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225: 726:(8th ATRE). Eighth Army began landings in southern Italy on 3 September 1943 and started to advance up the eastern side of the country, using the coastal Highway 16. At San Salvo the Germans had blown a 340-foot gap in the multi-span brick arch bridge, and destroyed the piers. 561st and 586th Field Companies started work on a replacement the same night that San Salvo was captured, and within 36 hours had built three temporary piers and launched a 340-foot Bailey bridge. Once 51: 68: 528:
and Spr Cox, of 416th Fd Co jumped into the water to hold it together. McPhie and his men then set about repairing the bridge after daybreak, while under fire. McPhie and Cox were both mortally wounded, but the bridge held and the bridgehead was maintained until after 56th Division had been relieved
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Engineers for this task, and after successful trials the system was rolled out to ports around the country. The Forth Division Submarine Miners was the fifth unit of Volunteer Submarine Miners, a new corps raised in 1886. The first officers' commissions were issued on 2 April 1887 and by the end of
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During Torch, a large part of 585th Field Park Company was lost at sea, including its vital equipment. After the landings, the engineering work required was considerable, while the arrival of engineer units was slow and they were widely scattered. In December 1942, a month after the first landing,
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When the offensive was renewed on 7 October, the division's objective was a line of enemy trenches, after which it was to establish a line along the crest of the ridge and then on the forward slope. The Edinburgh Field Company was assigned to the attacking brigades to consolidate these positions.
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On the outbreak of war in August 1914, the City of Edinburgh Fortress Engineers mobilised and moved into their war stations in the Forth Defences. Britain's harbour defences were never seriously tested during the war, but the fortress engineers formed companies for service with the armies in the
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units and the Volunteer submarine miners were disbanded or converted to other roles. Several were converted into Electrical Engineers to make wider use of the coast defence searchlights that had been used to illuminate the minefields. Thus, the Edinburgh-based unit became the Forth Division
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rose rapidly and swept away all the temporary bridges. 8th ATRE began urgent work on 4 December for a high-level Sangro Bridge on Highway 16, the site being floodlit at night. This, which was longest Bailey bridge built during the Italian campaign, was opened to traffic on 14 December.
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in Tunisia with 587th Field Company and other workshop and park units. Allied ports and bases suffered severely from enemy bombing, and the CRE spent several nights directing the rescue of personnel trapped in bombed buildings at BΓ΄ne. Meanwhile, 586th Field Company was working in the
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During the next month, the Edinburgh Field Company lost several casualties from German counter-bombardment during the preparations for the battle. When the attack went in on 1 July, the company's roles were to mark communication trenches to be dug across No-man's land by
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landings in North Africa later in the year. 585th Company was converted into an 'Army Field Park Company', which acted as a base for the field companies and held specialist equipment. 1st ATRE was joined by 561st Field Company, which had originally been part of the
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had been breached in the summer of 1944, Eighth Army renewed its advance up Highway 16, with 561st and 586th Field Companies completing a Bailey bridge and a causeway across the River Cessano to prepare the jumping-off line for the assault crossing of the River
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were rapidly crossed, and 8th ATRE remained behind to build a 400-foot high-level Bailey bridge over the Adige to maintain the army's communications. This was begun on 30 April and opened on 6 May, hostilities in Italy having ended on 2 May.
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had been occupied, 8th ATRE worked with 160th Railway Construction Company RE to rebuild the east coast railways, using Bailey equipment for three important bridges, almost the first time it had been used for a railway.
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field. On 31 August 1914, the formation of Reserve or 2nd-Line units for each existing TF unit was authorised, formed from men who had not volunteered for overseas service. During 1915, the City of Edinburgh unit formed
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By the outbreak of war in September 1939, the Edinburgh Fortress Engineers had been reduced to a single company (No 1 Electric Light & Works Company) in the fixed defences under
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However, the weather and mud were so bad that after three days the division had only gained footholds in the enemy trenches. It was relieved on the night of 9 October.
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on 25 August, after which 586th and 587th Field Companies bridged the Metauro to continue the highway and the causeway while the army moved on to breach the
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In early 1945, 8th ATRE was part of a large engineer force, known as the Po Task Force, which was formed to prepare for the formidable crossing of the
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1st (and later 8th) ATRE used as its formation badge the badge of the old submarine miners (a winged hand holding thunderbolts emerging from a
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was too wide for a successful attack, so on the night of 26/27 May (after two days of rehearsals) the Edinburgh Field Company assisted
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standing patrol during daylight, and the new line was completed on 27/28 May. The operation was audacious and completely successful.
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First Army was disbanded at the end of the campaign, and 1st ATRE was transferred to Eighth Army in July 1943 and redesignated
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The 2/1st Edinburgh Field Company (later numbered 418th (Lowland) Reserve Field Company) served at home until at least 1917.
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the century the unit was a major's command, with three companies. Initially, the headquarters was aboard the mine depot ship
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the Commanding Royal Engineer (CRE) of 1st ATRE, Lt-Col L.E.A. Gwynne, commanded the advanced engineering base at
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were little more than 150 miles of sand tracks, and had to be improved by 586th Field Company, assisted by
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in digging a new jumping-off line closer to the enemy. German reconnaissance aircraft were kept away by a
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During the night of 12/13 October, 416th Field Company completed a floating bridge across the
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came into effect the following year, under which all the Volunteers were subsumed into the
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was uncovered, and formations were hastily improvised to fill the gap, including
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56th Division returned to action in the latter stages of the Somme offensive:
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Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
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area, including preparing approach roads and cuttings for the 160-foot span
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Postwar, the City of Edinburgh Fortress Engineers continued in the reformed
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under various titles from 1886 until 1999. Its main role was defence of the
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Maj O.M. Short, Maj H. Sherlock, Capt L.E.C.M. Perowne and Lt M.A. Fraser,
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The History of the Tyne Electrical Engineers, Royal Engineers, 1884–1933
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The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War 1914–19
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on 3–5 January 1916, it was allotted to 'Army Troops', working on the
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from 16 November until 19 December 1915, on which day it embarked at
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composed of 1st Line Territorials. The field company was attached to
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The Fifty Sixth Division, 1st London Territorial Division, 1914–1918
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being installed to defend British ports. He decided to utilise the
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The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018
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After the Battle of the Sangro (19 November–3 December), the
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on 14 October. Corporal McPhie was awarded a posthumous
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to cut off the enemy retreat. The approach roads for
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26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
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decided to hand all submarine mining duties over to
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432 (City of Edinburgh) Corps Engineer Regiment, RE
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The squadron was disbanded on 1 July 1999. 407:On 30 January 1917, the unit was numbered as 249:(TF). The Forth Division was retitled as the 241:(Electrical Engineers) (Volunteers), but the 8: 1263:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, pp. 454-6, 459–60. 1056: 1054: 1052: 1042: 1040: 808:413th (Fife) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery 800:155th (Lowland) Independent Infantry Brigade 263:City of Edinburgh (Fortress) Royal Engineers 251:City of Edinburgh (Fortress) Royal Engineers 163:City of Edinburgh (Fortress) Royal Engineers 32:City of Edinburgh (Fortress) Royal Engineers 1649:Graham E. Watson & Richard A. Rinaldi, 1616:, 1933/Uckfield: Naval & Military, nd, 1579:, 2nd Edn, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008, 1317:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 81, 89–93, 105. 770:were crossed as the army advanced into the 1740:Military units and formations in Edinburgh 1487:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1229:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 133, 170–2, 186. 932: 930: 621:, which was preparing to take part in the 430:Later in the year, it participated in the 1735:Military units and formations of Scotland 1021: 1019: 1017: 1015: 1013: 1011: 1009: 1007: 260:, the unit's organisation was as follows: 1339:RE Sqns 576–873 at British Army 1945 on. 694:on 6 April, First Army attacked towards 311:On 17 April, the company re-embarked at 948: 946: 944: 942: 904: 794:When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, 438:), and then was heavily engaged in the 415:in the spring of 1917, followed by the 1666:Royal Engineers (Volunteers) 1859–1908 1631:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927. 892:) in red on a dark blue square with a 608:Edinburgh Corps Troops Royal Engineers 540:The division then participated in the 300:and sailed for Egypt. 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Index

Forth Division Submarine Miners
United Kingdom

Territorial Army (United Kingdom)
Edinburgh
World War I
Somme
Arras
Langemarck
Cambrai
German spring offensive
Hundred Days Offensive
World War II
Tunisia
Italy
British Army
Firth of Forth
Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Clarke
Royal Engineers
fixed mines
Volunteer
HMS Dido
Leith
Edinburgh
Queen Street

War Office
Militia
Haldane Reforms
Territorial Force

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