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1876:: the bulk of the infantry for this attack were the three RE companies. The frontage of the attack was 2,000 yards (1,800 m) and the ground was dead flat for 3,000 yards (2,700 m) as far as the dry Ypres–Comines Canal. The attack was made in echelon from the right, so 225th Fd Coy was about 800 yards (730 m) behind the tanks and leading troops. The company passed through a heavy barrage and reached its objective. The attack, described by the RE historian as 'probably unique as an example of divisional RE being used as a whole for offensive action', succeeded in driving the enemy back and consolidating a line on the Kortekeer River, keeping them out of range of Warneton bridge while the BEF's withdrawal continued. Next day 4th Division was moved into the Dunkirk pocket to form part of the rearguard. It was one of the last formations evacuated from the beaches and mole at Dunkirk. 790:, where the Austrian attack in the woods made a number of incursions into the division's line. One of these was on the right flank, where the flank battalion had to pull back both its flanks and put every clerk, orderly and cook into the line with a rifle. The divisional commander ordered the CRE, Lt-Col Briggs, to push 477th Fd Company up into the gap as infantry to make contact with the flanking division, which it was unable to do. The enemy, however, were unable or unwilling to push into 'Happy Valley', the fire zone between the two divisions. Meanwhile 474th Fd Company with the pioneer battalion ( 1792: 485: 1021:

gunners cut down the infantry as they bunched to use them. 183rd (Gloucester & Worcester) and 184th (South Midland) Bdes were unable to advance. Instead of sally ports, 1/3rd SM Field Company on 183rd Bde's front had constructed underground passages leading into the pit in front of the British parapet, but there was a misunderstanding and the infantry did not use them. The only part of the division's attack that was initially successful was that of 182nd (Warwickshire) Bde, where the men had moved out into

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the congested roads and the companies deployed without having time to rest or dig in. At 09.00 on 27 May the enemy attacked the left flank, held by 225th (SM) Fd Coy as they were digging in, but were held off until 11.00 while the rest of the divisional RE deployed. Then, almost surrounded, the company disengaged and withdrew over flat open ground to take post on the left of the new line, protecting Warneton bridge over which troops were still retreating. At 15.30 the CO of the

1573:(Operation Dynamo). All next day 48th Division fought hard to hold Cassel and its widely-stretched line protecting the west flank of the Dunkirk 'pocket'. By the end of 28 May the division's positions were crumbling and the division was ordered to retire. The order did not reach the garrison of Cassel, which delayed the German for a further day. Finally the survivors of the division disengaged and moved into the bridgehead to await evacuation. The division left on 31 May. 60: 77: 1734:) began on 6 June, 48th GHQTRE prepared to cross with the follow-up force. On 25 June Nos 2 and 3 Dog Platoons were placed under its command (the dogs were being trained to detect mines) and in July and August it oversaw the mobilisation of a group of Artizan Works Companies, RE, as Army Troops Companies for 21st Army Group. On 2 October 48th GHQTRE was ordered to move to its marshalling area, and on 11 October it disembarked in France. 831:(Warwickshire) Bde was ordered to form the advance guard for the pursuit, accompanied by half of 475th Fd Company and some field artillery. By the end of the day, 48th (SM) Division was far ahead of its flanking Allied formations, and next day, at Osteria del Termine, it surrounded and captured a force of about 14 battalions, including the commander of Austrian III Corps and three divisional commanders. On 4 November the 1340:

back at 09.30 by a German counter-attack led by captured British tanks. An attempt by 184th Bde to attack at 19.30 was stopped by the machine guns at St Hubert and further operations were postponed for the day. 476th and 478th Field Coy completed two Weldon trestle bridges and additional footbridges across the river that night; 479th Fd Coy attempted to place a heavy bridge, but was stopped by enemy shellfire.

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had been hit during the opening bombardment, and the company manned the lip of the quarry when the shelling stopped. Once the mist cleared the company was attacked by five German ground-attack aircraft. It sent up a party of men to join an abortive attempt to get through to Enghein Redoubt, but otherwise watched the battle develop. Though heavily attacked, 61st Division managed to keep its battle zone on the

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redoubts that could cover the intervening ground with machine gun fire. 61st (SM) Divisional RE did a great deal of work on the redoubt at Manchester Hill that was famously defended by 30th Division during the ensuing battle. They also prepared Fresnoy and Enghein Redoubts on their own front. On the night of 20/21 March sappers from 476th Fd Coy accompanied two companies of

1283:) on 8 August, and 184th Bde carried out a small advance over the Plate Breque river on 11 August with help from 479th Fd Coy. Fifth Army began following the retreating enemy on 18 August. The field companies stopped work on camps and defence lines and began building bridges and improving roads to aid the advance. By the end of the month the division had advanced to the 1111:

flooded Steenbeek stream. On 27 August and 10 September the division was again halted by strongpoints hidden among farm buildings. RE work was continuous in the mud of the Ypres Salient even when the infantry were resting. 61st (2nd SM) Divisional RE were relieved on 15 September and went to the quieter Greenland Hill sector near Arras where they worked on defences.

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distinguished by a '2/' prefix. Later the 2nd Line units also went overseas, and 3rd Line units were raised to train drafts for the units serving abroad, some of which in turn went overseas. Later a 482 (South Midland) Reserve Field Company was raised. This did not leave the UK, and was probably quickly absorbed into the central training organisation.

1123:. On 3 December the Germans made their last effort and forced the division's Warwickshire and Gloucestershire battalions back to Welsh Ridge, but that was the limit of their success. A considerable amount of work was required to prepare defences, some of which incorporated parts of the Hindenburg Line support trenches. 1259:–Steenbecque reserve line in rear, and building bridges across the network of rivers and canals. There was still occasional shelling and a few casualties were suffered, but the sector was generally quiet. On 2 July Maj O.S. Davies, who had sometimes deputised as CRE, left 479th Fd Coy on promotion to CRE of 632:) and 48th (SM) Division followed, the RE having already carefully reconnoitred the German positions on the first rumours of the retreat. 48th Divisional RE took forward pontoons and bridge trestles, and on 17 March 475th Field Company completed a trestle bridge spanning a 60 feet (18 m) gap over the 1152:(OBLI) held out to the last in Enghien Redoubt in the forward zone until 16.30, slowing the advance against 61st (2d SM) Division. With communications cut by the barrage, 61st Division's companies at first found it impossible to obtain instructions. 476th Field Coy was eventually ordered to withdraw to 1750:. This work continued in early 1945 with 2nd and 3rd Battalions and by early April the Belgian Government had issued calling-up papers for a fourth engineer battalion, which was to be trained in mine-lifting, a major task in the liberated areas of Belgium and the Netherlands. This work continued after 1931:

By 1944 227th (SM) Company provided the field park company of 6th Army Troops RE (6th ATRE). ATREs were independent battalion-sized RE units operating at army or corps level specialising in river crossings. In the summer of 1944, 6th ATRE was deployed to North West Europe, where it formed part of the

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225th (SM) Field Coy was with 4th Division alongside 48th (SM) Division on the Dyle Line in May 1940, then as the BEF was forced to withdraw it found itself south of Ypres on 26 May. 4th Divisional RE, acting as infantry, took up a defensive position screening Warneton, but the move took all night on

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in Spooner Redoubt on the division's threatened left flank. As the mist cleared the company brought down rifle fire to assist a field gun in repelling one German attack, and at dusk sent out fighting patrols with 1/8th Argylls that found the enemy in great strength. 479th Field Coy's HQ at The Quarry

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to allow the assaulting infantry to exit their lines, and four-man parties of sappers were to accompany the infantry to clear remaining wire with Bangalore torpedoes, while other parties were to consolidate any enemy trenches captured. But the sally ports were too small and narrow, and German machine

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in the front line of the Montello Sector on the Piave Front, and held the line until relieved on 16 March. The RE companies were kept busy improving the defences. On 1 April the division moved northwards and went into reserve for the middle sector of the Asiago Plateau. Here there was much work to be

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entanglements. Owing to wet subsoil, the trenches could not be dug to a depth of more than 3 feet (0.91 m), and had to be built up with parapets of sandbags, while shallow dugouts were roofed with corrugated iron and layers of sandbags. The sappers also carried out demolitions to clear the field

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sector from the French army on 24 July. The divisional RE's work included felling timber for new artillery positions, improving the water supply, providing deeper dugouts for headquarters and constructing 'keeps' for all-round defence. The sappers spent much of the following winter pumping water out

1557:, in each case holding the right flank, and was growing tired from the marching. It saw some heavy fighting on the Escaut, and then had to fall back again to the 'Canal Line' facing west and south as the BEF was forced to fight on two fronts. 48th Division was then ordered to pull back and hold the 1520:

in France on 5 January 1940 – the first TA division to arrive. 48th (SM) Divisional RE was commanded by Lt-Col H.E. Moore as CRE. General Headquarters had a policy of exchanging units between Regular and TA formations to equalise the level of training, and on 16 February 225th Fd Coy transferred to

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for demolition. During 12 April the enemy almost reached the Clarence, but the breakthrough was halted and a defence line patched up. The heaviest fighting shifted away from 61st Division's front and by 14 April the sappers were strengthening these positions and building footbridges over the rivers

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Out of the line the units of the division absorbed reinforcement drafts to bring them back up to strength (1/2nd Field Company alone had lost 35 casualties, or 22 per cent of its sappers). The sappers then returned to the area of Hébuterne and Foncquevillers], working on trench repairs. In November

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On 31 August 1914, the formation of Reserve or 2nd Line units for each existing TF unit was authorised. Initially these were formed from men who had not volunteered for overseas service, and the recruits who were flooding in. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but

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was arranged, the field companies fanned out with the infantry brigade groups to clear the roads of mines, snow and landslides, and to rebuild bridges. At the end of the war the divisional RE was rebuilding infrastructure that had been demolished by the retreating Germans, and a detachment went to

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had broken out after the German withdrawal. During the initial fighting in Athens 4th Divisional RE were chiefly employed in guarding prisoners of war and sending out small parties to demolish road blocks and clear mines and booby-traps, suffering a considerable number of casualties. After a truce

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after a hard fight, but was held up by machine guns a couple of hundred yards beyond. Over the following days the division gained 800 yards (730 m) in three local actions. On 22 August it was held up by the 'Springfield Line'; five days later it renewed the attack against the Springfield Line

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took its objectives and two sections of 1/2nd SM Field Company followed up at about 19.30 to consolidate, within 50 yards (46 m) of a German-held trench. Here they used their rifles to help repel a German counter-attack. Over following days the sappers dug new communication trenches up to the

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on 22 October, where it was ordered to form four works sections (228, 229, 230 and 231) and a stores section (No 34) from the personnel of 858 Quarrying Company, RE. Despite shortages of officers and RE specialists, as well as vehicles and equipment, the first of these was completed by the end of

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on 13 May, with 48th and 4th Divisions in reserve. But the French were unable to come into line before the leading German troops arrived, and fell back, despite support from 48th Division, so the BEF had to fall back in conformity. Over the next three days the BEF withdrew in bounds to successive

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was entered by 07.15 and many prisoners were taken. The brigade was then checked by machine gun fire from St Hubert, but except for a small are round this village the objective was taken by 08.30 and 183rd Be began crossing the Rhonelle over ladder-bridges. However, the division's left was thrown

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from 1st Siege Company, Royal Anglesey RE. At 18.00, German cavalry was reported to be coming down the main roads and the field companies were ordered to man the bridgeheads at both places, with 479th Fd Coy at Buny, just east of Voyennes, 476th Fd Coy at Offoy, and 478th Fd Coy positioned midway

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German attempts to 'bomb' their way into the Quarry during the night were repulsed, but during the next day, 61st Division was pushed south-westwards away from its neighbouring division. All three field companies had been extricated from the battle zone and were assembled at Beauvois early in the

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respectively for their rescue work). In bitter fighting, 184th Bde only gained a few hundred yards of ground around 'Pond Farm' and 'Somme' the other field companies were not sent forward. Over the following days the sappers toiled to consolidate the gains and to repair roads and bridges over the

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on pontoon rafts. The Divisional RE then built a new transport bridge over the river and its marshes on the site of the demolished German bridge. The division occupied Péronne on 18 March. Within 10 days the divisional field companies with infantry working parties completed six footbridges, three

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stream. When the attack went in on 24 October 476th and 478th Fd Coys laid the bridges for 182nd and 183rd Bdes respectively. Although 183rd Bde got across without much trouble, 182nd found the banks of the stream blocked by uncut wire and was thrown back with heavy casualties, the bridges being

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1955:, codenamed 'Westminster', 227th (SM) Field Park Coy worked on the bridge dump, cutting the deck surfaces to size and welding the landing bays. For the assault crossing of the Elbe (Operation Constellation) 6th ATRE was responsible for running ferries and constructing the necessary approaches. 1190:

by 07.00 the next morning (23 March), and in the afternoon were made responsible for their own defence there under command of 20th (L) Division. Under the command of Maj M. Whitwell of 478th Fd Coy they placed an outpost round the town, barricaded the buildings, dug trenches, and did as much as

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in a raid into the German front and support lines. The raiding party returned with prisoners from three regiments and two separate divisions, indicating that the German lines were packed ready for an attack. Indeed, the prisoners were anxious to be taken to the rear because they knew the German

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before the bombardment lifted off the German front line. Unsupported, this brigade had to fall back. The divisional casualties had been very heavy. As the attack was only a diversion from the main Somme offensive, it was not continued. 61st (2nd SM) Division was not entrusted with another major

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and fortified farms. 479th Field Coy sent up two-man teams of 'moppers-up' to accompany the infantry to use explosive charges and sledgehammers against the iron rear doors of the pillboxes, while other sections were detailed to consolidate the positions gained. While the fighting went on the

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and through Asiago suitable for wheeled traffic, with only one serious demolition to overcome. One RE section consolidated captured trenches at Camporovere in case of an Austrian counter-attack. 144th (Gloucester & Worcester) Brigade seized Monte Interrotto early on 2 November, and 143rd

1215:, which came under heavy bombardment. From these trenches on 30 March 476th Fd Coy opened fire on enemy troops coming over the ridge and stopped them until Australian troops and dismounted cavalry arrived to restore the position. The exhausted division was eventually relieved that night. 585:(23–27 July and 13–28 August). The division's participation consisted of brigade-scale attacks with limited objectives, in which the RE field companies were used to consolidate the captured trenches, repairing shell damage, creating bomb stops and strongpoints. During the attack on the 721:

At the end of September 48th (SM) Division returned to the line. On 28 September a group of 474th Field Company was constructing a new dugout when a heavy shell fell amongst them: seven were killed and 17 wounded. Among the dead was the officer commanding, Maj H.C. Clissold,

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the area left devastated by the retreating enemy, the sappers suffering casualties and damage to equipment from German booby-traps. By the end of the month British troops were approaching the Hindenburg Line, and there were some sharp fights against rearguards. During April

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parties working from one traverse to another. At the beginning of May 1916 the division was relieved from the front line, and went for rest and training, including pontoon and trestle bridging for the sappers. In mid-June the division returned to reserve positions at

1883:. It was engaged in heavy fighting, and while clearing road blocks on a bridge across the Oued Hamar an entire working party from 225th (SM) Fd Coy was killed by a booby-trap; a further 37 booby-traps were found on that one bridge, which took 8 hours to clear. 730:(4 October), where the field companies' role was to extend the duckboard tracks forwards, prepare large signboards at the various objectives (to guide follow-up troops) and to repair the roads behind the lines. The division attempted another advance at the 1898:. The work was carried out under constant fire, and 15 sappers were killed and 57 wounded from the two companies. Bridgebuilding and road making were a feature of the Italian campaign. During the rest of the year 4th Division fought in the actions of the 525:). This involved constructing protected observation posts for the artillery and assembly trenches for the infantry, filling supply dumps, and additional dugouts for signallers. 48th Divisional RE was also ordered to carry out trials on various forms of 2095:

However, both regiments and their squadrons were disbanded in 1950–51 and their numbers were transferred to units of the Army Emergency Reserve. The only TA squadron that survived was 225, which was transferred to 127 Construction Regiment (the former

1633:, and preparing bridges for demolition. Colonel Moore was sent to the War Office as Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works and was succeeded as CRE by Lt-Col J.F.C. Holland. At the beginning of October Divisional HQ moved to winter quarters at 1038:

in the Somme sector, where it worked with infantry working parties on tracks, huts, communication trenches, deep dugouts and trench drainage, and built observation posts (OPs) for the artillery. During January 1917, 61st Division was engaged in

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who had been working on a dump that suddenly became the front line: they successfully held off attacks with rifle fire. The division carried out successful counter-attacks the following morning and regained the whole of its positions by 07.30.

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it moved into the devastated area of the Somme battlefield, working on road repairs and erecting wooden huts for the winter. In January 1917 48th Divisional RE began work on a new Corps defence line, then on taking over a sector in front of

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In April the division moved to the Chelmsford area and took over the coastal defences from the 48th (SM) Division; this meant that the CRE had 14 miles of defences to look after, as well as supervising the training of his field companies.

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61st (2nd SM) Division was now so exhausted and weak in numbers that it played little part in the fighting for months. The divisional engineers remained in the St Venant area until July, elaborating the forward defences, working on the

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done on the defences and communications in the wooded mountains, where transport was largely by pack animals supplemented by ropeways. On 15 June the division was engaged in heavy defensive fighting on the Asiago Plateau during the

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Whereas the 48th Division had over a year's frontline experience before making its first attack, the inexperienced 61st Division was thrown into an attack barely seven weeks after arriving in France. It took over trenches near

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HQRE 48th Division was disbanded on 10 February 1944, leaving just the divisional RE stores section (though 792 Fd Coy joined the division in May 1945, after the end of the war in Europe). Lieutenant-Col Graham was posted to

477:. 1/1st South Midland Field Company returned to the division from 6th Division on 1 May. In June 2/1st South Midland Field Company arrived from England to relieve 7th Field Company. The division was officially designated the 1064:

The RE continued working in the lines after the rest of 61st (2nd SM) Division was withdrawn for rest. The field companies followed on 4 February and underwent training until 25 February when they returned to the line at

1073:) were put to work repairing the roads and bridges across the devastated zone left by the Germans. After the division had closed up to the Hindenburg Line on 4 April, the RE companies established themselves around 1799:

After D-Day VIII CTRE was engaged in mine clearance until the breakout from the Normandy beachhead, after which it erected a large number of bridges, including a noteworthy Class 70 bridge (the heaviest class of

1251:–St Venant (or Amusoires) line. At dawn on 23 April six sappers of 479th Fd Coy joined 2/5th Gloucesters to lead parties carrying trench bridges for a small attack to eliminate a German salient in the line. 558:(1 July) and only brought up closer to the line in the afternoon (though the few battalions in the attack suffered very badly). The smoke and gas cloud succeeded in drawing enemy fire and isolating the 374:

On the outbreak of war in August 1914 the SMRE mobilised under the command of Lt-Col E.S. Sinnott as Commanding Royal Engineer (CRE) of the South Midland Division and concentrated with the division at

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and improving the billets. Demobilisation got under way during January 1919 and the field companies were reduced to cadre strength between March and May. Only a few equipment guards remained by July.

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After the conclusion of hostilities on the Italian Front, the division was withdrawn from the front line. On 11 November, as the last troops of the division were leaving Austria, news arrived of the

822:) began on 24 October on the Piave. By the evening of 28 October the Austrians abandoned their positions on the Asiago Plateau and 48th (SM) Division advanced on 30 October, attacking the Austrian 278:. It retained this title even after the other units abandoned EVC titles and became simply 'RE (Volunteers)'. The 2nd Gloucesters established a Cadet Corps on 19 February 1879, which was based at 1102:

company's advanced HQ dugout caught fire, and several sappers were badly burned or gassed after their respirators were burned (Company Sergeant-Major Nott and Sapper Mells were later awarded the

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Although 48th (SM) Division had served on the Western Front continuously for over a year, its first major actions came with the Somme offensive. Most of the division was held in reserve on the

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had also failed and the infantry of 48th (SM) Division were tasked with a follow-up attack the next day, which also failed. The division remained in the battle zone for the next two weeks.

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of fire, and constructed communication trenches, which had not previously been provided. The sector was under regular German shellfire and the units suffered a steady trickle of casualties.

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on 21 March 1918, in thick mist following a heavy bombardment, and quickly overran the British forward zone before advancing to attack the main defences in the battle zone. 2/4th Battalion

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Divisional engineers in the field were being increased to a strength of three companies (one per brigade in the division). 1/1st West Lancashire Field Company was attached to the SMRE from

4581: 713:). 474th Field Company was detailed to work on forward strongpoints, 475th on roads and tracks, and 477th on extending the tramway. The attacking brigade, 145th, overcame a strongpoint in 1505:, later at Longworth. The companies carried out training and digging defences. HQRE spent some time at Wallingford, then moved back to Faringdon, while 224th Fd Coy went into billets at 1247:

to ease movement. For the rest of the month 61st (SM) Divisional RE (together with the pioneers of 1/5th DCLI, when they were not required as divisional infantry reserve) worked on the

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on 4 May did not end the work for the sappers: for many months they were engaged in repair and restoration of essential services behind the armies and in the occupied zone of Germany.

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In line with the RE practice of retaining numbers from disbanded divisions for freestanding HQs, the disbandment of 48th (SM) Division's HQRE was quickly followed by the creation of

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In preparation for the assault crossing of the Rhine (Operation Plunder), 6th ATRE built two major bridges over the Maas to improve communications. The unit was then assigned to

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Forest, where 476th Fd Coy was building a new HQ at Croix Marraise. Progress slowed in early September, but the sappers continued preparing bridges, camps and supply dumps around

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In November 1941 48th (SM) Division was placed on a lower establishment. For the divisional engineers this meant that 9th Fd Coy left in November and went to the newly-formed

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lost. In the afternoon the reserve brigade, 184th, passed through 183rd Bde to exploit the success while 479th Fd Coy repaired artillery bridges to keep the advance going.

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November and they were posted to the Lines of Communications RE during December. 48th GHQTRE was then tasked with reforming and training the 1st Engineer Battalion of the

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At the end of November 61st Division was moved to the Cambrai sector, where on 1 December it relieved the exhausted troops facing the German counter-attacks following the

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until August 1945, when the remaining personnel of 48th GHQTRE were transferred to the RE Training School at Knokke, and the headquarters was disbanded on 31 August.

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When the Battle of Langemarck began on 18 August 61st Divisional RE moved up to Vlamertinge, but the division was only committed late in the battle (22 August), when

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sector. During the fighting at Ypres, 475th Field Company had suffered 99 battle casualties, representing 22 per cent of its drivers and 55 per cent of its sappers.

734:(9 October), but the weather and the ground conditions had worsened, and it was stopped on its starting line by the aggressive forward defence tactics of the German 2160: 1700: 1840:(Operation Constellation), operating ferries as well as bridgebuilding, and suffering numerous casualties from accurate shelling and air attacks by jet fighters. 1149: 1581:

After Dunkirk the UK was threatened with imminent invasion. On its return the division's units were widely scattered across the west of the country: HQRE was at

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possible to put the place into a state of defence while a counter-attack was launched through their positions to delay the enemy. The sappers were withdrawn to

701:) on 31 July, but went into the line of 4 August to relieve one of the divisions shattered in that partial success. 48th Divisional RE took over dugouts in the 1451:

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2122:. The regimental and squadron numbers were transferred to the Militia and 225 (City of Birmingham) Field Squadron (Militia) today exists as a subunit of the 1958:

On 5 July 1945, 6th ATRE arrived in the Netherlands to take over technical supervision of mine disposal work being carried out by a German engineer brigade.

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bombardment was due at 04.40 the following morning, 21 March. Unfortunately, this priceless information was not widely disseminated before the attack (the

1069:. The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line began on 61st (2nd SM) Division's front on 14 March, and the field companies and divisional pioneers (1/5th Bn 1675:

and taking part in training exercises during 1942. In August and September 754th Army Fd Coy and 227th Fd Pk Coy began to mobilise for overseas service.

1517: 1128: 256: 826:(Winter Line) next day. The division entered the Val d'Assa and 474th and 475th Fd Companies and 1/5th Royal Sussex made the steep mountain road across 354:

Nos 2–4 Sections were largely manned by the infantry brigades to which they were attached. The Telegraph Company was termed a Signal Company from 1911.

1879:

225th (SM) Field Coy remained with the division for the rest of the war. 4th Division landed in North Africa in March 1943 for the final stages of the

1085:

area. From late June to early August the sappers undertook training before the division moved to the Ypres Salient to join the Third Ypres Offensive.

442:. Orders were received on 13 March 1915 and the units began entraining on 22 March. 1/2nd Field Company's horses and equipment were embarked on the SS 4372:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1949/Imperial War Museum, 1992, ISBN 978-0-901627742/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84574-945-3. 2097: 2005:'s proposed order of battle in the summer of 1943, but it was later replaced by veteran formations brought back from the Mediterranean theatre before 435: 357:

The unit tended to refer to itself as the South Midland Royal Engineers (SMRE). Clifton College Cadet Corps transferred to the junior division of the

1311:

before moving into recently-captured Cambrai. On 7 October Maj M. Whitwell of 479th Fd Co was promoted to CRE of 73rd Division. Preparations for the

709:

and tramways over the battlefield that had already turned to mud. 48th (SM) Division attacked on 16 August in the second phase of the offensive (the

1648:

as a priority), and for inland demolitions to be prepared to block an enemy advance. In June Lt-Col Holland left to become Deputy Chef Engineer for

2153: 1452: 794:) were holding the Red Line covering divisional HQ from a different breakthrough. The REs who saw the most fighting were a working part under the 654: 590: 346: 340: 334: 4186: 2445: 762:

was complete by 1 December. The following day the division began moving northwards to billeting areas in reserve behind the Italian lines on the

677:. In May 48th Divisional RE moved back to the Péronne area and spent the next two months working and training there before moving by rail to the 4155: 2119: 2066: 1692: 1656: 1691:

in March 1943, leaving the divisional engineers with only a single company (226th). The following month Lt-Col Gardiner left to become CRE of

406:

on 4 December 1914 and went with it to France later that month. After seeing service in the trenches through the winter, and at the Action at

4321:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986, ISBN 0-946998-02-7/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-78331-615-1. 1844: 2199:

Some sources indicate that the ASC Company was found by F Company of the 1st Gloucestershire RE (V), the only part of that unit to transfer.

1186:

during the night, and that formation's engineers subsequently completed the demolitions at Voyennes. All three field companies assembled at

4400:, London: Macmillan, 1940/London: Imperial War Museum & Battery Press/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84574-722-0. 1157: 1070: 770:. 48th (SM) Division moved closer to the line towards the end of January, in support of the British divisions on the front line along the 274:. However, the 2nd Gloucestershire kept its independence, and severed its connection with the battalion the following year to become the 2123: 1182:

between them in support. At 23.00 the two bridges at Offoy were destroyed by Lt Powell of 476th Fd Coy. 479th Field Coy was relieved by

244: 2009:

was launched. It remained in reserve in the UK at full establishment. All the divisional RE units were disbanded after September 1945.

1347:

along the Ecallion. The field companies were undergoing inspections and training when hostilities ended at 11.00 on 11 November as the

2080:

When Engineer Groups were formed in the TA in 1948, 48th (SM) GHQTRE (111 Fd Rgt) was assigned to 26 Engineer Group headquartered at

2074: 1777: 1763: 1688: 1641: 1081:

in constructing deep dugouts for infantry battalion HQs in the advanced positions. At the end of the month the companies moved to the

1351:

came into force. By 17 November the division had moved back to Cambrai and at the end of the month went into winter quarters outside

1649: 1606: 1601:

and 227th at Gorsey, with all the companies engaged in building roadblocks. On 5 July the division was assigned to South West Area (

1395: 1161: 1094: 914: 402:

The first unit of the division to go on active service was 1/1st South Midland Field Company, which joined the newly-raised Regular

80: 2089: 559: 4554: 1234:

on 10–11 April when 61st (2nd SM) Division went back into the line, to relieve the hard-pressed 51st (Highland) Division on the

1156:

but was stopped on the way to erect defensive wire round Blackhill Redoubt. 478th Field Coy endeavoured to keep contact between

718:

and 'Vancouver Farm' behind a strong artillery barrage and successfully took its objectives. It was then relieved on 29 August.

4109:

Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 2: 21 Army Group, 24 July 1943, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/238.

1887: 1791: 543: 470: 267: 176: 4332:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval and Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-845747-23-7. 1680: 1376: 1260: 957: 403: 4175: 854:

of the divisional engineers set off for England on 24 March. After landing at Southampton they were sent to 'White City' at

987:. On 21 May entrainment began for the ports of embarkation, and by 28 May the division had disembarked and concentrated in 1832:), completing the first British-built bridge over the river. The unit continued supporting the advance by Second Army and 1522: 1332: 782: 735: 478: 474: 415: 411: 302: 208: 100: 1493:

On 11 September 1939, 48th (SM) Divisional RE concentrated in Berkshire, with HQ and two companies at Northgate House in

774:. The main duty for the field companies was to improve the defences, which lacked depth, machine-gun positions, shelters 529:

for destroying barbed wire entanglements. 1/2nd SM Field Company devised a way of using a Bangalore torpedo to destroy a

285:

The Bristol Engineer Volunteers sent a detachment of one officer and 25 other ranks to assist the regular REs during the

1785: 1668: 1200: 1050:

When the TF field companies were numbered in February 1917, those of 61st (2nd SM) Division were designated as follows:

650: 181: 1034:

The division moved into corps reserve on 1 October, and after rest and training returned to the line on 20 November at

512:

On 25 June the division was withdrawn for rest, and then from 12 July took over the line in the mining villages around

2179: 1923:

to supervise Germans engineers in mine-lifting (whose methods were described as 'spectacular rather than efficient').

1781: 1103: 866:

The following officers served as Commanding Royal Engineer (CRE) of 48th (South Midland) Division during World War I:

751: 723: 710: 690: 439: 143: 1894:. On the night of 12/13 May 1944 7th and 225th Fd Coys built a 80 feet (24 m) Class 30 Bailey bridge across the 358: 1868:

arrived, and at 16.40 he launched a 'spirited' counter-attack. For this he only had his HQ (two light tanks and one

1726:, mobilising for overseas service. Lieutenant-Col Edwards spent much of his time representing the Chief Engineer of 426: 4273:

History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918

1948: 1821: 1208: 1013: 808: 645: 459: 240: 1424:

227th (South Midland) Field Park Company at Bristol; merged into Divisional HQRE 1924; reformed at Birmingham 1939

726:, former science master at Clifton College and commandant of the school Cadet Corps. The division attacked at the 1664: 1300: 988: 832: 819: 795: 787: 530: 301:(TF) in 1908, the 2nd Gloucester (except H Company) transferred, becoming the divisional engineers for the TF's 2981:

1/3rd SM Fd Company War Diary December 1915–December 1916, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 96/3046/1.

2138: 1833: 1513: 1235: 1120: 1078: 578: 570: 306: 260: 1331:, wired in with the help of 476th Fd Coy. 61st (2nd SM) Division made its attack on 1 November as part of the 917:

was formed in January 1915; it was numbered 61st in August 1915. The Divisional RE were organised as follows:

484: 1933: 1891: 1865: 1145: 698: 694: 148: 138: 1687:) left in January 1943. The 227th was replaced by a smaller Field Stores Section. 224th Field Coy left for 1238:

during the second phase of the German offensive. The sappers started work on fall-back positions along the

4404: 1683:

and 4th GHQTRE respectively. Having completed their mobilisation, 754th Army Fd Coy and 227th Fd Pk Coy (

1473:

48th Division's RE companies mobilised at their peacetime depots, those destined for the 61st Division at

1429: 1372: 1348: 1280: 1153: 843: 804: 731: 555: 153: 4382:

History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940

521:

of the trenches and dugouts. In the spring of 1916, preparations began for that summer's 'Big Push' (the

309:

company for the Gloucester and Worcester Brigade of the division. The new unit was organised as follows:

4465: 2168: 1183: 1035: 815: 727: 574: 434:

The rest of the South Midland Division completed its war training and was selected for service with the

1308: 582: 563: 2449: 2182:, TD, the former OC of 1st SM Fd Coy and CRE of 61st Divisional Engineers, appointed on 11 March 1933. 991:' rest area behind the lines in France, the first 2nd Line TF division to serve on the Western Front. 4454:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84574724-4. 4307: 2164: 1618: 960:, a home service formation, and 482nd (South Midland) Reserve Fd Company was formed in January 1917. 871: 855: 4275:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-43-6. 4261:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8. 4254:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-38-X. 2018:

nomenclature, but in common with several other RE units it appears to have retained its old number:

1952: 546:

cylinders and smoke candles in the front line, and then carry in the cylinders prior to the attack.

4380: 1598: 1312: 1211:. While the infantry attempted counter-attacks, the sappers dug and then held fall-back lines near 1196: 1074: 1005: 755: 522: 133: 128: 35: 4268:

London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.

2328: 1043:, where everything had to be carried up to the line at night across fields of muddy shellholes on 653:

began operations against the fortified village outposts in front of the main Hindenburg position.

2006: 1731: 1570: 1498: 1419: 1315:

began on 22 October, with the field companies making footbridges for the assault crossing of the

1192: 1098: 629: 489: 224: 3550: 3521: 3482: 3468: 3448: 3434: 3284: 3268: 3252: 3151: 3140: 3116: 3102: 3088: 3072: 3056: 3010: 2994: 2980: 1279:

on 31 July. Here the division rejoined Fifth Army. The Allies began their final offensive (the

1263:

at home, moving back to 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division on the Western Front in September.

754:

to reinforce the Italian Army, which had recently been defeated by Austro-German forces at the

4197: 2948:

Army Council Instructions No 2364 and Appendix 204, 17 December 1916; No 112, 19 January 1917.

2172: 1880: 1869: 1829: 1809: 1569:. By 26 May the Germans had reached the sea and the BEF was cut off: the decision was made to 1367:

The following officers served as CRE of 61st (2nd South Midland) Division during World War I:

1133: 963:

In December 1915 and January 1916 the field companies of 61st (SM) Division were stationed at

599: 526: 298: 212: 171: 4443:, London: Macmillan, 1938/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-847-0. 4384:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1954/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, 978-1-85457-056-6. 4252:

History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 1: The Regular British Divisions

1438:

Cadet Corps was affiliated to the unit in the 1920s but had disappeared before World War II.

1995: 1590: 1586: 1538: 1239: 1022: 984: 851: 827: 501: 166: 90: 1998:

in June 1940 during the post-Dunkirk invasion crisis, remaining there until February 1943.

1512:

48th (SM) Division's units proceeded to France and after concentration the division joined

4558: 2129:

A new 111 Regiment RE (Volunteers) existed from 1967 to 1995 with 120 and 130 Field Sqns.

2002: 1915: 1727: 1723: 1271:

Towards the end of July the reinforced 61st (2nd SM) Division left the St Venant area for

1066: 1012:

in this sector was too high to allow deep trenches to be dug, so the line was defended by

980: 976: 674: 625: 586: 513: 286: 279: 200: 76: 496:

were drawn at a farm near 'Plugstreet' just before 48th (SM) Division took over the line.

4247:, Germany: BAOR, 1947/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2020, ISBN 978-1-78331-671-7. 2070: 1899: 1895: 1288: 1107: 847: 517: 65: 1509:. On 30 November advance parties began moving to Southampton prepare for embarkation. 390:

defending Eastern England. The sappers began working on the outer defences of London.

4575: 4551: 4301:

With a Royal Engineers Field Company in France and Italy, April 1915 to the Armistice

4217: 2146: 1801: 1645: 1502: 1435: 771: 678: 665:

on 5 April, and that evening the RE began establishing a new line of resistance near

505: 493: 473:

from 18 to 28 April 1915, when it was replaced by the Regular 7th Field Company from

387: 4416:

Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents

4376: 1743: 1660: 1630: 1558: 1542: 1344: 1243: 1178: 972: 714: 455: 228: 160: 1966: 1485: 1398:(TA) the following year, when the divisional engineers were organised as follows: 846:

signalling the end of the war. The division withdrew to the area around Trissino.

641:

horse transport bridges and one heavy bridge, which they named 'Bristol Bridge'..

581:(15–17 July), including the capture of Ovillers on 17 July, and two spells in the 539: 3011:

3/1st SM Fd Company War Diary December 1915–December 1916, TNA file WO 95/3048/1/

2995:

2/2nd SM Fd Company War Diary December 1915–December 1916, TNA file WO 95/3047/1.

533:

in a trench to provide a 'bomb stop' with a clear field of fire to prevent enemy

4430:

The Kaiser's Battle, 21 March 1918: The First Day of the German Spring Offensive

4389: 3422:, Vol II, pp. 224–6, 258–62, 265, 286, 306, 321, 362, 372, Sketches 20 & 21. 1911: 1873: 1855: 1316: 1231: 1204: 1009: 910: 901: 637: 633: 463: 447: 122: 1622: 1562: 1534: 1413: 1356: 1276: 1272: 1212: 1017: 767: 702: 407: 379: 2208:

727 Artizan Works Coy was disbanded and 672, 695, 705 and 760 were converted.

1613:. The CRE, Col H.E. Moore, reconnoitred a proposed anti-tank (A/T) line from 1343:

After crossing the Rhonelle, 61st Division was relieved, and halted south of

2081: 1937: 1768: 1626: 1541:, the BEF moved into Belgium according to plan and took up positions on the 1494: 1409: 1336: 1219: 1199:. On 26 March the remnants of 61st (SM) Division, together with the rest of 1077:

and continued bridge work. In May 476th Fd Coy was assisted by a section of

1044: 706: 454:. Disembarkation was complete by 1 April and the division concentrated near 1990:

269 Fd Pk Coy at Olton, mobilised with GHQ, joined division 18 January 1940

1667:, where 754th Army Fd Coy was attached to 48th (SM) Divisional RE from the 2118:

This regiment too was disbanded in 1967 when the TA was reduced into the

2085: 1987:

268 Fd Coy at Olton, mobilised with GHQ, joined division 31 December 1939

1907: 1738: 1672: 1634: 1582: 1506: 1352: 1324: 1174: 1001: 836: 758:. Entrainment began on 21 November, and detraining around Legnano on the 670: 4546: 1375:, appointed 12 September 1914 from command of 1st SM Field Company; CRE 835:

came into force, by which time the division had pushed forward into the

781:

On 1 March 1918, 48th (SM) Division completed the relief of the British

4506:

Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army

4319:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916

4312:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1915

3551:

479 Fd Company War Diary October 1918–July 1919, TNA file WO 95/3048/8.

1817: 1610: 1566: 1554: 1304: 1227: 968: 662: 658: 534: 375: 236: 110: 4448:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917

4437:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1916

4394:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917

4359:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

4348:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

4337:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

4326:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917

3152:

479 Fd Company War Diary October–December 1917, TNA file WO 95/3048/4.

3141:

478 Fd Company War Diary October–December 1917, TNA file WO 95/3047/4.

2084:

in Southern Command, and 112 Construction Rgt to 23 Engineer Group at

1994:

61st Division never served outside the United Kingdom. It was sent to

1941: 1903: 1751: 1747: 1715: 1614: 1550: 1460: 1328: 1296: 1284: 1256: 1248: 1223: 1207:

to maintain contact with the French Army, with 61st Divisional RE at

1166: 964: 763: 666: 204: 3483:

479 Fd Company War Diary July–September 1918, TNA file WO 95/3048/7.

3469:

478 Fd Company War Diary July 1918–July 1919, TNA file WO 95/3047/7.

4303:, Pitman 1973/Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2020, ISBN 978-1-52675132-4. 3285:

479 Fd Company War Diary January–March 1918, TNA file WO 95/3048/5.

3269:

478 Fd Company War Diary January–April 1918, TNA file WO 95/3047/5.

3117:

479 Fd Company War Diary May–September 1917, TNA file WO 95/3048/3.

3103:

478 Fd Company War Diary May–September 1917, TNA file WO 95/3047/3.

3089:

479 Fd Company War Diary January–April 1917, TNA file WO 95/3048/2.

3073:

478 Fd Company War Diary January–April 1917, TNA file WO 95/3047/2.

1812:. In January 1945 224th (SM) Fd Co built 'Bristol Bridge' over the 1394:

The TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920 and reorganised as the

983:

to complete its final battle training, with the field companies at

750:

On 10 November 1917 the division received orders to proceed to the

3522:

476 Fd Company War Diary August–December 1918, TNA file WO 3046/4.

1979: 1965: 1920: 1854: 1825: 1813: 1805: 1790: 1767: 1602: 1594: 1484: 1474: 1187: 1177:

and demolition parties went to take over the bridges there and at

1082: 900: 759: 569:

On 13 July 48th Divisional RE came under the orders of the CRE of

483: 425: 383: 4515:, Vol III, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, reprint 1954. 4398:

The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of Arras

4238:

The Home Front, France, Flanders and Italy in the First World War

1714:(48th GHQTRE) under Lt-Col G.H. Edwards. In May 1944 this was at 1275:

and the field companies moved out on 22 July, moving on again to

249:

1st Administrative Battalion, Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteers

247:

from August 1862. However, in July 1867 was transferred to a new

4289:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981, ISBN 0-352-30833-8. 4280:

Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908

3449:

479 Fd Company War Diary April–June 1918, TNA file WO 95/3048/6.

3435:

478 Fd Company War Diary April–June 1918, TNA file WO 95/3047/6.

1837: 1719: 1640:

In the spring of 1941, 48th (SM) Divisional RE assisted the new

1382:

Maj Owen S. Davies (479th Fd Coy), acting from 19 September 1916

1327:, though 183rd Bde already held a small bridgehead over it near 739: 4563: 3253:

476 Fd Company War Diary January–July 1918, TNA file WO 3046/3.

1974:

Formed in 1939, 61st Divisional RE was constituted as follows:

1408:

225th (South Midland) Field Company at Drill Hall, Holly Lane,

979:

respectively. In February 1916 61st (2nd SM) Division moved to

738:. Afterwards the division was relieved and sent to the quieter 4520:

The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018

4370:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, Italy 1915–1919

4357:

Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,

3762:, pp. 67, 69–71, 100, 121, 136, 140, 175, 187–8, 204–7, 215–6. 1004:

for the first time on 13 June, and attacked at the mishandled

270:

in 1880, the Gloucestershire Admin Bn was consolidated as the

4432:, London: Allen Lane, 1978/Penguin, 1983, ISBN 0-14-017135-5. 3625:

48th Division RE HQ War Diary, 1939–41, TNA file WO 166/582.

2022:

48th (South Midland) GHQTRE (111 Field Engineer Regiment, RE)

594:

newly captured line. The division was relieved on 28 August.

450:, to be followed by the rest of the company on the faster SS 4425:, London: Allen Lane 1971/Fontana, 1975, ISBN 0-00-633626-4. 3837:

48 Div Stores Section War Diary 1944, TNA file WO 166/14297.

3810:

48th Division RE HQ War Diary, 1943, TNA file WO 166/10597.

811:

to help prepare bridges for the offensive across the Piave.

542:, where the RE were employed in constructing boxes to house 3801:

48th Division RE HQ War Diary, 1942, TNA file WO 166/6316.

1730:

at various meetings. Once the Allied invasion of Normandy (

1671:. The sappers continued working on coastal defences around 1160:

holding the battle zone behind 2/4th OBLI and the 1/8th Bn

562:, though the attack was a disaster. The attack in front of 4461:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014, ISBN 978-1-78159-267-0. 1890:

in December 1943 and was involved in the final assault on

1501:, later at Stanford-in-the-Vale, and 227th Fd Park Coy at 1418:

226th (South Midland) Field Company at 61 Tilehurst Road,

807:

for tactical purposes, but 477th Fd Company was loaned to

697:. The division was in reserve for the opening attack (the 327:

South Midland Divisional Telegraph (later Signal) Company

276:

2nd Gloucestershire (The Bristol Engineer Volunteer Corps)

255:, with its headquarters at Bristol, and was joined by the 23:

2nd Gloucestershire (The Bristol Engineer Volunteer Corps)

4368:

Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Maj-Gen H.R. Davies,

2625:, Vol II, pp. 101, 115, 144–6, 149, 152, 155, 221, 224–6. 1836:. It was heavily involved in the assault crossing of the 1795:'Bristol Bridge' built over the Maas by 224th (SM) Fd Co. 1525:, the 48th receiving the Regular 9th Fd Coy in exchange. 937:

additional 1st Line unit formed after the outbreak of war

4459:

Retreat and Rearguard Somme 1918: The Fifth Army Retreat

4245:

Royal Engineers Battlefield Tour: The Seine to the Rhine

2065:

226 Field Squadron, reformed at Oxford, was assigned to

1621:

and the OC 226th Fd Coy reconnoitred an A/T 'island' at

1537:

ended and the Germans attacked in May 1940, opening the

339:

No 3 (Gloucester and Worcester) Section attached to the

272:

1st Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Somerset and Devon) EVC

1466:

225th Duplicate Fd Coy (Birmingham) became 267th Fd Coy

905:

61st (2nd South Midland) Division's WWI formation sign.

605:

In February 1917 the TF field companies were numbered:

282:

and provided a number of recruits to the unit in 1914.

4411:, London: Batsford, 1954/Pan 1966, ISBN 0-330-20162-X. 3931:

Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 483–5, 500, Map 21, 515–8.

573:

for road construction duty in the captured area round

4492:

Army Council Instructions Issued During December 1916

4282:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, ISBN 0 85936 271 X. 1788:

in 21st Army Group, training for Operation Overlord.

956:

647th (South Midland) Fd Company in December 1916 in

289:

in 1900, and a second detachment the following year.

215:, serving in both World Wars and postwar until 1967. 4499:

Army Council Instructions Issued During January 1917

4363:

26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory

1489:

48th (South Midland) Division's WWII formation sign.

1469:

226th Duplicate Fd Coy (Reading) became 268th Fd Coy

1428:

The RE signal companies were transferred to the new

4529:, Wembley: R.A. Westlake, 1983, ISBN 0-9508530-0-3. 3166:, Vol III, pp. 169–70, 222, 243, 249–5, 256–7, 268. 1932:massive concentration of RE bridging resources for 636:, while ferrying infantry and artillery across the 430:

48th (South Midland) Division's WWI formation sign.

116: 106: 96: 86: 71: 53: 45: 20: 4352:March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives 3828:48 Div HQRE War Diary 1944, TNA file WO 166/14296. 3057:476 Fd Company War Diary 1917, TNA file WO 3046/2. 2100:). 127 Construction Regiment was reconstituted as 1951:for 'Plunder'. For the Class 40 pontoon bridge at 1637:with HQRE established in a house on North Street. 1625:. The companies spent August and September laying 1307:for the advancing troops, and improved billets at 203:, first raised in 1861. It went on to provide the 4597:Military units and formations established in 1861 3883:48th GHQTRE War Diary 1945, TNA file WO 171/5421. 3853:48th GHQTRE War Diary 1944, TNA file WO 171/1492. 1944:could not be achieved, and the operation failed. 1402:48th (SM) Divisional HQRE at 32 Park Row, Bristol 4582:Military units and formations in Gloucestershire 4487:, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1958. 4476:, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1958. 4341:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries 4240:, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1952. 2178:Lt-Col Sir John Lloyd Vaughan Seymour-Williams, 1385:Lt-Col G.E.J. Durnford, appointed 2 October 1916 886:Maj G.S.J.F. Eberle, acting from 25 January 1918 410:(14–15 March 1915), the company transferred to 251:. The Administrative Battalion was based on the 4522:, Tiger Lily Books, 2018, ISBN 978-171790180-4. 2161:James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury 1701:Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force 877:Lt-Col H.J.M. Marshall, appointed 19 April 1915 624:In March the Germans began a withdrawal to the 462:in GHQ Reserve, with 1/2nd SM Field Company at 297:When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new 4133: 4131: 4129: 4127: 3870: 3868: 3683: 3681: 3679: 3677: 3667: 3665: 3663: 3501: 3499: 2776:Edmonds & Davies, pp. 96–7, 111–2, 138–9. 2446:"Discussion of RE TF units at Great War Forum" 1405:224th (South Midland) Field Company at Bristol 1150:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 792:1/5th (Cinque Ports) Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment 4418:, Solihull: Helion, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-92-2. 3637: 3635: 3633: 3631: 2834:Edmonds & Davies, pp. 249, 252, 263, 266. 2816:Edmonds & Davies, pp. 154, 162–5, 204–15. 921:61st (2nd South Midland) Divisional Engineers 880:Maj A.D. Walker, acting from 27 February 1917 345:No 4 (South Midland) Section attached to the 8: 4592:Engineer Volunteer Corps of the British Army 4096: 4094: 4092: 3653: 3651: 3649: 3647: 3641:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 93, 101, 143, 166. 2644: 2642: 2640: 2367: 2365: 2363: 2361: 2359: 2357: 2355: 1355:, where the sappers were kept busy erecting 333:No 2 (Warwickshire) Section attached to the 233:2nd Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps 4518:Graham E. Watson & Richard A. Rinaldi, 3723: 3721: 3719: 3717: 3715: 2926: 2924: 2922: 2422: 2420: 2418: 2416: 2414: 2412: 2410: 1914:. In December it was sent to Greece, where 1242:and Lys Canal, and prepared the bridges at 1218:61st Divisional RE went to rest billets at 889:Maj E. Briggs, acting from 18 February 1918 577:. 48th (SM) Division then took part in the 243:. Administratively, it was attached to the 4292:Lt-Col Ewan Butler and Maj J.S. Bradford, 3546: 3544: 3542: 3517: 3515: 3513: 3511: 3478: 3476: 3464: 3462: 3460: 3458: 3456: 3378:, Vol I, pp. 275, 278, 338, 404, 497, 500. 2920: 2918: 2916: 2914: 2912: 2910: 2908: 2906: 2904: 2902: 2408: 2406: 2404: 2402: 2400: 2398: 2396: 2394: 2392: 2390: 2345: 2343: 2341: 2339: 2252: 2250: 2248: 2246: 2244: 2242: 2104:in 1961 with the following organisation: 1652:and was replaced by Lt-Col C.J. Gardiner. 1629:and A/T flame traps on the beaches of the 1549:By 18 May the 48th was on the line of the 321:1st South Midland Field Company at Bristol 34: 4137:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 292–3, 299–305. 4117: 4115: 3922:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 286–92, 311, 316, 337. 3891: 3889: 3444: 3442: 3430: 3428: 3280: 3278: 3276: 3264: 3262: 3260: 3248: 3246: 3244: 3242: 3240: 3238: 3112: 3110: 3098: 3096: 3084: 3082: 3080: 3068: 3066: 3064: 3052: 3050: 3048: 3046: 3044: 3006: 3004: 3002: 2990: 2988: 2976: 2974: 2972: 2306: 2304: 2302: 2300: 2298: 2102:48th (South Midland) Division/District RE 2098:46th (North Midland) Divisional Engineers 657:captured a cluster of villages including 27:48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers 4587:Military units and formations in Bristol 4330:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele) 4187:118–432 RE Rgts at British Army 1945 on. 4151: 4149: 4147: 4145: 4143: 4077:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 489–92, 502. 3849: 3847: 3845: 3843: 3797: 3795: 3621: 3619: 3617: 3615: 3613: 3611: 1927:227th (South Midland) Field Park Company 1195:in the afternoon, to march back through 1173:morning. In the afternoon they moved to 928:transferred to 48th Division (see above) 892:Lt-Col E. Briggs, promoted 13 March 1918 245:1st Gloucestershire Artillery Volunteers 4513:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers 4481:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers 4470:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers 4423:The First Day on the Somme, 1 July 1916 4234:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers 4156:80–177 RE Rgts at British Army 1945 on. 2510:Edmonds & Wynne, pp. 155, 159, 278. 2220: 2192: 1016:. Before the attack the RE constructed 883:Lt-Col V. Giles, appointed 3 March 1917 858:, for formal disembodiment on 4 April. 231:in time of need. One such unit was the 4527:Royal Engineers (Volunteers) 1859–1908 4508:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927. 4176:Divisional RE at British Army 1945 on. 2120:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve 1693:59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division 897:61st (2nd South Midland) Divisional RE 850:began in early 1919 and the remaining 705:bank and began work on wooden tracks, 17: 4536:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966. 4534:In Flanders Fields: the 1917 Campaign 3913:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 408, 424. 2714:, Vol II, pp. 107–8, 185, 198–9, 208. 2285: 2283: 2281: 2279: 2277: 2275: 2273: 2271: 1663:under I Corps District, with HQRE at 239:on 10 April 1861 by employees of the 7: 1970:61st Division's WWII formation sign. 943:3rd Line unit to replace 2/1st above 941:3/1st South Midland Field Company – 935:1/3rd South Midland Field Company – 926:2/1st South Midland Field Company – 492:. Bairnsfather's first cartoons for 386:. Here the division formed part of 324:2nd South Midland Company at Bristol 197:The Bristol Engineer Volunteer Corps 4208:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 317, 319. 3971:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, pp. 35–7. 3949:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 519–21. 2124:Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers 1872:) and one 10-man platoon of 6th Bn 1851:225th (South Midland) Field Company 1780:(VIII CTRE) in March 1943. By July 1758:224th (South Midland) Field Company 1463:and Gloucester) became 266th Fd Coy 803:11 October the division came under 40:RE Cap badge (King George V cipher) 4086:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 516–8. 4033:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 400–3. 3895:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 556–7. 3592:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 90, 100. 3321:, Vol I, pp. 129, 176, 186, 201–2. 2865:Edmonds & Davies, pp. 327–345. 2590:Farrar-Hockley, pp. 110, 114, 123. 2175:, TD, appointed on 20 August 1927. 2075:43rd (Wessex) Divisional Engineers 1845:German surrender at Lüneburg Heath 1764:VIII Corps Troops, Royal Engineers 1695:and Lt-Col R.C. Graham took over. 1642:Devon and Cornwall County Division 1481:48th (South Midland) Divisional RE 1060:3/1st became 479th (South Midland) 1057:2/2nd became 478th (South Midland) 1054:1/3rd became 476th (South Midland) 615:2/1st became 477th (South Midland) 612:1/2nd became 475th (South Midland) 609:1/1st became 474th (South Midland) 398:48th (South Midland) Divisional RE 313:South Midland Divisional Engineers 199:was a part-time unit of Britain's 25:South Midland Divisional Engineers 14: 4121:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, p. 223. 3993:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, p. 468. 2736:, Vol II, pp. 310, 327–30, 334–5. 2492:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 28, 31. 2371:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 11, 34. 2137:The following officers served as 1162:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1071:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 932:2/2nd South Midland Field Company 4414:Cliff Lord & Graham Watson, 4166:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 287–8. 3862:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 174–7. 3819:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 172–3. 3736:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, p. 27. 3696:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, p. 25. 3671:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 140–1. 3536:, Vol V, pp. 125–8, 208, 379–80. 3131:, Vol II, pp. 107–8, 202–3, 208. 3025:, Vol II, pp. 120–30, Sketch 15. 2883:Edmonds & Davies, pp. 382–5. 2581:, Vol I, pp. 426, 437, 450, 480. 1824:for the assault crossing of the 1169:Plateau intact until nightfall. 560:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient 341:Gloucester and Worcester Brigade 75: 58: 4547:British Army units from 1945 on 4501:, London: HM Stationery Office. 4494:, London: HM Stationery Office. 4346:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 4335:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 4324:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 4317:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 4296:, London: Hutchinson/Arrow, nd. 4055:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, p. 475. 4011:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, p. 542. 2149:, appointed on 7 December 1881. 1585:until 2 July, when it moved to 471:55th (West Lancashire) Division 266:With the reorganisation of the 259:the following year, and by the 4002:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, p. 51. 3780:Pakenham-Wals, Vol IX, p. 585. 3570:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, 3532:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, 2648:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 60–1. 2156:appointed on 27 November 1895. 1859:4th Division's formation sign. 1681:38th (Welsh) Infantry Division 1553:, and on 21 May it was on the 947:61st Divisional Signal Company 833:Armistice with Austria-Hungary 693:, which was preparing for the 689:48th (SM) Division was now in 330:HQ and No 1 Section at Bristol 263:when that was formed in 1869. 1: 4479:Maj-Gen R.P. Pakenham-Walsh, 3962:, pp. 39, 41, 47, 140, 193–5. 3874:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 122. 3789:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 177. 3687:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 163. 3334:, pp. 177–8, 201, 246–8, 274. 2559:, Vol I, pp. 279, 281, 284–6. 2044:112 Construction Regiment, RE 1679:Coy; these later served with 1095:184th (2nd South Midland) Bde 655:145th (South Midland) Brigade 479:48th (South Midland) Division 209:48th (South Midland) Division 101:48th (South Midland) Division 29:112 Construction Regiment, RE 3904:Watson & Rinaldi, p.132. 2957:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 64. 2470:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 67, 97–103. 2001:61st Division did appear in 1776:224th (SM) Field Coy joined 1669:Lincolnshire County Division 1129:2/6th Bn Royal Warwickshires 1047:tracks laid by the sappers. 766:plateau, with the RE around 591:143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade 4511:Col Sir Charles M. Watson, 4198:225 Fd Sqn at Sappers Site. 3356:, Vol V, pp. 346, 349, 353. 2939:Watson & Rinaldi, p 37. 2692:, Vol I, pp. 134–5, 155–60. 2256:Westlake, pp. 7–8 & 13. 2067:110 Field Engineer Regiment 1772:VIII Corps' formation sign. 1609:and the RE began moving to 1571:evacuate it through Dunkirk 1226:, and later moved north to 1144:The Germans launched their 1104:Distinguished Conduct Medal 436:British Expeditionary Force 21:Bristol Engineer Volunteers 4613: 3940:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 337–42. 3574:, Vol V, pp. 391–2, 455–7. 3365:Blaxland, pp. 95, 98, 103. 2349:Lord & Watson, p. 159. 1820:. VIII CTRE was loaned to 1761: 1718:in South London, later at 1589:, while 9th Fd Coy was at 1371:Lt-Col J.L.V.S. Williams, 1323:The next obstacle was the 1097:attacked against concrete 915:2nd South Midland Division 646:III Corps Cavalry Regiment 488:A dugout drawn by Captain 318:HQ at 32 Park Row, Bristol 241:Bristol and Exeter Railway 182:North West Europe Campaign 49:10 April 1861–1 April 1967 4218:111 Regt at Sappers Site. 3984:, pp. 212, 218, 235, 237. 3188:, Vol I, pp. 41–6, 122–5. 2966:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 107–10. 2058:306 Construction Squadron 2055:267 Construction Squadron 2052:225 Construction Squadron 820:Battle of Vittorio Veneto 796:Regimental Sergeant Major 788:Battle of the Piave River 583:Battles of Pozières Ridge 516:, before taking over the 414:on 24 March, and then to 33: 2634:Eberle, pp. 101–12, 134. 2426:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 77–83. 1737:48th GHQTRE moved up to 1659:. The division moved to 1459:224th Duplicate Fd Coy ( 1379:in UK from November 1916 1079:256th Tunnelling Company 1026:attack for over a year. 579:Battle of Bazentin Ridge 359:Officers' Training Corps 4557:23 October 2015 at the 3603:Titles and Designations 2930:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 33–9. 2039:227 Field Park Squadron 1934:Operation Market Garden 1886:4th Division landed in 1866:13th/18th Royal Hussars 1291:for the next advance. 1041:operations on the Ancre 874:, appointed 11 May 1912 699:Battle of Pilckem Ridge 458:by 3 April, as part of 253:1st Gloucestershire EVC 223:The enthusiasm for the 149:German spring offensive 4405:Anthony Farrar-Hockley 3749:, pp. 39–41, 47–9, 59. 3391:, Vol II, pp. 95, 104. 1971: 1860: 1796: 1773: 1490: 1430:Royal Corps of Signals 1349:Armistice with Germany 1333:Battle of Valenciennes 1281:Hundred Days Offensive 906: 844:Armistice with Germany 732:Battle of Poelcappelle 661:, Basse Boulogne, and 589:at 17.00 on 18 August 556:First day on the Somme 497: 431: 303:South Midland Division 154:Hundred Days Offensive 4452:The Battle of Cambrai 4310:and Capt G.C. Wynne, 4068:, pp. 196–203, 214–5. 3982:France & Flanders 3960:France & Flanders 3760:France & Flanders 3747:France & Flanders 3707:France & Flanders 3583:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 101. 3561:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 111. 2479:Edmonds & Wynne, 2236:Beckett, Appendix IX. 1969: 1858: 1794: 1778:VIII Corps Troops, RE 1771: 1657:1st Airborne Division 1488: 1184:20th (Light) Division 1036:Ovillers-la-Boisselle 904: 870:Lt-Col E.S. Sinnott, 728:Battle of Broodseinde 695:Third Ypres Offensive 575:Ovillers-la-Boisselle 487: 429: 347:South Midland Brigade 139:Third Battle of Ypres 4446:Capt Wilfred Miles, 4435:Capt Wilfred Miles, 4428:Martin Middlebrook, 4421:Martin Middlebrook, 4294:The Story of Dunkirk 3505:Becke, Pt 4, p. 119. 3493:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 67. 2758:, Vol V, pp. 669–71. 2745:Wolff, pp. 223, 236. 2154:Sir Richard Harrison 1689:VIII Corps Troops RE 1158:2/5th Bn Gloucesters 1134:Battle of St Quentin 856:Ashton Gate, Bristol 711:Battle of Langemarck 335:Warwickshire Brigade 4466:R.P. Pakenham-Walsh 3400:Murland, pp. 79–80. 3343:Murland, pp. 67–73. 3038:, Vol I, pp. 65–70. 2896:, Vol V, pp. 670–1. 2856:Eberle, pp. 180–99. 2825:Eberle, pp. 169–79. 2807:Eberle, pp. 150–68. 2798:, Vol V, pp. 671–2. 2767:Eberle, pp. 137–50. 2701:Eberle, pp. 123–31. 2679:Eberle, pp. 119–22. 2670:, Vol I, pp. 131–2. 2612:Eberle, pp. 91–101. 2452:on 22 December 2015 2435:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6. 1984:267 Fd Coy at Olton 1313:Battle of the Selle 1230:. It entrained for 1203:, was assembled at 1006:Battle of Fromelles 756:Battle of Caporetto 523:Battle of the Somme 378:before marching to 134:Battle of Fromelles 129:Battle of the Somme 4285:Gregory Blaxland, 4278:Ian F.W. Beckett, 3210:Murland, pp. 15–9. 2874:Eberle, pp. 200–5. 2723:Eberle, pp. 132–5. 2657:Eberle, pp. 112–8. 2568:Eberle, pp. 89–90. 2546:Eberle, pp. 42–88. 2114:267 Field Squadron 2111:225 Field Squadron 2108:212 Field Squadron 2061:318 Plant Squadron 2036:349 Field Squadron 2033:224 Field Squadron 2030:205 Field Squadron 2007:Operation Overlord 1972: 1962:61st Divisional RE 1861: 1797: 1774: 1732:Operation Overlord 1712:48th GHQ Troops RE 1706:48th GHQ Troops RE 1497:, 226th Fd Coy at 1491: 1420:Reading, Berkshire 907: 630:Operation Alberich 498: 490:Bruce Bairnsfather 432: 307:Army Service Corps 261:1st Devonshire EVC 225:Volunteer movement 4100:Joslen, pp. 95–6. 3727:Joslen, pp. 45–6. 3657:Joslen, pp. 77–8. 3409:Blaxland, p. 120. 2537:Eberle, pp. 7–41. 2319:Watson, pp. 42–3. 2290:Monthly Army List 2133:Honorary Colonels 1906:, the advance to 1881:Tunisian campaign 1830:Operation Plunder 1810:Mantes-Gassicourt 1565:area in front of 1121:Battle of Cambrai 809:XIV British Corps 805:XII Italian Corps 527:Bangalore torpedo 299:Territorial Force 293:Territorial Force 213:Territorial Force 191: 190: 172:Tunisian campaign 4604: 4541:External sources 4308:James E. 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2388: 2379: 2375: 2370: 2353: 2348: 2337: 2327: 2323: 2318: 2314: 2309: 2296: 2288: 2269: 2265:Westlake, p. 3. 2264: 2260: 2255: 2240: 2235: 2231: 2226: 2222: 2218: 2213: 2212: 2207: 2203: 2198: 2194: 2189: 2135: 2090:Western Command 2015: 2003:21st Army Group 1964: 1929: 1853: 1784:formed part of 1766: 1760: 1728:21st Army Group 1724:Buckinghamshire 1708: 1579: 1531: 1483: 1449: 1444: 1392: 1365: 1269: 1142: 1117: 1091: 1067:Vermandovillers 1032: 997: 981:Salisbury Plain 977:Wickham Bishops 899: 864: 818:offensive (the 748: 687: 675:Metz-en-Couture 626:Hindenburg Line 622: 620:Hindenburg Line 587:Leipzig Redoubt 552: 424: 400: 372: 367: 295: 287:Second Boer War 280:Clifton College 268:Volunteer Force 221: 219:Volunteer Force 201:Royal Engineers 194: 91:Field engineers 59: 57: 41: 28: 26: 24: 22: 12: 11: 5: 4610: 4608: 4600: 4599: 4594: 4589: 4584: 4574: 4573: 4569: 4568: 4565:London Gazette 4561: 4549: 4542: 4539: 4538: 4537: 4530: 4523: 4516: 4509: 4502: 4495: 4488: 4477: 4462: 4455: 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2725: 2716: 2703: 2694: 2681: 2672: 2659: 2650: 2636: 2627: 2614: 2605: 2603:, pp. 266, 32. 2592: 2583: 2570: 2561: 2548: 2539: 2530: 2528:Eberle, p. 15. 2521: 2519:Eberle, p. 32. 2512: 2503: 2494: 2485: 2472: 2463: 2437: 2428: 2386: 2373: 2351: 2335: 2330:London Gazette 2321: 2312: 2294: 2267: 2258: 2238: 2229: 2219: 2217: 2214: 2211: 2210: 2201: 2191: 2190: 2188: 2185: 2184: 2183: 2176: 2157: 2150: 2141:of the unit: 2134: 2131: 2116: 2115: 2112: 2109: 2071:Bath, Somerset 2063: 2062: 2059: 2056: 2053: 2050: 2041: 2040: 2037: 2034: 2031: 2028: 2014: 2011: 1992: 1991: 1988: 1985: 1982: 1978:266 Fd Coy at 1963: 1960: 1928: 1925: 1900:Trasimene Line 1852: 1849: 1762:Main article: 1759: 1756: 1707: 1704: 1578: 1575: 1530: 1527: 1482: 1479: 1471: 1470: 1467: 1464: 1448: 1445: 1443: 1440: 1426: 1425: 1422: 1416: 1406: 1403: 1391: 1388: 1387: 1386: 1383: 1380: 1364: 1361: 1325:River Rhonelle 1268: 1265: 1240:River Clarence 1141: 1138: 1116: 1113: 1108:Military Medal 1090: 1087: 1062: 1061: 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