ARTEFACTS: Our Lady of Victories, Noeux-les-Mines

By Seán Downes During the months that the 16th (Irish) Division was based in the Loos salient, its divisional headquarters were located at the town of Noeux-les-Mines, about five miles from the front line. It was here that the men paraded and were drilled, and it was to Noeux that the Irish often returned to ... Read more

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