Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

Home Service

1^st Lanarkshire Engineer Volunteers

Raised as the 9^th (Submarine Mining) Company, R.E.

1885

Volunteer Force

Redesignated the Clyde Division, Engineer Volunteers, Submarine Miners, R.E.

1888

Volunteer Force

Redesignated the Clyde Division, Submarine Miners, R.E. (V) at Greenock

1901-1905

Volunteer Force

Redesignated Electrical Engineers, R.E. (V)

1907

Territorial Army

Redesignated the Renfrewshire (Fortress) Company, R.E. (T.A.)

1908

Territorial Army

Fort Matilda,
Greenock, Scotland

1911

Territorial Army

Paisley, Scotland

Apr 1914

Territorial Army

Coast defence duties in the Clyde and Forth areas

Jun 1915

Territorial Army

Embarked for the Egyptian Expeditionary Force

10 Dec 1915

Egypt

10^th Indian Division

El Kubri

15 Jan 1916

10^th Indian Division

Ayun Musa

19 Jan 1916

10^th Indian Division

Esh Shatt

8 Mar 1916

Detached from the
10^th Indian Division

12 Mar 1916

Embarks at Alexandria for France and Flanders

17 Apr 1916

France and Flanders

4^th Division

Redesignated the 1^st (Renfrew) Field Company

1916

4^th Division

Disembarks at Marseilles

23 Apr 1916

4^th Division

The Somme

1-13 Jul 1916

4^th Division

Le Transloy

1-18 Oct 1916

4^th Division

Scarpe

9-14 Apr 1917

4^th Division

Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

4^th Division

Polygon Wood

26 Sep – 3 Oct 1917

4^th Division

Broodseinde

4 Oct 1917

4^th Division

Poelcappelle

9 Oct 1917

4^th Division

Passchendaele

12 Oct 1917

4^th Division

Bapaume

24-25 Mar 1918

4^th Division

Arras

28 Mar 1918

4^th Division

Hazebrouck

12-15 Apr 1918

4^th Division

Bethune

18 Apr 1918

4^th Division

Scarpe

26-30 Aug 1918

4^th Division

Drocourt-Queant

2-3 Sep 1918

4^th Division

Canal Du Nord

27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918

4^th Division

Selle

17-25 Oct 1918

4^th Division

Valenciennes

1-2 Nov 1918