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23rd Field Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

France and Flanders

1st Division

Retreat from Mons

24 Aug – 5 Sep 1914

1st Division

Battle of Mons

23-24 Aug 1914

1st Division

Oisy

27 Aug 1914

     

1st Division

The Marne

7-10 Sep 1914

1st Division

The Aisne

12 Sep – 12 Oct 1914

1st Division

Ypres

19 Oct – 22 Nov 1914

1st Division

Langemarck

21-24 Oct 1914

1st Division

Gheluvelt

29-31 Oct 1914

1st Division

Nonne Boschen

11 Nov 1914

     

1st Division

Aubers

9 May 1915

1st Division

Loos

25 Sep – 5 Oct 1915

1st Division

Albert (The Somme)

1-13 Jul 1916

1st Division

Bazentin

14-17 Jul 1916

1st Division

Pozieres

23 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

1st Division

Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

1st Division

Morval

25-28 Sep 1916

1st Division

High Wood

11 Nov 1916 – 25 Jan 1917

1st Division

Chingnolles

26 Feb – 17 Mar 1917

1st Division

Eterpigny

18 Mar 1917

1st Division

Barleux/Villers-Carbonnel

20-23 Mar 1917

1st Division

Lamire Farm

6-17 Apr 1917

1st Division

Training for landing at Ostend

11 Jun – 7 Jul 1917

1st Division

Le Clipon

8 Jul – 7 Oct 1917

1st Division

Ghyvelde

18 Oct 1917

1st Division

Arneke

22 Oct 1917

1st Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

1st Division

Herzeele

26 Oct 1917

1st Division

Hospital Farm

31 Oct 1917

1st Division

Hill Top Farm

2 Nov 1917

     

1st Division

Kronprinz Farm

6-23 Nov 1917

1st Division

Proven

28 Nov 1917

1st Division

La Minoterie

1 Dec 1917

1st Division

Paratonnerre Farm

3 Dec 1917

1st Division

Steenbeek/Broenbeek

16 Jan – 8 Mar 1918

1st Division

Poelcappelle

9-21 Mar 1918

1st Division

Cambrin

7 Apr 1918

1st Division

Estaires

9-11 Apr 1918

1st Division

Bethune

18 Apr 1918

1st Division

Drocourt-Queant

2-3 Sep 1918

1st Division

The Hindenburg Line

11 Sep – 4 Nov 1918

1st Division

Epehy

18 Sep 1918

1st Division

St. Quentin Canal

29 Sep – 2 Oct 1918

1st Division

Beaurevoir

3-5 Oct 1918

1st Division

Neuvilly

12 Oct 1918

1st Division

Selle River

17-25 Oct 1918

1st Division

Sambre-Oise Canal

4 Nov 1918

SOURCES:

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

2. DOYLE, A.C. The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1914.

3. The 23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers in the Great War. The Royal Engineers Journal. Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, March and June 1929.