach enemy trenches), cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services.

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185th Tunnelling Company

The 185th Tunnelling Company was one of the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers created by the British Army during World War I. The tunnelling units were occupied in offensive and defensive mining involving the placing and maintaining of mines under enemy lines, as well as other underground work such as the construction of deep dugouts for troop accommodation, the digging of subways, saps (a narrow trench dug to approach enemy trenches), cable trenches and underground chambers for signals and medical services.

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25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF

The 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF (also known as "MacKenzie Battalion", "Master Raiders", "Raiding Battalion") was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War.

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2nd Canadian Division

The 2nd Canadian Division (2 Cdn Div) is responsible for generating and maintaining an operationally ready, multi-purpose land force for the Canadian Army in the province of Quebec, Canada, in order to meet Canada's defence objectives, domestically and overseas.

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4th Canadian Infantry Brigade

The 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Canadian Army active during World War I and World War II.

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5th Canadian Infantry Brigade

The 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Canadian Army that fought during World War I and World War II.

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6th Canadian Infantry Brigade

The 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Canadian Army that fought during World War I and World War II.

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Redirects here:

Actions of St. Eloi Craters, The Actions of St Eloi Craters.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_of_St_Eloi_Craters

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