157th
Field Company
Royal Engineers
Major Headquarters |
Location |
Date |
Home |
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16th (Irish) Division |
Fermoy, Ireland |
Aug 1915 |
16th (Irish) Division |
Blackdown, Hampshire |
Sep 1915 |
16th (Irish) Division |
Embarked for France |
18 Dec 1915 |
France and Flanders |
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16th (Irish) Division |
In the Hulluch Sector |
Apr 1916 |
16th (Irish) Division |
The Somme: Guillemont |
3-6 Sep 1916 |
16th (Irish) Division |
Ginchy |
9 Sep 1916 |
16th (Irish) Division |
Messines: Capture of Wytschaete |
7-14 Jun 1917 |
16th (Irish) Division |
Ypres: Pilckem Ridge |
31 Jul – 2 Aug 1917 |
16th (Irish) Division |
Langemarck |
16-18 Aug 1917 |
16th (Irish) Division |
North of Bullecourt |
20 Nov 1917 |
16th (Irish) Division |
St. Quentin |
21-23 Mar 1918 |
16th (Irish) Division |
Rosieres |
26-27 Mar 1918 |
16th (Irish) Division |
Pursuit to Mons |
28 Sep – 11 Nov 1918 |
Casualties of the 157th Field Company, Royal Engineers From 1915 to 1918
|
Regimental Number |
|
Cause |
|
Adams, Ralph Henry |
94705 |
2nd Corporal |
KIA |
11 Apr 1916 |
Argent, George Percy |
63651 |
Pioneer |
DOW |
10 Sep 1916 |
Baxter, Gavin Hector |
Lieutenant |
DOW |
23 Mar 1918 |
|
Bevan, Hiram |
213534 |
Sapper |
Died |
31 Oct 1918 |
Braley, F. |
154681 |
Sapper |
KIA |
20 Nov 1917 |
Challenger, John Shaw |
98342 |
Sapper |
DOW |
1 Feb 1917 |
Cumper, William |
47375 |
Driver |
DOW |
9 Nov 1918 |
Dayton, Samuel George |
113994 |
Sapper |
DOW |
24 Sep 1916 |
Dew, Ernest Lloyd |
159945 |
Sapper |
KIA |
5 May 1917 |
Dunnington, Henry |
139880 |
Sapper |
KIA |
12 Oct 1918 |
Eldridge, Alfred |
95557 |
Sapper |
KIA |
9 Sep 1916 |
Elvey, Robert |
480716 |
Sapper |
KIA |
25 Mar 1918 |
Gates, William Alfred |
136672 |
Driver |
KIA |
27 May 1917 |
Hall, Frederick James |
63170 |
Sapper |
DOW |
28 Apr 1916 |
Hession, John |
36776 |
Sapper |
DOW |
23 Jul 1916 |
Hourihan, Michael |
47321 |
Sapper |
DOW |
9 Mar 1916 |
Hughes, William |
108728 |
Sapper |
DOW |
6 Sep 1917 |
Ingham, Horace |
61326 |
Driver |
KIA |
17 Aug 1917 |
Lear, Paul |
44093 |
Sapper |
KIA |
9 Sep 1916 |
Macdonald, Ronald |
224470 |
Sapper |
DOW |
22 Mar 1918 |
Macey, Ernest |
95931 |
Sapper |
DOW |
3 May 1916 |
Mc Donald, Robert White |
224464 |
Sapper |
KIA |
23 Mar 1918 |
Millward, Samuel |
215240 |
Sapper |
DOW |
5 Apr 1918 |
Naylor, James Greenwood |
216244 |
Sapper |
KIA |
27 Nov 1917 |
Randall, David |
61677 |
Pioneer |
KIA |
28 Mar 1918 |
Smith, Alexander |
46985 |
Corporal |
Died |
7 Sep 1915 |
Smith, William Henry |
159932 |
Sapper |
KIA |
13 Jan 1917 |
Solley, George Richard William |
60832 |
Driver |
KIA |
17 Aug 1917 |
Stedman, Henry Walter |
38780 |
Driver |
DOW |
30 Oct 1918 |
Tant, Louis |
89531 |
Pioneer |
KIA |
7 Mar 1916 |
Williams, Edward |
41055 |
Sapper |
Died |
11 Dec 1916 |
Legend: KIA – Killed in Action; DOW – Died of Wounds; Died – of disease or accidentally killed.
The following is a statistical analyses of these deaths by various categories:
1. Total Company Casualties from all Causes: 31
2. Deaths by Rank
Lieutenants: 1
Corporals: 1
2nd Corporals: 1
Sappers: 20
Drivers: 5
Pioneers: 3
3. Deaths by Category
Killed in Action: 15
Died of Wounds: 13
Died of Disease or Accident: 3
3. Deaths by Year
1915: 1
1916: 11
1917: 9
1918: 10
4. Deaths by Battle or Campaign
Guillemont (3-6 Sep 1916): 0
Ginchy (9 Sep 1916): 4
Messines (7-14 June 1917): 1
Pilckem (31 Jul – 2 Aug 1917): 1
Langemarck (16-18 Aug 1917): 1
St. Quentin (21-23 Mar 1918): 3
Rosieres (26-27 Mar 1918): 2
Pursuit to Mons (28 Sep – 11 Nov 1918): 4
Non-Battle Specific Deaths: 15
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