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173rd Tunnelling Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

France and Flanders

1st Army

Aubers

9 May 1915

1st Army

Festubert

15-25 May 1915

1st Army

Loos

25 Sep – 5 Oct 1915

I Corps

Vimy

9-14 Apr 1917

XIV Corps

Pilckem

31 Jul – 2 Aug 1917

XIV Corps

Langemarck

16-18 Aug 1917

XIV Corps

Menin Road

20-25 Sep 1917

XIV Corps

Polygon Wood

26 Sep – 3 Oct 1917

XIV Corps

Broodseinde

4 Oct 1917

XIV Corps

Poelcappelle

7 Oct 1917

XIV Corps

Passchendaele

12 Oct 1917

XIV & XIX Corps

Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

XIX Corps

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

XIX Corps

Rosieres

26-27 Mar 1918

XIX Corps

Avre

4 Apr 1918

X & XIX Corps

Ypres

28 Sep – 2 Oct 1918

XIX Corps

Courtrai

14-19 Oct 1918

REFERENCE:

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