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61st Field Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

Home Service

14th Division

Inspected by H.M. King George V at Aldershot

26 Sep 1914

14th Division

Moved to billets in the Guildford/Godalming area

Nov 1914

14th Division

Inspected by
Lord Kitchener
At Hankley Common

22 Jan 1915

14th Division

Moved to Stanmore Lines at Aldershot

18 Feb 1915

14th Division

Entrained for Southampton

18 May 1915

14th Division

Embarked for France

20 May 1915

France and Flanders

14th Division

Watten, northwest
of St. Omer

25 May 1915

14th Division

Hooge

19, 30 Jul & 9 Aug 1915

14th Division

Bellewaarde

25 Sep 1915

14th Division

Delville Wood

15 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

14th Division

Flers-Courcelette

15-22 Sep 1916

14th Division

Arras, 1st Scarpe

9-14 Apr 1917

14th Division

Arras, 3rdScarpe

3-4 May 1917

14th Division

Langemarck

16-18 Aug 1917

14th Division

Menin Road

22-26 Aug 1917

14th Division

Poelcappelle

9 Oct 1917

14th Division

Passchendaele

12 Oct 1917

14th Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

14th Division

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

14th Division

Avre

4 Apr 1918

14th Division

Moved to the Lillers
and Aire area

6 Apr 1918

14th Division

Entrained at Aire

16 Jun 1918

14th Division

Boulogne

17 Jun 1918

Home Service

14th Division

Folkestone to Brookwood

17 Jun 1918

France and Flanders

14th Division

Returned to France. At Wierre Effroy, north east of Boulogne

2-6 Jul 1918

14th Division

Ypres

28 Sep – 2 Oct 1918

14th Division

Courtrai

14-19 Oct 1918

14th Division

Bridging the River Schelde

5 Nov 1918

REFERENCE:

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