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179th Tunnelling Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

France and Flanders

Fourth Army

Albert

1-13 Jul 1916

Fourth Army

Bazentin

14-17 Jul 1916

Fourth Army

Delville Wood

15 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

Fourth Army

Pozieres

23 Jul -3 Sep 1916

Fourth Army

Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

General Headquarters B.E.F.

Morval

25-28 Sep 1916

General Headquarters B.E.F.

Thiepval

26-28 Sep 1916

General Headquarters B.E.F.

Le Transloy

1-18 Oct 1916

General Headquarters B.E.F.

Ancre Heights

1 Oct – 11 Nov 1916

General Headquarters B.E.F.

Ancre

13-18 Nov 1916

VI Corps

Scarpe

9-14 Apr 1917

VI Corps

Scarpe

23-24 Apr 1917

VI Corps

Arleux

28-29 Apr 1917

Third Army

Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

XVIII Corps

Pilckem

31 Jul – 2 Aug 1917

XVIII Corps

Langemarck

16-18 Aug 1917

XVIII Corps

Menin Road

20-25 Sep 1917

XVIII Corps

Polygon Wood

26 Sep – 3 Oct 1917

XVIII Corps

Broodseinde

4 Oct 1917

XVIII Corps

Poelcappelle

7 Oct 1917

XVIII Corps

Passchendaele

12 Oct 1917

XVIII & II Corps

Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

XVII Corps

Bapaume

24-25 Mar 1918

XVII Corps

Arras

28 Mar 1918

IV Corps

Albert

21-23 Aug 1918

IV Corps

Bapaume

31 Aug – 3 Sep 1918

XXII Corps

Drocourt-Queant

2-3 Sep 1918

 

 XXII Corps

Pursuit to Mons
Canal Du Nord
Cambrai
Selle
Valenciennes
Sambre

28 Sep – 11 Nov 1918
27 Sep -1 Oct 1918
8-9 Oct 1918
17-25 Oct 1918
1-2 Nov 1918
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.