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491st (Home Counties) Field Company, Royal Engineers
(formerly 1/2nd Home Counties Field Company)

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

France and Flanders

5th Division

Hill 60

17-22 Apr 1915

5th Division

Ypres

22 Apr - 25 May 1915

5th Division

Gravenstafel

22-23 Apr 1915

5th Division

St. Julien

24 Apr - 4 May 1915

5th Division

Frezenberg

8-13 May 1915

5th Division

Bellewaarde

24-25 May 1915

5th Division

Somme

1 Jul 1916

5th Division

Delville Wood

15 Jul - 3 Sep 1916

5th Division

Pozieres

23 Jul - 3 Sep 1916

5th Division

Guillemont

3-6 Sep 1916

5th Division

Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

5th Division

Morval

25-28 Sep 1916

5th Division

Change of unit designation to 491st Field Company

Jan 1917

5th Division

Vimy

9-14 Apr 1917

5th Division

Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

5th Division

Oppy

28 Jun 1917

5th Division

Polygon Wood

26 Sep - 3 Oct 1917

5th Division

Broodseinde

4 Oct 1917

5th Division

Poelcappelle

9 Oct 1917

5th Division

Passchendaele

10 Oct 1917

5th Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct - 10 Nov 1917

5th Division

Hazebrouck

12-15 Apr 1918

5th Division

Albert

21-23 Aug 1918

5th Division

Bapaume

31 Aug - 3 Sep 1918

5th Division

Epehy

18 Sep 1918

5th Division

Canal Du Nord

27 Sep - 1 Oct 1918

5th Division

Cambrai

8-9 Oct 1918

5th Division

Selle

17-25 Oct 1918

5th Division

Sambre

4 Nov 1918

SOURCES:

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

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

3. DOYLE, A.C. The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1916.