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IWM - The mine under German front line positions at Hawthorn Redoubt is fired 10 minutes before the assault at Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.

ivandps — 2025-10-10T13:56:24Z

45,000 pounds of ammonal exploded. The mine caused a crater 130 feet across by 58 feet deep.

16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools)

ivandps — 2025-10-09T13:01:57Z

The Public Schools Battalions were a group of Pals battalions of the British Army during World War I. They were raised in 1914 as part of Kitchener's Army and were originally recruited exclusively from former public schoolboys. When the battalions were taken over by the British Army they became variously the 16th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools) of the Middlesex Regiment and the 18th–21st (Service) Battalions (1st–4th Public Schools) of the Royal Fusiliers. However, Kitchener's Army was (…)

- 16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools)

1st, Lancashire Fusiliers

ivandps — 2025-10-08T14:51:23Z

The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, and the First and Second World Wars. It had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence.

- 1st, Lancashire Fusiliers

86th Brigade (United Kingdom)

ivandps — 2025-10-08T13:11:22Z

The 86th Brigade was a formation of the British Army. It was originally formed from regular army battalions serving away from home in the British Empire. It was assigned to the 29th Division and served on the Western Front and the Gallipoli Campaign and in Egypt during the First World War.
Order of Battle
The following units served with the brigade at various time during the war :
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Royal Munster (…)

- 86th Brigade (United Kingdom)