4625 x 3328 px | 39,2 x 28,2 cm | 15,4 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
24 juillet 2010
Informations supplémentaires:
Many hundreds of British soldiers were killed in the vicinity of Lochnagar Crater on the morning of 1st July 1916 One of these British soldiers from the Tyneside Scottish battalions was missing in action on the day and commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing at its unveiling in 1932. However, his remains were found in ground at the south side of the crater on 31st October 1998. Identification of the remains was possible and he was identified as Private George James Nugent, No. 22/1306, serving with 22nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Scottish) on 1st July 1916. He was the son of William and Emma Nugent and husband of Nora Nugent. He lived at Shieldfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was 28 years old when he was killed. George's remains were reburied at the nearby Ovillers Military Cemetery . This wooden cross marks the place on the south side of the Lochnagar Crater where he was found.The Lochnagar mine crater on the 1916 Somme battlefields in France is the largest man-made mine crater created in the First World War on the Western Front. It is almost 300ft (91m) in diameter and 70ft (21m) deep It was laid by the British Army's 179th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers underneath a German strongpoint called “Schwaben Höhe”. The mine was exploded two minutes before 07.30 am Zero Hour at the launch of the British offensive against the German lines on the morning of 1st July 1916.
