"Zero" Hour at Messines
by Charles Wheeler, D.C.M

Troops clamber out of their trenches shortly after 03.10 hours on June 7th 1917, as the mines beneath the German position explode, instantly vapourising around 10,000 soldiers. The success of the attack was completed within a couple of hours. From their position, the troops could call in artillery strikes on concentration of German troops massing on the Gheluvelt plateau to the east








Geological Cross Section Through Hill 60 to Plugsteert