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62nd 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 at Hankley Common

18 Feb 1915

14th Division

Entrained for Southampton

18 May 1915

14th Division

Embarked for Le Havre

20 May 1915

France and Flanders

14th Division

At Watten,
Northwest of St. Omer

25 May 1915

14th Division

Hooge

19 and 30 Jul 1915
& 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, Scarpe

9-14 Apr 1917

14th Division

Arras, Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

14th Division

Langemarck

16-18 Aug 1917

14th Division

Ypres, 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

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St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

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Avre

4 Apr 1918

14th Division

Moved to Lillers and Aire

6 Apr 1918

14th Division

Entrained at Aire for Boulogne

16 Jun 1918

Home Service

14th Division

Folkestone & Brookwood

17 Jun 1918

France and Flanders

14th Division

Returned to France. At Wierre Effroy northeast of Boulogne

2-6 Jul 1918

14th Division

At Ypres

29 Aug 1918

14th Division

Ypres

28 Sep – 2 Oct 1918

14th Division

Courtrai

14-19 Oct 1918

14th Division

Building a footbridge across the River Schelde

5 Nov 1918

Note: Bold text indicates major campaigns or battles.

REFERENCES:

  1. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.
  2. GASE, STUART. Company Moves of the Royal Engineers During the Great War. West Drayton, Middlesex, 2000.