British Tunnelling Companies

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Tunnelling_Companies
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Royal_Engineers_Museum
gptkb:Messines_Ridge
gptkb:Lochnagar_Crater
gptkb:Vimy_Ridge_Memorial
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1919
gptkbp:formed 1915
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Tunnelling Companies
gptkbp:notableCompany 30+
170th Tunnelling Company
173rd Tunnelling Company
179th Tunnelling Company
1st Canadian Tunnelling Company
1st New Zealand Tunnelling Company
254th Tunnelling Company
255th Tunnelling Company
256th Tunnelling Company
258th Tunnelling Company
2nd Canadian Tunnelling Company
3rd Australian Tunnelling Company
3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Messines
gptkb:Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge
gptkbp:notableFor counter-mining
construction of deep dugouts
laying mines
mining operations under enemy lines
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:William_Hackett
gptkb:James_Richardson
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Gallipoli
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkb:Salonika
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:recruitedFrom civil engineers
coal miners
quarrymen
clay-kickers
gptkbp:role military engineering
underground warfare
tunnelling
gptkbp:technology explosives
listening devices
clay kicking
timbering
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Zealand_Tunnelling_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8