{"id":1258,"date":"2022-07-17T17:52:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T16:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/?page_id=1258"},"modified":"2022-07-17T18:05:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:05:39","slug":"the-wiring-party-use-of-barbed-wire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/index.php\/the-wiring-party-use-of-barbed-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wiring Party.\u00a0Use of barbed wire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Barbed wire was used by all&nbsp;combatants in the Great War in their defensive preparations. These became more sophisticated as the war progressed with the use of screw pickets and concertina wire.As part of the Rifles on going research, our members conducted a training exercise while at the Passchendaele 100 event. With the aid a a section of battlefield dug at the Passchendaele Memorial Museum, the Rifles went through the procedure for quick defensive wiring of shell holes.These are the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"581\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Riflemen cover the wiring party as it moves forward. Riflemen in light skirmish order.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/wiring4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>A RE NCO surveys the area. This job would also be undertaken by divisional pioneers.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/wiring7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Work begins on improving the shell hole\u00a0\u00a0 Time to get a move on, wiring begins<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;The battlefield at passchendaele 100<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wiring1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Wiring exercise before the scheme<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/56b35991e13259185273765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1139\" height=\"1492\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>An original American advertisment for barbed wire\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/755px-Barbed_wire_obstacles_diagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1143\" height=\"1163\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Types of barbed wire defences\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Barbed wire as part of defensive systems<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wiring3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1138\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>The riflemen set off with screw pickets and wire up to the battlefield.<\/em> Wiring party make their way accross the duck boards to the shell holes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;Work begins on the defensive wiring around a shell hole.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/wiring6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Wiring party must make sure they are not seen by the enemy\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/wiring9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"679\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption> <p><em>Sweat saves lives. Improvement of the position continues\u00a0<\/em><em style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Work carries on<\/em> <span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Time to join the shell holes together.<\/em>  <\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theriflesww1.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/wiring15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"853\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>\u00a0Work hindered by a gas attack<\/em>, <em>Masks fitted properly, work continues<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbed wire was used by all&nbsp;combatants in the Great War in their defensive preparations. 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