No.
2 (Holyhead) Siege Company
Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers
Major Headquarters |
Locations |
Dates |
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Formed at Holyhead, Wales |
1 Sep 1914 |
France and Flanders |
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V Corps |
Ypres |
22 Apr – 25 May 1915 |
V Corps |
Gravenstafel |
22-23 Apr 1915 |
V Corps |
St. Julien |
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V Corps |
Frezenberg |
8-13 May 1915 |
V Corps |
Bellewaarde |
24-25 May 1915 |
V Corps |
Hooge |
19, 30 Jul & 9 Aug 1915 |
V Corps |
Poperinghe |
4 Aug 1915 |
3rd Division |
Hooge |
24 Aug 1915 |
17th Division |
Hooge |
Sep 1915 – Sep 1916 |
17th Division |
Bethincourt |
19 Apr 1916 |
Fourth Army |
Albert (The Somme) |
1-13 Jul 1916 |
Fourth Army |
Bazentin |
14-17 Jul 1916 |
Fourth Army |
Pozieres |
23 Jul – 3 Sep 1916 |
Fifth Reserve Army |
Flers-Courcelette |
15-22 Sep 1916 |
Fifth Reserve Army |
Thiepval |
26-28 Sep 1916 |
XIII Corps |
Ancre Heights |
1 Oct – 11 Nov 1916 |
XIII Corps |
Ancre |
13-18 Nov 1916 |
Fifth Reserve Army |
Doullens |
26 Dec 1916 |
V Corps |
Pozieres |
12 Mar 1917 |
V Corps (attached to I ANZAC Corps |
Pozieres |
30 Mar 1917 |
I ANZAC Corps |
Beugny & Hermies |
25 Apr 1917 |
I ANZAC Corps |
Bullecourt |
3-17 May 1917 |
IV Corps |
Thilloy |
1 Jun 1917 |
IV Corps |
Cambrai |
20 Nov – 3 Dec 1917 |
IV Corps |
Hermies |
23 Nov 1917 |
IV Corps |
Ypres |
7 Dec 1917 |
IV Corps |
Thilloy |
24 Dec 1917 |
IV Corps |
Beaunatre |
24 Jan 1918 |
VI Corps |
Albert |
21-23 Aug 1918 |
XVII Corps |
Scarpe |
26-30 Aug 1918 |
XVIII Corps |
Drocourt-Queant |
2-3 Sep 1918 |
XVII Corps |
Pursuit to Mons |
28 Sep – 11 Nov 1918 |
XVII Corps |
Canal Du Nord |
27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918 |
XVII Corps |
Cambrai |
8-9 Oct 1918 |
XVII Corps |
Selle |
17-25 Oct 1918 |
XVII Corps |
Valenciennes |
1-2 Nov 1918 |
XVII Corps |
Sambre |
4 Nov 1918 |
NOTES:
1. Place names in bold type are campaigns or battles. All other place names are locations of the company headquarters on the dates indicated.
2. The company was composed mostly of men from Holyhead, the majority of these being craftsmen and workers, such as fitters, boilermakers, carpenters and other skilled trades. Many of the men were previously employed at the workshops of the Locomotive Department and workshops of the dry dock for the cross channel steam packets of the Marine Department of the London & North Western Railway Company, Ltd.
REFERENCE:
1. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.
2. FISHER, W. Requiem for Will. E.H. Fisher, Monmouth, Gwent, 1997.
3. War Diary of No. 2 Siege Company, R.A.R.E, courtesy of Mr. G.S. Griffith of Holyhead, Anglesey.