This dramatic image is inspired by a sequence in a film about the Battle of the Somme made in 1927. It’s recreated by the Production Editor of Lochnagar Crater Today,... read more →
Pause as you view the Crater from the wooden walkway. Beneath your feet, you'll find small plaques bearing names. Each name was a husband, son, brother, father or uncle, or... read more →
Many people associate the First World War with poetry, and Lochnagar Crater Today is no exception. In this, our first edition, we publish a poem called Looking Back, written by... read more →
Those keen calendar-watchers amongst us will know the 2017 working weekend is fast approaching. This year it falls between Friday 26th and Monday 29th May, folk generally arriving in the... read more →
Recognise it? It’s Lochnagar Crater as you’ve never seen it before – a model in an animated movie made by young people to mark the centenary of the Battle of... read more →
One of the rewards of battlefield research is how it’s relatively common to stumble on a piece of information, often in the most unlikely of places, which leads to a... read more →
There can’t be many World War One veterans who won a Military Medal for bravery, went on to become a Prime Minister, then to become an ‘Official Hero’, and to... read more →
‘The aftermath of an earthquake!’ Do the words express the reality before us as we move along the mile of road between Albert and La Boisselle! Hardly. The earth-shudder that... read more →
Most of the memorials you’ll see as you walk round Lochnagar Crater are for men who fought in the First World War. But we also remember that women took part... read more →
Looking back, it’s now very hard to untangle the hundreds of different trips to the Somme. The first one is easy to remember as is... read more →
