491st (Home Counties) Field
Company, Royal Engineers
(formerly 1/2nd Home Counties Field Company)
Major Headquarters |
Locations |
Dates |
France and Flanders |
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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.