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79th Field Company
Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

Home Service

 

Salisbury Plain

May 1915

France and Flanders

18th Division

Boulogne

27 Jul 1915

18th Division

Albert

1-13 Jul 1916

18th Division

Bazentin

14-17 Jul 1916

18th Division

Delville Wood

15 Jul – 3 Sep 1916

18th Division

Thiepval

26-28 Sep 1916

18th Division

Ancre Heights

1 Oct – 11 Nov 1916

18th Division

Ancre

13-18 Nov 1916

18th Division

Irles

10 Mar 1917

18th Division

Bapaume

17 Mar 1917

18th Division

Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

18th Division

Zillebeke Bund

30 Jul 1917

18th Division

Pilckem

31 Jul – 2 Aug 1917

18th Division

Polygon Wood

26 Sep – 3 Oct 1917

18th Division

Broodseinde

4 Oct 1917

18th Division

Poelcappelle

9 Oct 1917

18th Division

Passchendaele

12 Oct 1917

18th Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

18th Division

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

18th Division

At strongpoints
"Darrell", "Dauntless" and "Dashwood"

21 Mar 1918

18th Division

Rouez Camp

22 Mar 1918

 

18th Division

Avre

4 Apr 1918

18th Division

Villers-Bretonneux

24-25 Apr 1918

18th Division

Amiens

8-11 Aug 1918

18th Division

Albert

21-23 Aug 1918

18th Division

Bapaume

31 Aug – 3 Sep 1918

18th Division

Epehy

18 Sep 1918

18th Division

St. Quentin Canal

29 Sep – 2 Oct 1918

18th Division

Vendhuile

29 Sep 1918

 

18th Division

Selle

17-25 Oct 1918

18th Division

Sambre

4 Nov 1918

SOURCE:

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

2. DOYLE, A.C. British Campaigns in France and Flanders, 1918. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1926.