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My GGF Private William Walker Allen. Joined 8th Lincolns 31 August 1914. Battle of Loos would be disaster a disaster for the BEF. Initial early successes stalled as Reserves were held too far behind and logistics to get the men to the front were none existent.
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Huge second day at Loos attack on Hill 70 would go in at 9am and fail. German counterattack through Bois Hugo would destabilise 63 Bde. Brig-Gen Tom Nichols was KIA. Attack by elements of 21st and 24th Divs reaches German wire but repulsed with heavy losses.
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The Hedges family from Campden. Pte William Hedges, 10 Glosters was KIA Loos 25 September 1915 @LoosMuseum
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"The heroine of Loos" Emilienne Moreau distinguished herself during the Battle of Loos in 1915, then aged 17, giving information on German positions to British soldiers, treating the wounded and even killing four German soldiers.
"L'héroïne de Loos" Emilienne Moreau s'est illustrée pendant la bataille de Loos en 1915 alors âgée de 17 ans donnant des informations sur le positions allemandes aux soldats britanniques, soignant des blessés et même en tuant quatre soldats allemands.
#MuseumWeek #WomenMW #WW1
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25th September 1915.
Some contrasting imaginations of the first day at Loos:
CSM Harry Tyers, Lady Elizabeth Butler and the Illustrated London News
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100% agree! Lovely people who provide a fantastic service to the FWW community and beyond @LoosMuseum
(1/2) Great last morning in #Loos at the @LoosMuseum. Huge thanks to Antoine who made contact via Twitter and met me to show me around. Only open by appointment, but warmly recommended to anyone visiting. It tells the story of the war in this area through ordinary objects.
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(2/2) As a fountain pen aficionado, I was especially looking forward to seeing this. A Waterman pen, recovered in 1996 with the remains of French soldier Alexandre Villedieu, killed outside Loos in October 1915. Amazingly, after cleaning it still worked. bit.ly/3zgueV3
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(1/2) Great last morning in #Loos at the @LoosMuseum. Huge thanks to Antoine who made contact via Twitter and met me to show me around. Only open by appointment, but warmly recommended to anyone visiting. It tells the story of the war in this area through ordinary objects.
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The site of the powerful Hohenzollern Redoubt, one of the most awful spots on the 1915 battlefield. A quiet, still place today. #Loos
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Memorial outside #Loos on the spot where six local civilians and a wounded French soldier were shot by German troops in October 1914.
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Daybreak outside Hulluch, in front of the position held by 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 27 April 1916. That dawn, a cloud of smoke and gas rolling across these fields signalled the first of a pair of devastating German attacks on 16th (Irish) and 15th (Scottish) Divisions. #Loos
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(2/2) Donegal poet Patrick MacGill was wounded with the London Irish at #Loos.
‘Was it only yesterday
Lusty comrades marched away?
Now they're covered up with clay.
Seven glasses used to be
Called for six good mates and me —
Now we only call for three.’
- ‘After Loos’.
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(1/2) The relatively new memorial to the London Irish Rifles (1/18th London Regiment) in #Loos. The Cockney Irish of the battalion attacked down this slope on the first day of the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915 as part of the 47th (London) Division.
