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Dublin

4 Aug 1914

France and Flanders

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Le Havre

15 Aug 1914

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To Bavai via Rouen, Amiens, St. Roche, Ham, and Landrecies

21 Aug 1914

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Dour, Belgium

22 Aug 1914

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Retreat from Mons

23 Aug – 5 Sep 1914

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Battle of Mons
At Viller-Pol and St. Waast

23-24 Aug 1914

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Battle of Le Cateau
At Reumont and Estrees

26 Aug 1914

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St. Quentin

27 Aug 1914

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To La Pommeraye via Oleezy, Landrimont, Noyon and Pontoise

28-29 Aug 1914

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Crepy-en-Valois and Nanteuil

1 Sep 1914

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Dammartin

2 Sep 1914

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To Tournan and Mouroux via Vinantes, Crecy, La Haute Maison and Bouleurs

3-4 Sep 1914

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Battle of the Marne

7-10 Sep 1914

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Coulommiers and Doué

8 Sep 1914

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Mery

9 Sep 1914

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To Noroy-sur-Oourcq via Montreuil, Dhizy, Gandelu and Chézy

10 Sep 1914

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To the Aisne via Chouy and Chacrise

11-12 Sep 1914

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Battle of the Aisne

12-15 Sep 1914

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To Ferme d’Epitaphe via Ciry

12 Sep 1914

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To La Bassee via Serches, Maast, Longpont, Bethisy St. Martin, Pont St. Maxence and Abbeville

13 Sep – 9 Oct 1914

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Battle of La Bassee

10 Oct - 2 Nov 1914

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To Givenchy via Gueschart, St. Pol, Chateau Bryas, Bethune and Beuvry Station

10-29 Oct 1914

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To Ypres via Hazebrouck, Caestre, and Bailleul

30 Oct – 6 Nov 1914

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To Locre via Kemmel

7-23 Nov 1914

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St. Jans Cappel

Dec 1914 – Feb 1915

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Battle of Hill 60

17-22 Apr 1915

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Battle of Ypres

22 Apr – 25 May 1915

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Battle of Delville Wood

15 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

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Pozieres

23 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

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Battle of Guillemont

3-6 Sep 1916

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Battle of Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

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Battle of Morval

26-28 Sep 1916

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Battle of Vimy

9-14 Apr 1917

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Battle of Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

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Oppy

28 Jun 1917

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Battle of Polygon Wood

26 Sep – 3 Oct 1917

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Broodseinde

4 Oct 1917

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Poelcappelle

9 Oct 1917

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Battle of Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

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Battle of Hazebrouck

12-15 Apr 1918

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Battle of Albert

21-23 Aug 1918

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Battle of Bapaume

31 Aug – 3 Sep 1918

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Epehy

18 Sep 1918

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Canal du Nord

27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918

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Cambrai

8-9 Oct 1918

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Selle

17-25 Oct 1918

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Sambre

4 Nov 1918

REFERENCES:

  1. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.
  2. HUSSEY, A.H. and INMAN, D.S. The Fifth Division in the Great War. Nisbet & Co. Ltd., London, 1921.