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447th (Northumbrian) Field Company
Royal Engineers
(formerly 1/2
nd Northumbrian Field Company)

Major Headquarters

Location

Dates

France and Flanders

50th Division

Ypres

22 Apr – 25 May 1915

50th Division

St. Julien

24 Apr – 4 May 1915

50th Division

Frezenberg

8-13 May 1915

50th Division

Bellewaarde

24-25 May 1915

50th Division

Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

50th Division

Morval

25-28 Sep 1916

50th Division

Le Transloy

1-18 Oct 1916

50th Division

Scarpe

9-14 Apr 1917

50th Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

50th Division

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

50th Division

Somme Crossing at Brie

23 Mar 1918

50th Division

Rosieres

26-27 Mar 1918

50th Division

Wiencourt/Framerville

27 Mar 1918

50th Division

Robecq

4 Apr 1918

50th Division

Estaires

9 Apr 1918

50th Division

Merville

10 Apr 1918

50th Division

Estaires

11 Apr 1918

50th Division

La Motte-Merville Road

12 Apr 1918

50th Division

Hazebrouck

12-15 Apr 1918

50th Division

Aisne

27 May – 6 Jun 1918

50th Division

St. Quentin Canal

29 Sep – 2 Oct 1918

50th Division

Beaurevoir

3-5 Oct 1918

50th Division

Cambrai

8-9 Oct 1918

50th Division

Selle

17-25 Oct 1918

50th Division

Sambre

4 Nov 1918

REFERENCE:

Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers,
Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.