Hidden trenches discovered in Halifax used by First World War heroes

By Ian Hirst
Published 22nd Jul 2019, 12:08 BST
A group of volunteers are helping to unearthing the war-time secrets of a Calderdale wood.A group of volunteers are helping to unearthing the war-time secrets of a Calderdale wood.
A group of volunteers are helping to unearthing the war-time secrets of a Calderdale wood.
Trodden three feet deep into the soil in a Calderdale wilderness, there are bootprints on a road to hell that the land never took back.

The soldiers of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment did their training in this part of Long Wood, Copley before they were sent to the Western Front.

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