Projects
Current projects
Gustav South
Built by German forces beneath the Loos Salient, the Gustav South mining system preserves passages and engineering details from the underground war. Explore the Group’s ongoing investigations.
Stansfield & Manning
The Hairpin site connects First World War mining galleries and subways, including Stansfield, Manning and G Drive. Discover the works that supported protected movement and defence beneath the crater positions.
Maison Blanche Souterraine
A historic chalk quarry near Neuville-Saint-Vaast sheltered Canadian troops during the First World War. Its chambers and surviving inscriptions reveal the experiences of soldiers and wartime visitors.
Past projects
Goodman Subway
The longest subway at Vimy Ridge carried troops and supplies towards the Canadian front. Explore the Group’s surveys, surviving installations and soldiers’ inscriptions.
Hulluch Subways
An interconnected network beneath the Loos battlefield linked protected routes, tramways and trench-mortar positions. Surveys reveal its wartime construction and later alterations.
Durand Mine
An unfired mine beneath Vimy Ridge led to the investigation that gave the Group its name. Explore the charge chamber, connected galleries and the 1989 investigation.
Saville Subway
Explore the wartime subway beneath the Loos battlefield through surviving plans and the Group’s investigations of its route and construction.
Loos Big Walk 2018
A two-day walk brought the surface battlefield and underground war together. Revisit the route, commemorations and the Group’s contribution to the September 2018 event.
The Copse & Hill 70
Near Hill 70, the Copse preserves upper infantry workings and deep mining galleries beneath the Loos battlefield. Explore the Group’s investigations of its passages, shafts, railway remains and inscriptions.