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  • Peace and Reconciliation
    • Lochnagar Crater Foundation
    • Richard Dunning and The Lochnagar Crater Foundation
  • History
    • Military Mining
    • Mining at Lochnagar
    • The First Day of the Somme
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    • Useful History Links
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Flypast: WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust’s ‘Poems, Planes, and Flowers’ Tribute

We were approached last summer by Dick Forsythe from the WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust who told us about an interesting project they were trying to bring to France. Collaborating with... read more →
  • 21 October 2024
  • Friends

The Friends’ Working Weekend 2024

The Working Weekend this year falls on the late May Bank Holiday, from Friday, May 24th to Monday, May 27th. As we say every year, all are welcome, and whether... read more →
  • 13 March 2024
  • Friends

Complicated work ahead on the walkway

Replacement of the walkway continues, and our excellent local builder, Arnaud Delescluse, has now completed the path up to the edge of the raised section in front of George Nugent’s... read more →
  • 13 March 2024
  • Friends

Our ongoing appreciation to the maire and the welcoming people of ovillers-la-boisselle

We continue to have a wonderful and warm relationship between the Commune and all the Friends. Led by the especially supportive Maire, the kind people of both the villages are... read more →
  • 13 March 2024
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David & Julie Thomson’s Somme Gallery 2024

People were so pleased last year when we shared pictures from David and Julie Thomson of No. Fifty6 bed + breakfast at La Boisselle that we knew we must do... read more →
  • 13 March 2024
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Renewing the labyrinth panels and the stands

Those Friends and visitors who have been to the Crater in the last year or so will have seen that the Labyrinth Panels now need serious care and attention. They... read more →
  • 13 March 2024
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Forthcoming Works

Working in close consultation with our dedicated ‘Clerk of Works’, Vinny Felstead and his team, we will be considering refurbishing the badly worn area between the cross and the Visitors’... read more →
  • 29 April 2019
  • Friends, General, Memorials

Our growing relationship with the village and our HQ at Old Blighty

We are pleased to say the relationship is going from strength to strength, thanks in great part to the efforts of dear Friends who live locally, notably Alison and Jon... read more →
  • 11 April 2018
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November 11th 2017

It is always very special to be on the battlefields for Armistice Day and 2017 was no exception. To be in a place of such poignancy and atmosphere always adds... read more →
  • 11 April 2018
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The Lochnagar Labyrinth

Hopefully by now many Friends will have seen the 20 panels of the Labyrinth. We never quite knew how visitors would react to them, whether they would read the odd... read more →
  • 11 April 2018
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