7th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters	Location, Campaign or Battle	Dates
France and Flanders
50^th Division	Kemmel	6-14 Jul 1915
50^th Division	Armentières	15-19 Jul 1915
50^th Division	Poperinghe	19 Jul - 27 Sep 1915
50^th Division	Armentières	28 Sep - 6 Dec 1915
50^th Division	Ypres Salient - Sanctuary Wood	6 Dec 1915 - 7 Mar 1916
50^th Division	Hill 60 and The Bluff	8 Mar - 1 Apr 1916
50^th Division	Wytschaete Ridge	4 Apr - 21 Jul 1916
50^th Division	Mont Des Cats	23 Apr - 11 May 1916
50^th Division	Wytschaete Ridge	12-21 May 1916
50^th Division	Mont Des Cats	21-27 May 1916
50^th Division	Wytschaete Ridge	28 May - 21 Jul 1916
50^th Division	South of Kemmel Battle of Flers-Courcelette	22 Jul - 4 Aug 1916 23 Jul 1916
50^th Division	En Route to the Somme	5-30 Aug 1916
50^th Division	The Somme Battle of Morval Battle of Le Transloy	1 Sep - 16 Oct 1916 25 Sep 1916 1 Oct 1916
British III Corps	Light Railway Work on the Somme	17 Oct 1916 - 29 Jan 1917
50^th Division	Albert	30 Jan - 9 Feb 1917
50^th Division	Foucaucourt	14 Feb - 5 Mar 1917
Major Headquarters	Location, Campaign or Battle	Dates
50^th Division	Morcourt-sur-Somme	6-20 Mar 1917
50^th Division	March to Arras First Battle of the Scarpe	30 Mar - 12 Apr 1917 9 Apr 1917
50^th Division	Battle of Arras Second Battle of the Scarpe	13-26 Apr 1917 23 Apr 1917
50^th Division	Humbercourt	27 Apr - 23 May 1917
50^th Division	Souastre	24 May - 14 Jun 1917
50^th Division	St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, east of Arras	15 Jun - 4 Oct 1917
50^th Division	Gomiecourt	5-17 Oct 1917
50^th Division	Elverdinghe and Boesinghe Battle of Passchendaele	23 Oct - 10 Dec 1917 26 Oct 1917
50^th Division	Ypres Salient - Passchendaele Sector	10 Dec 1917 - 22 Feb 1918
50^th Division	East of Amiens	23 Feb - 20 Mar 1918
50^th Division	Retreat from the Somme Battle of St. Quentin Battle of Rosieres	21-31 Mar 1918 21 Mar 1918 26 Mar 1918
50^th Division	Ponches, near Crécy	1-8 Apr 1918
50^th Division	Operations on the River Lys Battle of Estaires Battle of Hazebrouck	9-12 Apr 1918 9 Apr 1918 12 Apr 1918
50^th Division	Forêt de Nieppe	12-17 Apr 1918
50^th Division	Glomenghem-Blessy-Pernes	18 Apr - 6 May 1918
50^th Division	Chemin Des Dames	7-26 May 1918
50^th Division	Battle of the Aisne	27 May 1918
50^th Division	Retreat from the Aisne	27-31 May 1918
50^th Division	Aulineux	1-9 Jun 1918
50^th Division	Mondement	10-17 Jun 1918
50^th Division	l'Hermite	17 Jun - 1 Jul 1918
50^th Division	Dieppe (for refitting and training)	1 Jul - 28 Sep 1918
50^th Division	Battle of St. Quentin Canal	29 Sep 1918
50^th Division	Epéhy to Semousies Battle of Beaurevoir Battle of Cambrai Battle of the Selle Battle of the Sambre	1 Oct -11 Nov 1918 3 Oct 1918 8 Oct 1918 17 Oct 1918 4 Nov 1918
Major Headquarters	Location, Campaign or Battle	Dates
50^th Division	Semousies	11 Nov - 6 Dec 1918
50^th Division	Herbignies	7-31 Dec 1918
50^th Division	Army of Occupation	1 Jan - May 1919

The 7^th Field Company fought in France and Flanders for a total of four years and three months. A summary of casualties, from causes other than sickness, is shown in the table below.

The total of Missing includes 1 Officer and 82 Other Ranks who fell into enemy hands on the 27^th of May 1918 during the Battle of the Aisne, of whom a high proportion were known to have been killed or wounded, but whose numbers were not ascertainable.

The following table lists the names of the fatalities suffered by the 7^th Field Company, Royal Engineers in France and Flanders during the Great War. The notations under cause of death are KIA = killed in action; Died = died of disease or killed in an accident; DOW = died of wounds. Where the cause of death is marked with an asterisk (*), the man died at home and not in the theatre of the war.

Name	Regimental Number	Rank	Cause of Death	Date ofDeath
Officers
Baldwin, W.F.		Lieutenant (Acting Major)	KIA	27-5-1918
Chaplin, R.E.E.		2^nd Lieutenant	KIA	22-4-1917
Russell, H.		2^nd Lieutenant	KIA	12-7-1916
Littlewood, C.W.S.		2^nd Lieutenant	KIA	10-7-1917
Rebbeck, W.H.		2^nd Lieutenant	Died	4-11-1918
Non-Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks
Abbott, William Henry	22435	Sapper	Died	4-9-1918
Arnold, Bertram James	26302	Driver	Died	23-10-1918
Atkinson, William Bridger	66859	Sapper	Died	31-10-1918
Auld, Robert	177744	Sapper	Died (*)	24-1-1918
Baker, Alfred	14011	Sapper	KIA	22-4-1917
Bates, Frank Willie	100708	Sapper	Died	2-11-1918
Black, Tom	45064	Acting 2^nd Corporal	Died	12-10-1918
Bran, Harold Samuel	65478	Sapper	Died	12-10-1918
Bromley, W.W.H.	17146	Acting Corporal	KIA	19-7-1916
Burrows, Arthur Henry	44712	Sapper	Died	8-9-1918
Butcher, Percival Edgar	217570	Sapper	Died	28-10-1918
Camp, Charles Thomas	49498	Acting 2^nd Corporal	Died	24-10-1918
Camp, Francis George	506467	Sapper	Died	20-10-1918
Churchill, Henry	35007	Acting Sergeant	Died	10-7-1918
Churchill, Walter William Elderfield	486191	Sapper	Died	16-9-1918
Clarke, Henry Alma	185900	Sapper	KIA	23-9-1918
Clarkson, Tom	178254	Sapper	Died	27-5-1918
Clay, John George	159522	Sapper	Died	28-3-1918
Coldbeck, Thomas Jacob	169655	Sapper	DOW	23-3-1918
Denham, William Thomas	486568	Sapper	KIA	27-5-1918
Dillingham, Edwin Elliott	25511	Pioneer	DOW	12-11-1915
Duncan, Archibald	95841	Sapper	Died	2-9-1918
Dunton, Leonard	44000	Sapper	KIA	12-11-1915
Fancourt, Claud	139971	Sapper	DOW	4-2-1918
Farrer, Alexander McGregor	22445	Acting Sergeant	DOW	25-3-1918
Gates, Thomas Humphries	25297	Sapper	DOW	19-4-1916
Gladwell, Arthur George	101890	Sapper	KIA	22-4-1917
Goodall, Archibald	24429	Sapper	DOW	30-11-1915
Gray, Harry Raymond	31266	Sapper	KIA	12-11-1915
Greenstreet, John Frederick	19173	Acting Corporal	KIA	9-6-1916
Hassall, Clarence	207294	Sapper	Died	19-10-1918
Hawkins, Arthur	20189	Driver	DOW	4-11-1914
Hill, William Joseph	146131	Sapper	KIA	22-4-1917
Hooker, Percy Edward	541696	Sapper	Died	19-10-1918
Horsley, James Anderson	58219	Sapper	KIA	2-7-1916
Jamieson, Arthur	7841	Sapper	Died	15-2-1915
Lawler, Thomas	15886	Sapper	KIA	12-11-1915
Letten, Alfred John	28801	Acting Lance Corporal	Died	27-10-1918
Light, Lawrence Harold King	80696	Driver	Died	29-10-1918
Machin, Frederick William	183257	Sapper	Died	29-8-1918
Matthews, E.C.	1938	Sapper	KIA	9-5-1915
Maxwell, George	412843	Sapper	Died	23-11-1918
McLaughlin, William	18393	Acting 2^nd Corporal	DOW	13-11-1915
Molr, Thomas	164418	Sapper	Died	28-9-1918
Mooney, Charles	113781	Sapper	KIA	14-10-1917
Morris, W.A.	17702	Sapper	KIA	12-11-1915
Moses, Joseph Charles William	48528	Sapper	KIA	27-5-1918
Nickell, James	25042	Sapper	KIA	19-1-1916
Nunn, William Henry	21175	Lance Corporal	KIA	22-4-1917
O'Keefe, Michael Joseph	18448	Sapper	KIA	1-7-1915
Ollett, Arthur Joseph	17352	Lance Corporal	KIA	12-11-1915
Pain, George William	2877	Driver	Died at Sea	17-11-1915
Pape, George	12930	Sapper	KIA	12-11-1915
Parker, Frank Herbert	12820	Acting CSM	KIA	27-5-1918
Penson, Charles Robert	65092	Sapper	KIA	22-4-1917
Phillips, George Frederick	203358	Sapper	DOW	10-8-1918
Pinnegar, Bertram Theodore	11001	Sergeant	KIA	27-5-1918
Reeves, Norman Chester	208635	Farrier Sergeant	Died	24-1-1917
Reid, William	40355	2^nd Corporal	KIA	22-3-1918
Renshaw, William Timperley	488528	Sapper	KIA	29-1-1917
Revill, Arthur	4289	Sapper	KIA	29-1-1917
Reynolds, Henry	35105	Sapper	KIA	27-11-1917
Robson, Thomas	459678	Sapper	Died	16-9-1918
Sayer, Charles Edward	20577	Sapper	KIA	29-8-1918
Scrase, Herbert	140596	Acting Lance Corporal	Died	18-9-1918
Sharman, John William	20382	Sapper	DOW	4-6-1915
Shutt, Ernest Charles Hird	134903	Acting Corporal	Died	9-11-1918
Slow, William	67128	Sapper	DOW	23-6-1916
Smith, Horace Arthur	489879	Driver	Died	28-10-1918
Smith, John William	53584	Sapper	DOW	15-2-1916
Sparkes, Maurice Henry	32931	Sapper	KIA	12-11-1915
Stannard, Charles Henry	548647	Sapper	Died	10-11-1918
Stevens, George	488594	Sapper	Died	16-10-1918
Street, Horace	28640	Sapper	KIA	12-11-1915
Taylor, Benjamin	107552	Sapper	Died	9-10-1918
Thompson, Mark	33032	Acting Lance Corporal	Died	17-10-1918
Trim, Frederick Charles	508532	Sapper	Died	23-9-1916
Turton, Henry	442622	Sapper	KIA	6-9-1918
Udall, William Gains	159094	Sapper	DOW	22-4-1917
Vaughan, Sydney Josiah	17434	Sapper	KIA	12-11-1915
Ward, Phillip	183752	Sapper	Died	2-10-1918
Weaver, C.W.	494991	Sapper	Died	1-9-1918
Westwood, Isaiah	23360	Sapper	KIA	22-4-1917
White, Ernest	19363	Sapper	KIA	22-4-1917
Whitworth, Charles	224777	Sapper	KIA	27-10-1918
Williams, Leonard Arthur Fiske	25672	Driver	DOW	8-1-1915
Wright, David	420375	Sapper	Died	7-8-1918

The following is a statistical analysis of fatalities in the 7^th Field Company by rank, cause of death and year of death:

1. INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal, Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.

2. Soldiers Died in the Great War. The Naval & Military Press Ltd., Heathfield, East Sussex, 1998.

Rank	Number of Deaths	Percentage of Total Deaths
Lieutenants	1	1.1%
2^nd Lieutenants	4	4.3%
Company Sergeant Majors	1	1.1%
Farrier Sergeants	1	1.1%
Sergeants	3	3.3%
Corporals	3	3.3%
2^nd Corporals	4	4.3%
Lance Corporals	5	5.4%
Sappers	63	68.5%
Drivers	6	6.5%
Pioneers	1	1.1%
Totals:	92	100%

Cause of Death	Number of Deaths	Percentage of Total
Killed in Action	39	42.4%
Died of Wounds	14	15.2%
Died of Disease or Accident	39	42.4%
Totals:	92	100%

Year	Number of Deaths	Percentage of Total
1914	1	1.1%
1915	18	19.6%
1916	9	9.8%
1917	15	16.3%
1918	49	53.2%
Total:	92	100%

Cause of Death	Officers	Other Ranks	Total
Killed in action (or died at the front)	5	46	51
Wounded (or gassed)	12	157	169
Accidentally injured during operations		19	19
Missing	1	86	87
Total	18	308	326