Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Simon Jones is a freelance military historian, battlefield guide and former museum curator. He is author of Underground Warfare 1914-1918 (2010), a subject which he has been studying for more than thirty years.
His talk examines the war beneath the trenches in which an ancient method of warfare was revived on a massive scale using modern technology and a highly skilled civilian workforce.
Agenda
* What was military mining during 1914-18?
* Profile of miners & mining engineers enlisted.
* Technology & explosives.
* Underground tactics.
* Evaluation of military effectiveness.
Presenter
Simon Jones
Simon is a former curator at English Heritage and the Royal Engineers and King's Regiment Museums. He has taught at Liverpool and Lancaster Universities and was lead historian for the exploration of a tunnel system and archaeology on the Somme at La Boisselle, 2011-2015. He blogs at SimonJonesHistorian.com.
Simon Jones is a freelance military historian, battlefield guide and former museum curator. He is author of Underground Warfare 1914-1918 (2010), a subject which he has been studying for more than thirty years.
His talk examines the war beneath the trenches in which an ancient method of warfare was revived on a massive scale using modern technology and a highly skilled civilian workforce.
Agenda
* What was military mining during 1914-18?
* Profile of miners & mining engineers enlisted.
* Technology & explosives.
* Underground tactics.
* Evaluation of military effectiveness.
Presenter
Simon Jones
Simon is a former curator at English Heritage and the Royal Engineers and King's Regiment Museums. He has taught at Liverpool and Lancaster Universities and was lead historian for the exploration of a tunnel system and archaeology on the Somme at La Boisselle, 2011-2015. He blogs at SimonJonesHistorian.com.
