Loos Wallers

• by josiepegg

  https://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/subjects/AWD0003ivm

  anyone know what a Loos Waller was?

  Posted October 15, 2016 2:55 PM

• by cyngast moderator

  It was a code name for gas cylinders: https://books.google.com/books?id=bnK-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=loos+wallers&source=bl&ots=DOPu27hx9i&sig=1CCGUg48mdy9Ya1cAr9BS34TcSE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihjMipid3PAhVS-mMKHTU5DDgQ6AEIITAA#v=onepage&q=loos wallers&f=false

  I've never seen the term before, either, but this seems to fit.

  Posted October 15, 2016 3:01 PM

• by josiepegg

  thanks - that fits as they were carrying them up from Posen Dump. Interesting book

  Posted October 15, 2016 3:11 PM

• by cyngast moderator

  Yes, it is an interesting book. And I found it right away after I googled Loos Wallers.

  And you're welcome. Anytime. I learn so much while hunting for answers to all the questions! I've found some very interesting things in the books that turn up in Google Books, such as the major who had his mother send out field hockey equipment for his men.

  Posted October 15, 2016 3:18 PM

• by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

  Plenty of Gas Cylinder photographs on this link:

  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gas+cylinders+ww1&rlz=1C1DSGL_enGB426GB426&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=589&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF1qvlpd3PAhWJC8AKHc4DCZIQ7AkINQ&dpr=1

  Posted October 15, 2016 5:07 PM

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  That's interesting. I've never seen them referred to like that before.

  Thanks for the image links, Marie.

  Posted October 15, 2016 10:09 PM