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59th FIELD COMPANY
Royal Engineers

 Major Headquarters             Location                                             Dates                          

Home                                                    1910

                    The Curragh & Fermoy, Ireland

 FRANCE AND FLANDERS

 1914

 5th Division                              Retreat from Mons                           23 Aug – 5 Sep 1914

                                                          Battle of Mons                       23-24 Aug 1914

                                                          Battle of Le Cateau               26 Aug 1914

                                                                      Beaumont                      26 Aug 1914

                                                                      Varesnes                        30 Aug 1914                                             

            "                                    The Marne                                     7-10 Sep 1914

                                              The Aisne                                           12-15 Sep 1914

                                                          Missy                                         13 Sep 1914

                                              La Bassee                                           10 Oct – 02 Nov 1914

                                              Ypres                                                  19 Oct – 22 Nov 1914

                                                          Nonne Boschen                        11 Nov 1914

 1915  

                                              Hill 60                                                 17-22 Apr 1915

                                              Ypres                                                  22 Apr -25 Mary 1915

                                                          Gravenstafel                            22-23 Apr 1915

                                                          St. Julien                                  24 Apr – 4 May 1915

                                                          Frezenberg                               8-13 May 1915

                                                          Bellewaarde                             24-25 May 1915       

 1916  

                                              Delville Wood                                    15 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

                                                          Pozieres                                  23 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

                                              Guillemont                                         3-6 Sep 1916

                                              Flers-Courcelette                               15-22 Sep 1916

                                              Morval                                                25-28 Sep 1916

1917  

                                              Vimy                                                   9-14 Apr 1917

                                              Scarpe                                                            3-4 May 1917

                                              Oppy                                                   28 Jun 1917

                                              Polygon Wood                                   26 Sep -3 Oct 1917

                                              Poelcappelle                                       9 Oct 1917

                                              Passchendaele                                    12 Oct 1917

                                              Passchendaele                                    26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

1918  

                                              Hazebrouck                                       12-15 Apr 1918

                                              Albert                                                 21-23 Apr 1918

                                              Bapaume                                            31 Aug – 3 Sep 1918

                                              Epehy                                                 18 Sep 1918

                                              Canal Du Nord                                  27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918

                                              Cambrai                                             8-9 Oct 1918

                                              Selle                                                    17-25 Oct 1918

                                              Sambre                                               4 Nov 1918

   NOTE: Place names in bold type designate campaigns or battles.  

SOURCES:

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

2.      Official History of the Great War, France and Belgium, 1914.

3.      DOYLE, A.C.  The British Campaign in France & Flanders, 1914.

4.      DOYLE, A.C.  The British Campaign in France & Flanders, 1915.

5.      History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volume V.