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78th Field Company
Royal Engineers

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Home Service

17th Division

Hursley, Hampshire

4 Jul 1915

17th Division

Embarked for France

14 Jul 1915

France and Flanders

17th Division

St. Eloi-Vierstraat

1-2 Aug 1915

17th Division

Albert

1-13 Jul 1916

17th Division

Bois de Tailles

1 Jul 1916

 

17th Division

Delville Wood

15 Jul - 3 Sep 1916

17th Division

Scarpe

9-14 Apr 1917

17th Division

Scarpe

23-24 Apr 1917

17th Division

Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

17th Division

Passchendaele

12 Oct 1917

17th Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct - 10 Nov 1917

17th Division

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

17th Division

Hermies

22 Mar 1918

17th Division

Bertincourt, Villers-au-Flos and Beaulencourt

23 Mar 1918

 

17th Division

Bapaume

24-25 Mar 1918

17th Division

Gueudecourt and Eaucourt L’Abbaye

24 Mar 1918

 

17th Division

Fricourt

25-26 Mar 1918

17th Division

Meaulte, Dernancourt, Henencourt and Senlis

26 Mar 1918

17th Division

Amiens-Doullen

4 Apr 1918

17th Division

Ancre

5 Apr 1918

17th Division

Albert

21-23 Aug 1918

17th Division

St. Pierre Divion

22-23 Aug 1918

 

17th Division

St. Pierre Divion

24 Aug 1918

17th Division

Bapaume

31 Aug - 3 Sep 1918

17th Division

Havrincourt

12 Sep 1918

17th Division

Epehy

18 Sep 1918

17th Division

St. Quentin Canal

29 Sep - 2 Oct 1918

17th Division

Cambrai

8-9 Oct 1918

17th Division

Walincourt

8 Oct 1918

17th Division

Selvigny, Caullery, Ligny-Clary, Montigny, Tronquoy, Audencourt and Inchy

9 Oct 1918

17th Division

Neuvilly

10-20 Oct 1918

17th Division

Selle

17-25 Oct 1918

17th Division

Poix-Du-Nord

23 Oct 1918

17th Division

Englefontaine

24-25 Oct 1918

 

17th Division

Sambre

4 Nov 1918

17th Division

Forest of Morval

4 Nov 1918

 

17th Division

Berlaimont

5 Nov 1918

17th Division

Auinoy

6 Nov 1918

17th Division

Eclaibes

7 Nov 1918

17th Division

Beaufort

8-11 Nov 1918

17th Division

Inchy, Bertry and Clary

14 Nov - 8 Dec 1918

17th Division

Masnieres

9 Dec 1918

17th Division

Hermies

10 Dec 1918

17th Division

Favreuil

11 Dec 1918

17th Division

Bapaume and Albert

12 Dec 1918

17th Division

Pont Noyelles

13 Dec 1918

17th Division

Picquigny

14 Dec 1918

17th Division

Hallencourt

15 Dec 1918

17th Division

Demobilized

Jan 1919

SOURCES:

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

2. ATTERIDGE, A.H. History of The 17th (Northern) Division. Robert Maclehose & Co., Glasgow, 1929.