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178th Tunnelling Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

France and Flanders

X Corps

Tambour Duclos,
Near Fricourt

Jul 1915

Fifth Army

Albert (near Fricourt)

1-13 Jul 1916

Fifth Army

Bazentin (High Wood)

14-17 Jul 1916

Fourth Army

Pozieres

23 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

Fourth Army

Guillemont

3-6 Sep 1916

Fourth Army

Ginchy

9 Sep 1916

Fourth Army

Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

General Headquarters

Morval

25-28 Sep 1916

General Headquarters

Le Transloy

1-18 Oct 1916

III & VII Corps

Cambrai

20 Nov – 3 Dec 1917

VII Corps

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

VII Corps

Fins, Gouzeacourt Wood, and Heudicourt

23 Mar 1918

VII Corps

Tortille River between Moislains and Péronne

24 Mar 1918

VII Corps

Bapaume (Ribémont, River Ancre between Méaulte and Mericourt-l’Abbé and the Somme Canal at Lamotte-Brebière

24-25 Mar 1918

VII Corps

Ancre

5 Apr 1918

38th Division

Albert

21-23 Aug 1918

V Corps

Bapaume

31 Aug – 2 Sep 1918

V Corps

Havrincourt

12 Sep 1918

V Corps

Epehy

18 Sep 1918

XVII Corps

Canal Du Nord

27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918

XVII Corps

Cambrai

8-9 Oct 1918

XVII Corps

Selle

17-25 Oct 1918

XVII Corps

Valenciennes

1-2 Nov 1918

XVII Corps

Sambre

4 Nov 1918

REFERENCE:

  1. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.
  2. GRANT GRIEVE, W. & NEWMAN, B. Tunnellers: The Story of the Tunnelling Companies, Royal Engineers, during the World War. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1936.