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5th Field Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Location

Date

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Aldershot

1912

2nd Division

Embarked for France

15 Aug 1914

France and Flanders

2nd Division

Near Rouen

20 Aug 1914

2nd Division

Retreat from Mons

23 Aug – 5 Sep 1914

2nd Division

Battle of Mons

23-24 Aug 1914

2nd Division

Landrecies

25 Aug 1914

2nd Division

Villers Cotterets

1 Sep 1914

2nd Division

Battle of the Marne

7-10 Sep 1914

2nd Division

Battle of the Aisne

12-15 Sep 1914

2nd Division

Passage of the River Aisne

13 Sep 1914

2nd Division

Action at Aisne Heights

20 Sept 1914

2nd Division

Ypres

19 Oct – 22 Nov 1914

2nd Division

Langemarck

21-24 Oct 1914

2nd Division

Gheluvelt

29-31 Oct 1914

2nd Division

Nonne Boschen

11 Nov 1914

2nd Division

Cuinchy

1 –6 Feb 1915

2nd Division

Aubers

9 May 1915

2nd Division

Festubert

15-25 May 1915

2nd Division

Loos

25 Sep – 5 Oct 1915

2nd Division

Hohenzollern Redoubt

13-19 Oct 1915

2nd Division

The Somme

15 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

2nd Division

Battle of Delville Wood

25 Jul – 9 Aug 1916

2nd Division

Attack on Waterlot Farm
at Guillemont

8-9 Aug 1916

2nd Division

Capture and consolidation of Delville Wood

27-28 Aug 1916

2nd Division

Battle of Ancre

13-18 Nov 1916

2nd Division

Operations on the River Ancre

11 Jan – 13 Mar 1917

2nd Division

Actions at Miraumont

17-18 Feb 1917

2nd Division

Capture of Thilloys

25 Feb – 2 Mar 1917

2nd Division

Irles

10 Mar 1917

2nd Division

Bapaume

17 Mar 1917

2nd Division

Scarpe

9-14 Apr 1917

2nd Division

Arleux

28-29 Apr 1917

2nd Division

Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

2nd Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

2nd Division

Cambrai

20 Nov – 3 Dec 1917

2nd Division

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

2nd Division

Bapaume

24-25 Mar 1918

2nd Division

Arras

28 Mar 1918

2nd Division

Albert

21-23 Aug 1918

2nd Division

Mory Copse

24 Aug 1918

2nd Division

Behagnes & Sapignies

25 Aug 1918

2nd Division

Bapaume

31 Aug – 3 Sep 1918

2nd Division

Havrincourt

12 Sep 1918

2nd Division

Canal du Nord

27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918

2nd Division

Cambrai

8-9 Oct 1918

2nd Division

Selle

17-25 Oct 1918

2nd Division

Sambre

4 Nov 1918

2nd Division

Armistice: North of
Le Quesnoy

11 Nov 1918

2nd Division

Duren/Cologne

27 Dec 1918

REFERENCES:

  1. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.
  2. GASE, S. Movements of Engineer Companies.