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96th Field Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Location

Date

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20th Division

Aldershot, Hampshire

Sep 1914

20th Division

Witley, Surrey

Feb 1915

20th Division

Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

Apr 1915

20th Division

Inspected by
HM King George V
At Knighton Down

24 Jun 1915

20th Division

Amesbury

20 Jul 1915

20th Division

Embarked at Southampton for France

23 Jul 1915

France and Flanders

20th Division

Lumbres

26 Jul 1915

20th Division

The Laventie Sector

27 Jul 1915 – 21 Jan 1916

20th Division

Ypres Salient

22 Jan – 1 Jun 1916

20th Division

Boulogne

24 May 1916

20th Division

Mount Sorrel

2-13 Jun 1916

20th Division

Delville Wood

15 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

20th Division

Guillemont

3-6 Sep 1916

20th Division

Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

20th Division

Morval

25-28 Sep 1916

20th Division

Le Transloy

1-18 Oct 1916

20th Division

Pilckem

31 Jul – 2 Aug 1916

20th Division

Langemarck

16-18 Aug 1916

20th Division

Menin Road

20-25 Sep 1917

20th Division

Polygon Wood

26 Sep – 3 Oct 1917

20th Division

Cambrai

20 Nov – 3 Dec 1917

20th Division

Bourlon Wood

23-28 Nov 1917

20th Division

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

20th Division

Rosieres

26-27 Mar 1918

20th Division

Pursuit to Mons

28 Sep – 11 Nov 1918

20th Division

Moncht Breton

Oct 1918

REFERENCES:

  1. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1928.
  2. GASE, S. West Drayton, Middlesex, 2001.