an experiment on the transition to sustainable mobility in the town of Loos-en-Gohelle in the Pas-de-Calais region is taking place It builds on work carried out since 2017 by Gustave Eiffel University researchers from the COSYS-ESTAS and LaPEA laboratories local authorities and citizens as part of the CityFAB project On the occasion of this first experiment of the MOBILOOS project let's take a look back at this project that combines research and local action in favor of transitions located on the outskirts of Lens in the heart of the former mining basin has opted for an ecological and democratic transition for its development One of the challenges of this transition is transportation In an area built around the "all-car" model the transition to soft mobility is fraught with difficulties a partnership has been taking place since 2017 on the issue between the commune and the university which has taken different forms throughout the project researchers from the university conducted a survey of all residents to obtain concrete data on the mobility of Loos-en-Gohelle's inhabitants The results of this survey were used to identify quantify and qualify mobility conditions in Loos-en-Gohelle the project focuses on three main areas: reducing the use of private cars developing active modes of transport and supporting changes in user behavior towards more environmentally-friendly mobility This action-research project has enabled the municipal team to become acculturated to the challenges of mobility These issues have been integrated into the city's ecological and social transition project for the 2020-2026 term the second phase of the partnership is being carried out as part of the CityFAB project funded by ANR's PIA 4 program the project aims to respond to the diagnosis made above through experiments involving researchers involving some sixty volunteers from April to June 2024 and from September to November 2024 From initial awareness-raising to the anchoring of new travel habits the project aims to use coaching techniques combined with a smartphone application to facilitate behavior change the MOBILOOS project anchors research in society The Gustave Eiffel University helps public decision-making and local democratic life through action research and participatory science The CityFAB project is a Gustave Eiffel University program in conjunction with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) as part of the "ExcellencES sous toutes ses formes" call for projects a France 2030 program of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) Its aim is to support communities close to the various campuses of the Gustave Eiffel University in their transition trajectories through "tailor-made" action-research and the development of training programs and knowledge dissemination mechanisms Know more 5 boulevard Descartes Champs-sur-Marne 77454 Marne-la-Vallée cedex 2 LEGAL INFORMATION Public procurment Legal notice Directory Buckingham Palace released a sad message to mark a notable day ahead of King Charles's much-awaited foreign tour the royal family mourned the sorrowful incident Princess Anne paid a moving tribute to the two First World War soldiers who were buried in a cemetery in Loos-en-Gohelle The Palace's spokesperson released photos of King Charles's sister marking her presence at the sorrowful ceremony The Princess Royal witnessed the burial of two First World War soldiers who died at the Battle of Loos in 1915." 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The News International, All Rights Reserved | Contact Us | Authors Now the UNESCO World Heritage-recognized area hosts hiking trails Their presence is a reminder of both environmental and economic disaster as the mines’ closure plummeted a region—already ravaged by industry—into unemployment and poverty Today the slag heaps (also known as spoil heaps) symbolize something else What from a distance appears black turns green up close—the vegetation as promising as the sustainable tourism initiatives now starting to revitalize the region’s economy its mating call so loud you can hear it [about a mile] away.” From the café operated by the tourism office you can sign up for a range of activities on the terrils: an art therapy class This archival photo (date unknown) shows several coal slag heaps from the Lens Mining Company in Nord-Pas-de-Calais Alamy Stock PhotoCoal wagons parked in Lens coal helped boost the region’s economy.Photograph by AFP Getty ImagesMiners leave a coal mine in Douai After nearly three centuries of coal mining in the region the last mine closed in 1990.Photograph by Alain Nogues Sygma/Getty Images“It’s nature’s revenge,” says Bernard Lefrançois a former miner who guides tours at the Base 11/19 the slag heaps also represent important industrial heritage returning to his former workplace in a new tourism vocation inspires strong emotions and pride “I feel that I’m resurrecting the memory of the miners I always get chills … I cannot help but think of the toil There are monuments to the memory of soldiers who died for France all over the country; the slag heaps are the national monuments to the miners.” The French mining basin stretches about 75 miles west from the Belgian border following coal seams far beneath the earth’s surface nearly 2.4 billion tons of coal were extracted from the time coal was discovered in 1720 and the closure of the last mine in 1990 the region’s network of tunnels produced half of the French supply from 1940 to 1960 contributing to the country’s reconstruction after World War II the closure of the mines triggering a catastrophic economic collapse What to do in the aftermath? In this post-mining world, the initial impulse was to raze the slag heaps to the ground and plant them with vegetation, whatever the cost. “Helicopters flew overhead, dropping seeds, to cover up what was perceived as ugly black hills,” explains Jeremie Le Sage, a guide with Eden 62 an organization that manages and protects Pas-de-Calais’ natural sites (including 15 terrils) inhabitants began to reappropriate the slag heaps using them as motocross circuits and party spots (These abstract aerial photos show mining’s scars on the planet.) a few visionaries imagined a new strategy for the future the destruction of the slag heaps would erase a page of history “The miners are just as important as the kings in the history of France,” says Loos-en-Gohelle Mayor Jean-François Caron Preserving this important heritage could also valorize it giving the slag heaps a new purpose while safeguarding their unique biodiversity the organization tasked with the area’s redevelopment (Here’s what life is like inside India’s coal mines.) Not all the terrils can be rehabilitated; some are still dangerous and others are better left untouched as nature preserves Aerial surveillance monitors some slag heaps’ combustion with infrared cameras The Mission Bassin Minier has sought to create links between the terrils mostly along the railroads that once transported coal to serve as both nature corridors for fauna and recreational greenways for people Unemployment in Lens has been steadily decreasing since hitting a high of 15.5 percent in 2009 the region recorded unemployment of 9.4 percent Tourism businesses in the private sector are now following the large initial public investment “We started at zero and we’re still in the beginning stages of a strategic approach for the tourism economy that will last decades,” says Dailliet Julien’s brother Olivier operates a lively restaurant onsite where you can try the goat cheese and hearty regional specialties with local beer. The popular “rando biquette” (goat walk) allows visitors to join Julien on his daily transhumance across the terril, listening to his anecdotes and admiring the goats. “These terrils are emblematic of the region,” says Graf, who’s originally from Douai. “Growing up, when we would come back from a trip and see the terrils from the highway, we knew we were home. Each of these rocks has passed through the hands of miners. If these terrils were covered in forest, we wouldn’t remember that.” Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. The 1915 Battle of Loos began in what was referred to as the 'Big Push' with more than 30,000 Scottish soldiers taking part I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Twenty British soldiers killed in action during the First World War have finally been laid to rest with full military honours, almost 100 years after they died. The soldiers who perished in the Battle of Loos in 1915 were found in 2010 during clearance work for a new prison near Vendin-le-Vieil, north of Arras, in France. Only one of the troops discovered has been identified - Private William McAleer, of the 7th Battalion the Royal Scottish Fusiliers, part of the 45th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division. Born in Leven, Fife, 22-year-old Pte McAleer died shortly after the battle began and he was identified due to his body being found with his small home-made oval metal tag with his name on it. It is understood that the young soldier's family emigrated to the United States, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. Very little is known about Pte McAleer but it is known that his father was a miner who died in a pit accident, and his mother later remarried. Among the other soldiers who died and were found at the same time were a Northumberland Fusilier, another six Royal Scottish Fusiliers and a member of the York and Lancaster Regiment. In addition, there were two Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and nine others whose regiment has not been identified. The remains of 30 German soldiers were also found nearby, and they were handed over to the German authorities. Today representatives from all the regiments with links to the British troops attended a reinterment service at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Loos-en-Gohelle, near Lens. Those who could not be identified were buried as soldiers "Known unto God" in front of more than 200 people, including Pte McAleer's great step nephew, Stephen McLeod, 47, who travelled from Scotland. All 20 soldiers were given full military honours. Pte McAleer's coffin was given his own burial plot, with his headstone reading "13766, Private W. McAleer Royal Scots Fusiliers, 26th September 1915, age 22". The remainder were buried in six other plots side by side. In thick fog, a piper led six bearers as they carried Pte McAleer's Union flag-draped coffin topped with a wreath, belt and cap past the crowds and the burial plots of hundreds of other fallen soldiers. A military firing party fired a salute during the service and the Last Post was played. The Battle of Loos began on September 25, 1915 and was the largest conflict for the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the war to that time. The opening of the battle was noted for the first use of poison gas by the British Army. The attack at Loos consisted of six divisions before ammunition and heavy artillery had been sufficiently stocked. It began in what was referred to at the time as the "Big Push", with more than 30,000 Scottish soldiers taking part in the attack. Initial success for the division soon ground to a halt, with reserves too far behind to make a significant impact, making it impossible to build on the early gains. Although the British had broken into enemy lines, they could not break through. Pte McAleer and the 19 other British troops were found near Hill 70, the scene of bitter fighting in the first two days of battle. On September 25, 1915 Pte McAleer's battalion had reached Hill 70 to the east of Loos and dug in behind the crest line. They fought off a German counter-attack during the night before being ordered to attack a German redoubt the following morning. Although they entered the German trenches, after fierce hand-to-hand fighting they were forced to retreat to their start positions. They were then subjected to heavy artillery bombardment which led to their withdrawal later after two unsuccessful bids by 21 Division to join up had failed. Records of the 7th Battalion the Royal Scots Fusiliers showed that in just two days of battle, 69 died, 258 were wounded and 181 were missing. By the end of September, it was clear that the hoped-for breakthrough was not going to materialise, with huge losses being sustained. The Loos Memorial near where the 15th (Scottish) Division went into action carries the names of more than 20,000 missing from the battle. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies 20 are finally laid to rest with military honours","description":"The 1915 Battle of Loos began in what was referred to as the 'Big Push' Naoya Hatakeyama is not just another landscape photographer upon understanding the impetus for his dramatic large-scale color photographs (on view later this month at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) one could even say that landscape itself only plays a small role in his work “Twenty-four Blasts.” It functions as a document of the controlled explosions that occur almost daily in a limestone quarry he had photographed early in his career He turned his photographs of these explosions into a video that recasts them as a kind of performative The final piece is engaging and modern—and not all of his imagery is so easily consumed he made some of the most haunting work of his career Though he had documented his hometown of Rikuzentakata he photographed it again in the immediate aftermath of the 3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and the life of his mother tragically taken during the disaster his images of the destruction remain surprisingly removed the images from 2011 are juxtaposed with an earlier video installation of images of his mother There is a tone of transcendence in Hatakeyama’s work He handles difficult subject matter in a way that shows us something beyond the physical: he reveals a glimmer of beauty in poised compositions of still chaos; his landscapes are timelessly suspended as majestic and prodigious relics of our earth His images delve deep into our human connection to the environment and question how we shape our world and how our world reacts to shape us At the beginning of Hatakeyama’s career it was his interest in human systems and networks that led to his study of micro- (and “Lime Hills,” he photographed limestone quarries This visual investigation continued at the factories that supported this infrastructure When Hatakeyama started to look at “proper” landscapes he photographed the natural world in the same austere manner His series “Another Mountain” shows the mark of tourism on the Swiss Alps while “Terrils” documents the hills of a French landscape formed by coal mining His images are full of a sense of tension stirred by the human manipulation of the environment says Hatakeyama’s work is a reflection of his contemplative and thoughtful nature “I think of him almost as a scientist in the way he approaches his work,” she says He is looking at things through space and time.” Sutcliffe cautions us against leaping to the conclusion that man is an evil element with respect to nature here “Hatakeyama’s vision is a little more nuanced a little bit more interested in matters of the sublime He looks at man in a more subjective way—as part of history and part of the natural world.” “Naoya Hatakeyama: Natural Stories” is on view at the SFMOMA July 28 through November 4. For more information on the exhibit, visit: www.sfmoma.org Sign up for Popular Photography's newsletter and join the club © 2024 Recurrent HistoryNet just west of the village of Loos-en-Gohelle in far northern France realized something had gone decidedly wrong After crossing no-man’s-land with the first wave of attackers his company was supposed to tie in with another friendly unit to its right—but no one was there Exposed at the vanguard of the failed assault Buckland’s men were running low on ammunition It was only a matter of time before the Germans realized the Gurkhas’ right flank was wholly exposed he is either lying or he is a Gurkha.” So said Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw a former Indian army chief of staff whose four decades of military service began in the British Indian army in 1934 Renowned for their courage and tenacity under fire the Gurkhas traced their ethnic lineage to tribes from the mountainous areas of northern India and Nepal and had originally been united in their fight against the British during that country’s conquest of India They later joined forces with the British in their colonial wars and saw service in Burma the 1877–78 Russo-Turkish War and other conflicts across the British empire That tradition of service continued through World War I during which more than 200,000 Gurkhas served in homogeneous units led by British officers Gurkhas saw action in the Middle East and Western Europe playing a particularly important supporting role in the Sept By then the war had bogged down into a stalemate leaving the opposing armies entrenched along a front stretching more than 400 miles from the North Sea to the Swiss border Allied commanders hoped to break the impasse with two big pushes—the French concentrating on the Champagne-Ardenne region commander of the British Expeditionary Force The prospective battlefield—just north of Lens a coal mining town in an industrialized area near the Belgian border in far northern France—was uniformly flat Ubiquitous slag heaps comprised the only high ground Adding to the British commanders’ concerns were intelligence reports indicating the Germans were constructing robust second- and third-line defenses behind the front which itself had been reinforced with machine-gun positions and wide belts of barbed wire on a reverse slope fronted by a 15-yard-deep wall of wire thus the guns would have to be redeployed forward to support any significant push Further complicating matters was a shortage of artillery support as the British had only 533 field guns to cover an 11,200-yard stretch of enemy positions French and Haig expressed their concerns to superiors and proposed an offensive farther north which they argued would put them in better position to break the German lines But British Secretary of State for War Field Marshal Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener and the French high command overruled them To compensate for the unfavorable terrain and the lack of munitions use chlorine gas against enemy trenches prior to their attack Despite efforts to catch the enemy unawares the British press carelessly broadcast the movements of infantry units alerting the Germans to the likelihood of a forthcoming offensive in their sectors British forces marshaled for the operation included the 2nd Battalion one of five battalions in the Garhwal Brigade of the 7th (Meerut) Division of the Indian Corps Indian units—including Gurkha battalions—would again have their skill and tenacity put to the test in the fall of 1915 Loos would also be the first engagement for the British New Army the all-volunteer force was Lord Kitchener’s brainchild its men were poorly trained and ill-prepared for the rigors of war particularly in comparison to regular British units already engaged along the Western Front Facing the British across no-man’s-land at Loos were elements of the German Sixth Army under Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria Having withdrawn many units to the Eastern Front the German high command relied on its Third and Sixth Armies—with seven divisions and three brigades in reserve—to cover the entire Western Front German forces at Loos were spread thin and often outnumbered by their opponents—although the British did not realize it at the time which then held almost 9,500 yards of the British line To support the French attack in Champagne-Ardenne the corps was tasked with attacking the high ground at Haut Pommereau before advancing toward German defenses to the south at La Bassée Canal On September 21 British artillery opened up on German positions intending to continue the barrage unabated until the morning of the assault torrential rains hampering movement and visibility flooding trenches and leaving some areas in a foot of standing water British units nevertheless moved under the cover of darkness to their jumping-off areas and were in position by early morning September 25 The lead units were unaware the four-day preliminary bombardment had done little to damage German defenses the British confirmed their intent to use chlorine gas relying on the wind to carry the poisonous fumes across no-man’s-land into the enemy trenches British units watched the gas bank up to 50 feet in the air but the noxious cloud moved at a snail’s pace In the interim many British soldiers took off their gas masks which restricted their vision and did not seal properly In some sectors the fickle wind blew the chlorine gas back into the British trenches causing more casualties among the Allies than among the Germans the British hurled out smoke grenades and launched their attack Forming on the left flank of the Garhwal Brigade the first wave of men from 2/8th Gurkha Rifles clambered from their trenches and advanced into no-man’s-land Undeterred by the preliminary artillery barrage German forces lashed the advancing troops with effective machine-gun and artillery fire the first wave of 2/8th Gurkha Rifles managed to push as far as the German third line Over the next two hours the battalion sent subsequent waves of troops to firm up Companies B and C at the leading edge of the advance—but at a terrible cost they realized that the 2nd Leicestershire Regiment which was to have protected their right flank Captain Buckland of Company C found himself with only 150 men and two Lewis guns holding a position beyond the German third trench line Enemy troops were probing the Gurkhas’ position to assess their strength When brigade headquarters ordered the 2/8th Gurkha Rifles’ senior officer to return to the British trenches and give a progress report Buckland discovered he was the battalion’s only surviving officer despite having been further reduced to only 100 able troops Buckland reported the precarious situation and requested reinforcements Brigade ordered a reserve battalion to push forward to 2/8th Gurkha Rifles’ position but the orders were slow to reach the appropriate officers German units discovered the gap in the Gurkha right and moved up machine guns German gunners poured enfilading fire into the Gurkhas’ flank as enemy assault parties tossed hand grenades into the British positions In response Gurkha field officer Subedar Sarabjit Gurung led a detachment to engage the flanking enemy and disrupt the counterattacks the outnumbered party was eventually overrun and killed as 2/8th Gurkha Rifles struggled to hold its exposed position in the face of mounting casualties British commanders finally recognized the futility of continuing the advance they ordered the remnants of the battalion to fall back and assume reserve positions By nightfall 2/8th Gurkha Rifles—which had arrived in Loos with some 800 officers and men—was down to one officer and 49 other ranks That British forces were ultimately able to break through German defenses and take Loos-en-Gohelle was the result not of superior firepower but due to the sheer number of troops thrown at the enemy lines a dearth of supplies and the late arrival of reserves made it all but impossible for the British to exploit their breakthrough who was a forward observation officer at Loos all the British needed to achieve a definitive victory was “more artillery ammunition to blast those clearly located machine guns neither ammunition nor reinforcements were immediately available during the battle enemy commanders all but expected the British would achieve a decisive breakthrough The German Sixth Army had few reserves available to plug holes the British punched into its lines and enemy commanders feared a collapse of their defenses But a lull in the fighting had allowed the German 117th Infantry Division to withdraw behind its second line and regroup as the surviving 2/8th Gurkha Rifles withdrew to the rear the Germans fortified their defensive positions The British continued their efforts to advance over the next two days By September 28 the British First Army was simply unable to launch more attacks and commanders ordered the attacking units to fall back to their original lines with artillery duels and sporadic attacks and counterattacks More than 10,000 British troops took part in the initial attack on Loos on September 25 By the end of the 13-day battle British forces had suffered more than 61,000 casualties and more than 2,000 officers were killed or wounded whose defensive fire was so effective in cutting down the attackers later called the area Der Leichenfeld von Loos (“The Field of Corpses of Loos”) In the end the engagement was a German victory and they forced the British to leave the field of battle The British loss reflected a failure of leadership Commanders had not given proper regard to intelligence reports regarding German strength—and in some cases they’d even discarded the reports The offensive was not carried out with the element of surprise and both supply and communications problems plagued the assaulting units and soldiers were sent into battle with inferior equipment the decision to pull back mess facilities to division headquarters meant that many men had gone into battle hungry Despite the courage and sacrifice of the British fighting men at Loos the battle as planned and carried out was doomed from the start Many men died due to the ineptitude of British leadership and the war would drag on for another three long years.  Army veteran Dana Benner holds a degree in history and a master’s in heritage studies political science and sociology at the university level by Byron Farwell; and The First World War: A Complete History Whether they produced battlefield images of the dead or daguerreotype portraits of common soldiers In 1964 an Ohio woman took up the challenge that had led to Amelia Earhart’s disappearance The “Greatest Generation” is renowned for military heroism during World War II Reprisals in war have been viewed as a legitimate tactic by many “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” HistoryNet.com is brought to you by HistoryNet LLC, the world’s 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You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Lance corporal reburied with full military honours in front of granddaughter after 1917 death But for a spoon and a “lightbulb” moment Linda Cook would never have found her grandfather He was lying where he fell, gradually hidden then finally lost as shellfire exploded in the earth around him in a field near Lens, northern France finally surrendered him on a sunny January day in 2018 It would take painstaking detective work before the name L/Cpl Frederick Thomas Perkins could be carved with confidence on a headstone At his reburial with full military honours this week at Loos British military cemetery near Lens About 50 first world war soldiers are found on the western front each year disinterred by the farmer’s plough or developer’s digger Only one or two in ten are ever identified an exhumation officer with the CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) recovery and reburial unit based near Arras Arnold was called out to recover Perkins’ remains found during a check for unexploded ordnance on the site of a planned new hospital in Lens knife and fork were badly corroded and revealed little The first real clue was a pair of metal shoulder titles of the Essex Regiment It was engraved with “4EX” on one side and the number 3899 on the other Perkins was 25 when he died Photograph: HandoutThere was no identity disc “But we were lucky that Essex Regiment decided to have numbers put on their spoons,” said Arnold It looked as though this unknown soldier was serving with the 4th battalion of the Essex Regiment There was only one problem: that battalion never served in France Today, 160 sets of recovered remains lie behind the closed mortuary doors at the CWGC Experience centre at Beaurains, near Arras, where the public can see the work of the stonemasons and gardeners who for 100 year have maintained the immaculate Commonwealth cemeteries of the western front and across the world It is home to the recovery and reburial unit. Each set of remains is a puzzle that Arnold, his team and the British armed forces “war detectives” at the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre are working to crack Arnold’s report on Perkins included that a fragment of a notebook found with him bore the number 389 – indicating that the spoon was indeed his But there was another problem: no soldier had the number 3899 recorded on death The report landed on the desk of Rosie Barron at the JCCC Service numbers were not introduced until 1920 and first world war regimental numbers changed if you switched battalion “At some point he had served with the 4th battalion and with the regimental number 3899” said Barron “But we probably weren’t looking for someone still serving with the 4th when he died.” One obstacle when researching first world war records is that more than half were destroyed in the second world war when German bombers struck the War Office repository in London they detailed action and casualties and are kept at the National Archives Barron ploughed through each of the eight Essex Regiment battalions with soldiers still missing looking for which had ever passed through Lens “But I found that the 11th battalion was in the area in 1917 They attacked from there on 22 April and they were also in the area between 24 June and 9 July 1917 That threw up 67 soldiers still missing from the 11th battalion,” she said “If we hadn’t had the spoon and the notebook that is probably where the search would have ended.” Evaluating sequential enlisting numbers he worked out the unknown soldier probably enlisted in the 4th battalion, a territorial unit, in around April 1916. He would not have had time to be trained and deployed to another battalion before joining the 11th. Eliminating those who had served with other battalions, Williamson whittled possibles down to just 28. “Then I had a “lightbulb” moment”, said Williamson. Next-of-kin of first world war dead were paid a war gratuity, the amount dependant on rank and length of service. Details are recorded in a series of books held by the National Army Museum, but digitised on some genealogy websites. Working back from possible dates of death, he could calculate if someone might have enlisted in April 1916. That led him to a probate section devoted entirely to soldiers’ wills. “In the first world war, lots of soldiers made straightforward wills on an army form,” he said. “So I then ordered as many wills of those 28 as had made a will. The will for L/Cpl Frederick Thomas Perkins eventually came in. And bingo.” It had Perkins original number, 3899, and the new number he was allocated when he went over to France and was sent to the 11th battalion. He had died on 22 April 1917, alongside 51 other men of his battalion, who have no known grave. A match was later confirmed by a DNA test with a great nephew. L/Cpl Perkins, from Great Waltham, Essex, was aged just 25 when he died. He was married to Florence Annie and was father to a young son, Philip Jethro. He was the eldest of seven children of James and Elizabeth Perkins of Ford End, Essex, he worked for TD Ridley and Sons Ltd Hartford End Brewery Essex. And he died during a raid on Nash Alley, north of Lens. His granddaughter, who lives in Chelmsford and has two sisters living in the US, has been researching her family history for more than 20 years. Cook had posted his photograph on Ancestry.com years ago, so was dumbfounded when she received a message from Barron that he had been found. “I always knew my dad’s dad had been killed in the first world war, and my father was only three when it happened. And his mum – my nan – remarried when he was about five. So I don’t actually remember anything much being said about him,” said Cook, who has her grandfather’s war medals. The Royal Anglian Regiment, into which the Essex was amalgamated, provided bearers and a firing party for his funeral on Thursday. “The service was beautiful. I know he is now at peace, among his comrades. It’s something I will take to the grave with me,” Cook said. She intends to give the possessions found with him to the Essex Regiment Museum. “But the spoon, I don’t know if can. It’s going to be really hard. Because that is one possession that means so much.” This article was amended on 9 November 2019. In an earlier version an interviewee incorrectly said that British soldiers did not carry “dog tags” in the first world war. This has been removed. Princess Anne travels to Scotland following Princess Kate and Prince William's visit Princess Anne has travelled to Scotland following Princess Kate and Prince William's visit The Princess Royal frequently travels all over the UK and overseas for her public engagements just days after the Prince and Princess of Wales joined the King and Queen at church the royals regularly attend church at Crathie Kirk where Princess Anne married her second husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence in 1992 The Prince and Princess of Wales met at the University of St Andrews nearby in 2001 where Lady Louise Windsor is currently studying for her English degree was in Scotland to attend a Food and Farming Day at Solsgirth Home Farm in Dollar She also visited Hugh Black and Sons Limited butchers in Stirling showed the royal dressed in a red jacket and black trousers where Kate and William attended last weekend the Princess Royal was greeted by His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk (Alan Simpson) Anne also paid a visit to the independent butchers in her role as President of the Scotch Chef's Club She is unlikely to have had time to see her brother King Charles and sister-in-law Queen Camilla during her time in Scotland as she returned to London on Tuesday evening to host a dinner at St James's Palace for Opportunity International United Kingdom It comes after the Princess Royal travelled to The Netherlands with her husband last weekend to attend a service in remembrance of the soldiers who died during the Battle of Arnhem 80 years ago Princess Anne is in Scotland to attend a Food and Farming Day at Solsgirth Home Farm Princess Kate and Prince William went to church on the Balmoral Estate last weekend Anne laid a wreath and spoke with veterans as she gathered with families and members of the public to pay their respects at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery in The Netherlands on Sunday was a manoeuvre intended to create a route for Allied forces into northern Germany in September 1944 The Princess Royal will fly to France on Thursday to open the Loos British Cemetery Extension in Loos-en-Gohelle in her role as President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission a previously unknown Canadian First World War soldier will finally be laid to rest at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s (CWGC) Loos British Cemetery outside Loos-en-Gohelle the body was finally identified in the fall of 2021 and announced by the Department of National Defence (DND) in March this year as Sgt Richard Musgrave a member of the 7th Infantry Battalion (British Columbia) Richard Musgrave’s only listed parent was Rebecca Musgrave Their family included Richard’s sister Jeannie (Jane) Musgrave Richard was working as a Teamster in Calgary He enlisted in the war effort at the age of 30 with the 56th Overseas Battalion of the CEF He later transferred to the 7th Battalion in 1916 and one year later achieved the rank of sergeant Richard Musgrove was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in July 1917 “A member of the 7th Infantry Battalion (British Columbia) on the first day of the Battle of Hill 70 near Lens and was presumed to have died as part of the battle.” During a munitions clearing process in July 2017 including a Military Medal ribbon and a whistle with the help of the Canadian Forces Forensic Odontology Response Team and the Canadian Museum of History was able to identify the remains as those of Sgt with family members of the soldier in attendance representatives of the Canadian Government and the French Government will also attend Musgrove will be entered by The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own) which perpetuates The 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia) of the First World War You must be logged in to post a comment. Two British soldiers killed during the Battle of Loos have finally been laid to rest with full military honours more than a century after they died of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and an unidentified soldier who served in the East Yorkshire Regiment were buried on Thursday at the Loos British Cemetery in France The service was led by the Reverend Dave Jeal chaplain to 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland and bearer parties were provided by the Yorkshire Regiment and the Royal Regiment of Scotland The two soldiers were killed on September 26 during the largest British attack of the year and their remains were not discovered until 2018 were found during routine First World War ordinance surveys at a hospital building site in Lens of the Ministry of Defence’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre said: “We were lucky with Johnston because he was actually discovered with a spoon that had his service number on it So we were able to look at that service number and link it with Johnston it also confirmed that the regiment was in the area when he was killed.” Records showed he was the only casualty with the number who did not have a known burial place Sharon Williamson, his great-great-niece, was then contacted by the MoD unit The 48-year-old, of County Armagh, said: “It really brings ‘Lest we forget’ right into people’s faces, and that over a 100 years ago that these men are not forgotten about and they’re given the respect and the military burial that they deserve. It really brings home that these people can never be forgotten.” She added she heard his name being read out every year as it is on a local war memorial in Richhill. She added: “We knew of the name but we didn’t know of the story, we didn’t know where he died, we didn’t know when he died, we didn’t know what age he was.” But the identity, and the story, of his fellow soldier in the East Yorkshire Regiment remains a mystery. He was found wearing two East Yorkshire Regiment shoulder titles. The war diaries of his regiment confirm that on September 26, 1915, they were in the location where his remains were recovered. On that day the regiment suffered heavy causalities from machine gun fire, having launched an attack the previous day. Between September 25 and 27, the regiment lost 15 officers and 266 other ranks, making it impossible for the war detectives to identify the soldier by name. The Loos British Cemetery was begun by the Canadian Corps in July 1917 for casualties from the Battle of Hill 70. The remainder of the cemetery was formed after the Armistice. right Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Loos British Cemetery in Loos-en-Gohelle Fourteen years after his remains were discovered Lieutenant Francis Henry Hemsley will finally be laid to rest this summer Hemsley is one of over 1,300 soldiers of the Canadian Corps killed in action between Aug over 95 years after he lost his life in battle Hemsley was one of seven children of Alexander and Ellen Hemsley Hemsley served as a Troop with the 35th Squadron 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry from 1900 to 1901 They had two children before he immigrated to Canada in 1911 He was a member of the 52nd Prince Albert Volunteers militia regiment where he received his militia commission as a lieutenant in December 1915.‌ Hemsley joined the 183rd Battalion (Manitoba Beavers) as a lieutenant in Winnipeg in February 1916 Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) and the 14th (Manitoba) Reserve Battalion he joined the 16 Battalion (The Canadian Scottish) “We remember and honour the courage of those who have served our nation in wartime and the sacrifice of the families they left behind The passage of time does not diminish the price they paid know that Canada honours him and is grateful for his service,” said Bill Blair the “Blue Line” and the “Green Line,” on schedule and with limited casualties the Battalion suffered substantial losses due to a German artillery barrage on the Canadian Corps’ new defensive positions The 16th Battalion was relieved from their frontline positions by other Canadian troops in the early morning of Aug the 16th Battalion suffered 257 casualties with 41 casualties with no known graves in connection with the assault on Hill 70 Lieutenant Hemsley was one of the 41 casualties “Lieutenant Hemsley was one of many brave Canadians who left their home and family behind to serve during the First World War We remember his service and sacrifices during the Battle of Hill 70 and continue to remember all the brave Canadians who served beside him and who sacrificed so much to serve our country Lest we forget,” said Ginette Petitpas Taylor Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Lieutenant Hemsley’s name was engraved on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial The memorial commemorates Canadian soldiers who died during the First World War with no known grave Hemsley remains were discovered by a bomb disposal unit clearing ordnance from a construction site on Aug “Alongside the remains were a few artifacts Several buttons clearly marked with ’16th Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment’ were also found,” stated the press release Hemsley of his identification and is providing them with ongoing support His burial is planned for July 2024 in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Loos British Cemetery in Loos-en-Gohelle Hemsley will be laid to rest by members of The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) from Victoria and with his family and representatives of the Government of Canada in attendance You must be logged in to post a comment The fight for a strategic point overlooking the town of Lens came mere months after Canadian troops won renown at Vimy Ridge when Arthur Currie’s Canadian Corps were tasked with another tough challenge - to take and hold Hill 70 This article was published more than 5 years ago local Cathy During walks her dog at the newly constructed obelisk paying tribute to Canadians who fought at the Battle of Hill 70 1,877 Canadians perished at that battle to take back strategic high ground from the German army.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail circling climb up to the Hill 70 Memorial in the small town of Loos-en-Gohelle in Northern France Many tears will be shed for the young Canadian men who fought here for 10 shockingly brutal days in the middle of August in which 1,877 Canadian lives were lost – each ultimate sacrifice now marked on the concrete pathway of the new memorial with a small and poignant maple leaf for the sheer folly of such violent conflict perhaps never quite so sharply illustrated as in what became known as The Great War “They thought going to war was glorious to them a past chancellor of the University of Toronto and a successful fashion designer who founded her own company she is one of hundreds of donors who have made possible the completion of the Hill 70 Memorial in Loos and she will stand among those who will gather there for a special ceremony and representatives from regiments across Canada will be laid to rest in a nearby military cemetery Families of the deceased will be invited to the burials “This is the last generation with a real connection,” says Rob Baxter “This is the last time they’re going to do anything like this.” 2 will honour those who fought in this pivotal battle and pay tribute to the generosity of the donors who made the memorial possible – an ambitious in which there is not one penny of Canadian government money SOURCE: TILZEN; OPENSTREETMAP CONTRIBUTERS; HIU; had never heard of Hill 70 when she was first asked to help for recognition for the nearly 2,000 Canadian soldiers – 291 of whom died – who fought to defend Hong Kong in late 1941; the British colony ultimately fell to the Japanese a memorial wall for these soldiers was erected in Ottawa Poy was still a baby when the battle for Hong Kong was fought Her family would spend the next four years rootless and homeless a retired plastic surgeon and brother to former Canadian governor-general Adrienne Clarkson He remembers being six years old and helping take down the laundry on the roof of the building in which his family lived when the planes flying low over the city began dropping bombs He watched them fall; he saw what they did Donations ranged from $3-million to $1.5-million Three groups gave in excess of $1-million: Sir Cyril and Lorna Woods Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation and the Temerty Family Foundation Significant donations also came from the Ukrainian Canadian Veterans Fund the Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund Power Corporation and the Bank of Montreal Individuals who stepped up with gifts in excess of $100,000 include Margaret McCain from local legions to ordinary Canadians to those who wish to remain anonymous Hill 70 Memorial Park features the writings and drawings of those who fought at the battle Canadian John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields made poppies into an emblem of the First World War Near the memorial lies the British Military Cemetery where the remains of a Canadian killed at Hill 70 Newburn's remains were only recently identified was a key point in the German occupiers' coal supply during the war.Photos: Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail The Battle for Hill 70 – known as “Canada’s Forgotten Battle” to the more than 80 volunteers on the project – was fought between August 15 and 25 in 1917 a key coal supply city in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of occupied France The Canadian Corps took on four divisions of the German 6th Army which no other ally had been able to crack It marked the first time the Canadian Corps were under the command of a Canadian who is today acknowledged as a military genius having never lost a battle and having played a key role in the victory at Vimy Ridge earlier in the spring Currie’s reaction to his very first order – to take Lens – had been to tell his British superiors he had a better idea If the Canadians could take nearby Hill 70 – so called because it was 70 metres above sea level – then from the hill they could at least keep the Germans holed up and prevent them from sending reinforcements to German forces under significant siege elsewhere along the Western Front out of respect for Currie’s growing battle reputation planned the attack intricately and executed it brilliantly a signaller serving with the 22nd Battalion describes the initial assault in graphic detail: “We reach the enemy’s front line Dead bodies lie half buried under the fallen parapet and wounded are writhing in convulsions of pain … A section in the second wave has come up a communications trench and opened fire with a machine-gun on the Germans One lifts a hand to his chest and falls in a dugout entrance … The sun is spreading golden rays over all this carnage and destruction as though mocking at the strange folly of mankind." And they held it through a remarkable 21 German counterattacks – a number that only underscored how important the Germans considered the position 1917: Canadians who fought at Hill 70 make their way to a rest camp on the western front.Department of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada It was Canadian Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie who convinced his British superiors to attack Hill 70 rather than the town of Lens itself as they initially ordered him to do.Department of National Defence / National Archives of Canada and more than 1,000 Canadians suffered from mustard gas poisoning Many of those who fell in battle were never found Victoria Crosses were awarded to six Canadians who took part in this battle: Private Michael O’Rourke the Canadians had won four Victoria Crosses The Frederick Lee Walkway leads off the rise to the monument and is named in honour of the 21-year-old from Kamloops One of the most generous donations came from Robert Ho survived a difficult war experience to run a successful newspaper business and became a Canadian citizen in 1993 he decided to contribute a significant sum because of such sacrifices as that of Frederick Lee he had no rights in Canada at the time,” says Mr “He nevertheless managed to volunteer and enroll in the Canadian troops He fought bravely for Canada and gave his life for our country The Battle of Hill 70 has been forgotten by many but the story of Lieutenant-General Currie of Frederick Lee and their compatriots who fought for Canada needs to be remembered.” when the 27-year veteran of the army attended the 90th anniversary of Vimy showed Hutchings some of the Canadian tunnels around Loos and they stopped at an inscription signed by John McBean of Carey He would die on the first day of the battle advisers and volunteers with the project.Susan Ross/Canadian War Museum Hutchings later was named Honorary Colonel of the Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment and began reaching out for support to get a proper memorial built Then governor-general David Johnston agreed to serve as patron whose great-grandfather and great-great-uncle fought at Hill 70 First they had to find a suitable location but the ridge extended to Loos and the town was happy to offer eight hectares of parkland for the price of a single Euro The French were so accommodating to the Canadians that an accountant in Lens referred them to an old French law that exempted such projects from value-added tax took up the cause and the French government agreed to the exemption saving the group hundreds of thousands of Euros in taxes they turned to Nicholas Caragianis Architect Inc. Consulting architect Sarah Murray says the most challenging part of the project was simply educating herself about the First World War She finally had to stop reading history books – “It is devastating.” dedicated to the Canadian Corps that achieved victory at the Battle of Hill 70 in August 1917.Picture : Vice-Admiral Darren Hawco (Canada's Military Representative to NATO)SADAK SOUICI/The Globe and Mail 1917.Portrait :Isabelle Hudon (Ambassador of Canada to France)SADAK SOUICI/The Globe and Mail Portrait : Gary Coulter,Kingstone Region DivisionSADAK SOUICI/The Globe and Mail Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Gauthier says he considers it a privilege to be part of the Directorate of Honours and Recognition which oversees the creation and awarding of medals and other military honours.SADAK SOUICI/The Globe and Mail CD Honorary ColonelSADAK SOUICI/The Globe and Mail Murray’s company did the designs and local firms under a French project manager completed the construction The rising walkway stops at an amphitheatre named after Arthur Currie with a rising obelisk that sits exactly 70 metres above sea level “It is a particular human theme that inspired the design,” Ms and simply punctuate the earth and sky to say Under direction of Susan Everett, a retired superintendent with several Ontario school boards who now lives in Kingston, an extensive educational component was launched. It includes a website (www.hill70.ca) a history book with contributions by well-known military historians educational kits that have been delivered to 3,500 Canadian schools a travelling museum exhibit and ingenious graphic novels that tell some of the Victoria Cross stories in various stages of completion during the project's development.Courtesy of the Hill 70 Memorial Project “I think it is safe to say that the Battle of Hill 70 is no longer forgotten,” Ms The original landscaping used extensive prairie grass as a note to Canada but a very wet 2018 spring and hot summer saw the grass explode to a point where many locals thought the unfinished memorial had been abandoned the town of Loos insisted they have a paved parking area and washrooms which were taken over by Roma and their caravans That has led to an unexpected additional €64,000 cost for a barrier system to prevent future squatters takes a closer look at the Hill 70 obelisk.Michelle Siu/The Globe and Mail Hutchings with the Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour The Canadian government has furnished nothing “We have offered it to the Canadian government a number of times," Mr “This is a part of Canadian history that is inclusive there were 22 other countries with connections to Hill 70 as well as many Indigenous soldiers who fought here.” The project group factored in maintenance costs with their fundraising “We’re not asking the government to take over the costs,” he says This government could get points if they would accept it.” Poy remains baffled by the lack of interest shown by Ottawa She was able to arrange meetings with various officials Watch: The First World War battles at Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele are well-known in Canadian history Here's a primer on what happened there Report an editorial error Report a technical issue Editorial code of conduct Authors and topics you follow will be added to your personal news feed in Following columnist and feature writer for The Globe and Mail the Toronto Star and The Canadian Magazine He has won numerous awards for his journalism several National Magazine Awards and twice the ACTRA Award as the best television drama writer in the country 23 of them in the internationally-successful Screech Owls Mystery series for young readers His adult books include A Life In the Bush which won the Rutstrum Award as the best book on the wilderness published in North America between 1995 and 2000 was nominated for the Governor-General's Award in 1996 In 2005 he was named an officer in the Order of Canada \nThe site of the The Battle of Hill 70 Memorial Park in Loos-en-Gohelle.\n \nThe front page of The Globe and Mail on Thurs 1917 showing the Canadian occupation of Hill 70.\n \nBEAVERBROOK COLLECTION OF WAR ART / CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM\n \nKonowal’s story: From the Hill 70 Memorial Project\n Read The Globe’s full series on the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge and Hill 70 Browse through some of the Globe front pages from key moments in the battles for Vimy Ridge and Hill 70 \nBattle for Hill 70: Canada’s forgotten combat of the First World War\n Brown and his set of Victoria Cross medals.\n \nNATIONAL DEFENCE;TILSTON MEMORIAL COLLECTION OF CANADIAN MILITARY MEDALS / CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM\n \nCANADIAN WAR RECORDS OFFICE / CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM\n commonly known as a “death penny,” honours Private Albert Charles Ballinger who was killed in the Battle of Hill 70 in 1917.\n is shown with the bombing section of 4 Platoon 15th Battalion before the Battle of Hill 70 in August YOUNG/ARCHIVES OF THE REGIMENTAL MUSEUM OF THE 48TH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA\n \nMilton Carr was wounded and lay for hours on the battlefield at Vimy Ridge.\n \nA note in Milton Carr’s war record mentions a “flesh wound in left shoulder.”\n Coffey’s war record notes that he was ‘killed in action.’\n \nA note in Cecil Gillespie’s military record reads: “Ineligible Discharged at the request of his parents.”\n \nJack Hudgins’s military record notes his treatment for gas poisoning in June \nMilitary records describe Masumi Mitsui’s “marked ability and efficiency in leading his men.”\n as he and his comrades wait to ship back to Canada.\n \nBattle of Hill 70: Everything you need to know in less than three minutes\n \nCanadian soldiers bringing in German officers at Vimy Ridge in April Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9-12, 1917 Battle of Hill 70, August 1917 Canadian soldiers bringing in German officers at Vimy Ridge  in April Lindsay Jones is The Globe and Mail’s Atlantic reporter based in Halifax she was a freelance journalist who contributed award-winning feature stories to a number of publications in Canada and the U.S Her 2017 investigation What Happened to Lionel Desmond? 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