Battle of Loos Photos 1915

	Bethune Town Cemetery in 1915. Bethune was the site of many Casualty Clearing Stations during the battle, and soldiers who died of wounds were buried buried here.
	Bully village. This image dates from 1914/15 and shows the village of Bully les Mines.
	Bully Advanced Dressing Station 1915. This was the site of one of many ADS to treat the wounded coming back from the battle. This one would have dealt with men from the 47th (London) Division on 25th September.
	Double Crassier 1915. This famous landmark was in the 47th (London) Division area of advance during the battle. It was a huge slag heap that could be seen from the British trenches.
	Double Crassier 1916. An illustration from the History of the 47th (London) Division.
	Double Crassier 1918. A photo from the History of the 47th (London) Division.
	Fosse 5. The Loos area was a coal mining region with many mines; the pitheads were called 'Fosse' in French and numbered. The famous one on the battlefield was Fosse 8. This one - Fosse 5 - was located in the suburb of Maroc, close to the Double Crassier.
	Fosse 10. This was further back, close to Mazingarbe. There was as an Advanced Dressing Station near here.
	Grenay 1915. This village neighboured on Bully les Mines and was another mining suburb of nearby Lens. Behind the British lines in 1915.
	Loos Church 1915. Taken not long after the capture of the village, this shows the ruins of the church. It was not to stay in this condition for very long.
	Loos Church 1916. This is a French photograph of the ruins of Loos church from around 1916.
	Loos village 1915. This shows what was left after the village fell into British hands, and was then bombarded by the Germans.
	Loos Village 1915. A view in one of the streets after the capture of the village.
	Loos battlefield 1960s. This photograph was taken by author and historian John Giles in the 1960s and shows a view from the slopes of Hill 70 towards Hulluch.
	Loos Panorama 1915 - Part 1: Tower Bridge to Hulluch.
	Loos Panorama 1915 - Part 2: Double Crassier area.
	Tower Bridge 1915. This famous landmark was a set of lifting gear for the main pit in Loos-en-Gohelle. It stood at least 150 feet tall, and could be seen from the British lines prior to the battle. British soldiers called it 'Tower Bridge'. It was still in this condition when the village was taken on 25th September 1915.
	Tower Bridge 1915. A view of the village of Loos and Tower Bridge.
	Tower Bridge 1960s. The original was destroyed by 1918. It was rebuilt and then the pit decommissioned and closed in the 1960s. Author and historian John Giles took this photo of the replacement just prior to its demolition.
	Front Line trenches, Loos area 1915. This photo is from the History of the 47th (London) Division and shows London Regiment men in the trenches at Maroc in 1915.
	Mazingarbe Chateau 1914. Mazingarbe was a small village behind the British lines in 1915. There were headquarters and medical posts in the chateau.
	Mazingarbe School 1914. The school was taken over as billets by British troops in 1915.
	Noeux-les-Mines. A billets area just behind the British lines, it was under constant shell fire.
	Noeux-les-Mines church 1914.
	Vermelles Chateau 1915. Vermelles was an important village just behind the British lines. The chateau was used as an Advanced Dressing Station during the Battle of Loos.
	Vermelles Church 1915.
	Vermelles 1915. Houses damaged by shell fire.
	Vermelles 1915. A communication trench leading towards the front line area. Probably an early war, French, trench as it is straight - and probably not much used by the British when they occupied Vermelles.
	Vermelles 1915.
	Vermelles school 1914.