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257th Tunnelling Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

France and Flanders

General Headquarters

Chipgny Sector, north of Neuve Chapelle

Apr 1916

No. 4 General Base Depot

Rouen

May 1916

Attached to 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company

Bethune – in line from Winchester to Sign Post Lane

Jun 1916

Canadian Corps

Vimy

9-14 Apr 1917

General Headquarters

Nieuport

Jun 1917

VI Corps

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

VI & XVII Corps

Bapaume

24-25 Mar 1918

XVII Corps

Arras

28 Mar 1918

VI Corps

Ancre

5 Apr 1918

Fifth Army

Pursuit to Mons

28 Sep – 11 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.