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seized other bridges and converted dams to bridges. Other engineer sections were assigned to mopping-up parties, to examine dugouts and strongpoints for demolition charges and booby-traps. This was especially so in the
Bellenglise Tunnel, where a mine was disarmed and the electric light plant restored. The follow-up waves found direction-keeping difficult in the smoke screen and fog, and engineer officers at the canal bridges had to point them in the right direction. In the aftermath of the battle, the Divisional Signal Company established a Forward Report Centre in abandoned German dugouts.
55:
72:
572:
450:, with its headquarters at Belgrave Terrace, Handsworth. In the 1880s the battalion formed a mounted infantry company, but it soon disappeared. Additional companies were formed later: I Company at Smethwick and K Company at West Bromwich (both 1900), and L (Cyclist) Company at Handsworth (1901). Later reorganisation saw the disbandment of G Company and consolidation at Handsworth (3 Cos), Brierley Hill (2 Cos), West Bromwich (2 Cos), Smethwick (2 Cos) and
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with delayed-action mines. During the Battle of the Selle (17 October), the
Staffordshire Bde put in a mock attack using dummy troops and tanks operated by the engineers. When there was confusion in 139th Bde's attack, Lt M.E. Thomas of 465th Fd Co, gathered a group of men of various units and led them up with his sappers to assist, where he took command of the flank infantry company. The engineers then built a strongpoint for the most advanced troops.
745:
692:. For example, before an attack by 137th and 138th Bdes on 8 June, 466th Fd Co under Maj Coussmaker had two days to cut assembly trenches through the houses of Riamont, and open up communication trenches. A few minutes after Zero Hour, a 'battalion' of dummies was erected under orders of the CRE to attract enemy fire. After the attack, RE parties moved up into the captured positions to make shelters and erect wire during the night.
1389:'To enable our tanks to recross, 214th Fd Co had hurriedly to construct a Class 30 bridge, consisting of a 100-ft Bailey bridge, across two demolished spans of the bridge on Highway 16, and a third repaired span. The bridge was built under fire, under incessant rain, four bricklayers laying 5000 bricks in nine hours on the demolished piers. The bridge was completed in about thirty hours and allowed tanks to redress the battle' (
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654:) Bn. The latter were to construct strongpoints in the captured German defences, while the party with 1/6th Bn was to stay in the German front line trench doing whatever work was required. In addition, small demolition parties were to advance with the Sherwood Foresters' bombing teams. The 1/2nd Fd Co was instructed to follow the final carrying parties of the supporting 1/5th Bn
1370:. During its attack to clear the Oued Zarga–Medjez el Bab road starting on 7 April 1943, the divisional engineers had to clear over 1000 mines in 48 hours, construct bridges, fords and culverts, and prepare the road for heavy tanks, all under frequent mortar fire. It was considered by the Chief Engineer 'one of the finest engineer achievements in the whole campaign'.
343:, the first in the county, the first in the Midlands and possibly the first in Great Britain following the letter from Jonathan Peel, Secretary of State for War, to county Lord Lieutenants on 12 May 1859. JT Chance wrote to Lord Hatherton, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire in July 1859 to tell him he had raised a company of fifty volunteers.
499:, the family home of Lt-Col W.E. Harrison, whose coal mining employees formed the bulk of the personnel. Harrison was appointed Commanding Royal Engineer (CRE) of the North Midland Division on 25 May 1912. The newly formed Divisional Telegraph (later Signal) Company, RE, was based at the Drill Hall at Routh Street in
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across the fields. The heavy rain made the Petite Helpe stream impassable, but on 7 November, 468th Fd Co threw three bridges across it before the end of the day, and 465th Fd Co was brought up from crater-filling to build a motor bridge, which was completed before dark on 9 November. Meanwhile, on 8
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V Corps, including V CTRE, landed in the 'heel' of Italy in
September 1943, and worked its way northwards up the east side of the country. By April 1945 it was engaged in bridging the River Senio and many other watercourses in the advance to the River Po. Here, V CTRE coordinated the 'Po Task Force'
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Once the
Hindenburg Line had been breached, the advance moved into less devastated areas where civilians were present, and when the divisional engineers were out of the line they helped to repair civilian homes. In the advance, they were rebuilding railway bridges, filling cratered roads and dealing
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and the division was later reconstructed with garrison battalions. Until June, it was employed in digging rear defences, then it underwent training to enable it to hold a sector of the front line. On 25 July the reconstructed division went back into the line, and on 21 August it once more took part
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guns, which were urgently needed in the pursuit of the beaten enemy. The signal company, too, was heavily involved in maintaining communications, a detachment advancing ahead of the leading brigade headquarters to prepare cables for its arrival (often re-using stretches of captured German systems).
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thickened by morning fog. Captain A.H. Charlton and a party of 1/6th Bn North
Staffordshire Regiment seized the single remaining road bridge over the canal at Riqueval before the Germans could destroy it, and 466th Fd Co immediately set about repairing it for guns and road traffic. The company also
558:
The advance parties of the North
Midland Division arrived in France on 23 February 1915, and by 8 March the bulk of the division had completed its concentration, becoming the first complete TF division to serve in an active theatre of war. 1/1st NM Field Company returned to the division on 6 April,
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on 28 November. Fierce German counter-attacks began on 30 Novemberand by 4 December the decision had been made to withdraw from the
Bourlon Salient. 59th Division held covering positions while this was carried out. On 7 December the British were back on the line that they would hold for the coming
1029:
From 2 October until 11 November 1918 the division participated in the final advance in Artois and
Flanders. On 2 October, 59th Division carried out two minor operations which determined that the enemy had retired, and so the division advanced against little opposition. On 16 October the division
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Meanwhile, the men who had not volunteered for foreign service, together with the recruits who were coming forward, remained at the drill halls to form 2nd Line units designated the 2/1st and 2/2nd North
Midland Field Companies, while the parent units took a '1/' prefix. Later the 1/3rd and 3/1st
741:, was wounded while carrying out a reconnaissance. Preparations included collecting material for crossing the canal, ranging from bridging equipment, rafts and scaling-ladders to 'mud mats' and lifebelts taken from cross-Channel ferries. A rehearsal was held on the moat at Brie Chateau.
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293 Sqn was disbanded in 1961 (the year 125 Rgt regained its 'Staffordshire' title), and 127 Rgt (212 and 225 Sqns) was redesignated as 48th (South
Midland) Division/District RE. The same year, 215 Sqn was absorbed by 291 Sqn, which replaced 143 Plant Rgt (276 Sqn returned to 102 Rgt).
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When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, two RE regiments were formed with the same composition of companies (now termed squadrons) as the two 46th CTRE (North and South Staffordshire) units of 1939; both derived their seniority (1908) from the North Midland Divisional Engineers:
1272:. The force's engineers blew up the bridges over the River Bresle to slow the German advance, as well as fighting as infantry. The officer commanding 213th Field Company and part of one section were captured with the bulk of 51st Division, but the rest was evacuated from
478:
in 1908, some of the existing Volunteer infantry units were converted to artillery and engineers to complete the new divisional structures. The 1st VB of the South Staffordshires was one such, the bulk being converted into the 1st North Midland Field Company,
1492:. After Dunkirk it was assigned to Northern Command, and then to London District (as part of the War Office Reserve) in December 1941. It went to Tunisia with First Army in December 1942, and then joined AFHQ in February 1943. It served in Italy in 1943–45.
1338:), 18th GHQTRE was assigned the task of building a Class 9 FBE bridge codenamed 'Waterloo'. Work started at 09.30 on 25 March 1945, with 213th Field Company working on the eastern (German) side of the river, and the bridge was open for traffic by midnight.
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across No-Man's Land, and was thus less heavily engaged. No 2 Company, 5th Bn Special Brigade, RE, was also assigned to 46th Divisional RE to provide a smoke screen using trench mortars. The work was to be coordinated from a temporary RE HQ in a cellar in
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The company was mobilised at Tunstall and went to France with III CTRE, remaining with that formation in Home Defence after Dunkirk. III CTRE was dispersed in April 1941. On 11 April 1942, 214th Fd Co dropped the 'Army' designation and was assigned to
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At first the 2nd Line recruits had to parade in civilian clothes until uniforms arrived in November 1914. Training was undertaken by men of the 1st Line who had not volunteered for, or were unfit for overseas service. 2nd North Midland Division
1311:. The river crossing was extremely difficult: 213th Fd Co succeeded in getting the first Folding Boat Equipment (FBE) bridge across during the night of 18/19 January, but it was soon put out of action for nine hours until it could be repaired.
587:, and the division was moved down from Ypres on 1 October for the purpose. The Germans had recaptured the Hohenzollern trench system on 3 October, and the new attack was aimed at this point. The infantry went in at 14.00 on 13 October behind a
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When the TA was embodied in September 1939 at the outbreak of World War II, the companies were dispersed, and the two 46th CTRE HQs disappeared, though it is probable that the North Staffordshire unit (with 213th, 214th and 293rd Cos) became
802:. On 5 November, 46th Division renewed the advance, the divisional engineers throwing a pontoon bridge across the canal for the artillery and transport to cross. The approaches to this bridge soon became a sea of mud, and 465th Fd Co built a
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on 12 April 1945, 78th Division's field companies acted in support of the leading brigades, repairing mine craters, clearing minefields and removing demolition charges, and laying several minor Bailey bridges. For the crossing of the Po by
706:
Although the raids and attacks were only partially successful, when the division was withdrawn from the Lens area in early July it had prepared the jumping-off points from which the Canadians successfully captured Hill 70 on 16–17 August.
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it relied on a minor road codenamed 'Ace' that had to be constantly repaired kept clear of mud and snow. When it collapsed, the divisional and corps engineers had to be reinforced by a US engineer battalion before it could be repaired.
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on 25 April, 214th Fd Co was lent to the assaulting brigade improve the approaches to the launching ramps. The Germans in Italy signed an instrument of surrender four days later, and 78th Division advanced to occupy part of Austria.
349:, was one of the original officers. From July 1860, along with a number of other units from the county, it formed part of the 3rd Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire RVCs (dates are those of the first officers' commissions):
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In December 1915 the division was ordered to Egypt, and most of it (with two of the field companies) arrived there by 13 January. A week later the move was countermanded and the troops re-embarked for France, concentrating near
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Salient, squarely in the path of the German thrust. The situation soon became desperate, the forward brigades were almost totally destroyed, and the reserves moving up were swamped. The line was only held by the rear details.
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in June 1940, and served in Home Defence until it took part in the 'Torch' landings in November 1942. As with other engineers in the Tunisian campaign, much of the work was concerned with road repair and bridge building.
516:
The order to mobilise was received on 4 August 1914. Shortly afterwards, the men were invited to volunteer for overseas service, and the majority having accepted this liability, the North Midland Division concentrated at
1381:(Operation Husky) and landed on mainland Italy on 22 September 1943. The division led Eighth Army's advance up the east coast, its engineers bridging the River Biferno on 3 October. But The Germans counter-attacked (the
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The 1st North Midland Field Company was based at the Drill Hall in Broomfield Road, Smethwick, while the HQ of the Divisional Engineers and the newly raised 2nd North Midland Field Company was at Norton Hall in
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When the TAVR was formed in 1967, 48th (SM) Divisional/District RE was disbanded, 125 Regiment (213 and 214 Sqns) was reduced to a single 125 (Staffordshire) Field Sqn, and provided some personnel to the
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on 26 December 1914, and landed with it in France on 19 January 1915. It went into the line soon afterwards, but had returned to its parent division before the 28th was involved in any serious fighting.
2676:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
563:) was attached from 7 April to 10 July 1915, when 2/1st North Midland Field Company arrived from England. The division was officially designated 46th (North Midland) Division on 12 May 1915.
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in the Right Attack, with one section of 1/2nd following the third line of each attack. The assault was a disaster, most of the leading waves being cut down by machine gun and shellfire.
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46th (North Midland) Division's memorial at Cité de Madagascar, site of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. The nearest bronze plate lists the Divisional Engineers and other support troops.
639:. It was moved into the area in early May 1916, and the engineers were worked hard to improve the positions and then prepare for the assault against strong German defences.
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and collected all available stocks of Bailey material to bridge this major river and the River Adige beyond, during V Corps rapid advance to Venice (entered on 29 April).
487:, while some of the personnel from Handsworth and Brierley Hill became G and E Companies in the new 5th Bn South Staffordshires, which was mainly drawn from the 2nd VB.
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2929:
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and a number of its infantry battalions converting to the anti-aircraft role. However, the artillery and engineers were retained, the divisional engineers becoming
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and 214th Fd Co became part of 78th Divisional Engineers. The division embarked on 16 October and on 9 November its leading elements landed in North Africa with
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
1603:). 290 and 292 Sqns became independent units in 1950 and 1952 respectively. In 1956, 215 and 291 Sqns transferred to a newly formed 143 Plant Regiment, RE:
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The company was mobilised at Smethwick and (redesignated as an Army Troops Company) went to France to work on the BEF's lines of communication. After the
17:
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doubled the size of the TA, and 46th CTRE and its component companies raised 2nd Line duplicates, which were dispersed between the two headquarters:
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and because the RE establishment had been increased to three field companies per division, the experienced 57th Field Company (from the Regular Army
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Once again, the infantry attack was a disaster. 1/2nd Fd Co reported 2 killed and 14 wounded, 2/1st Fd Co lost 5 killed, 11 wounded and 7 missing.
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in early 1919, and to train drafts for continued service in Egypt and the Black Sea. 59th Division was finally demobilised during September 1919.
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and Corps Cyclists to assist the RE and divisional pioneers in digging new assembly trenches (two of which were named 'Cavalry' and 'Cyclist').
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1287:
643:
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Between April and June 1917 the 46th Division was involved in back-and-forth attacks and counter-attacks around Hill 70 in the mining area of
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For the attack of 28 June, the CRE had '2nd Cavalry Brigade Pioneer Battalion' (comprising a dismounted squadron from each regiment of the
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1638:, while 291 Sqn was redesignated 143 Plant Sqn. 143 Plant Sqn at Walsall was independent until 1 April 1992 when it was assigned to the
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On the night of 28/29 September the engineers laid out the forming-up tapes for the assaulting troops, and at 05.50 in the morning, the
1596:
1213:
545:, formed of Regular Army battalions brought back from India and other imperial postings. The company joined the division assembling at
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717:
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1356:
997:
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Lieutenant-Colonel Coussmaker remained in command as CRE. All divisional signals companies were transferred to the newly raised
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in 1993, where it was joined by 143 Sqn on 1 April 1999. 143 Plant Sq was disbanded on 1 April 2006 and 125 Field Sqn in 2014.
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2835:
2798:
2719:
1643:
1619:
1513:
592:
111:
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409:
In 1880, the RVCs were consolidated, and the 3rd Admin Bn became the 1st Staffordshire RVC with the following organisation:
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696:
389:
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in March and April, but it was not until September that it was engaged in its first full-scale actions, the phases of the
910:
to continue training. 59th Division was relieved in Ireland in January 1917, and returned to the UK, concentrating at the
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1639:
2768:
580:
260:
130:
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2783:
2749:
2734:
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2668:
2653:
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1436:
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887:
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The first unit of the North Midland engineers to go overseas was the 1/1st NM Field Company, which was posted to the
530:
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Riqueval Bridge in 2003. The canal banks are much more overgrown than when the bridge was captured during the battle
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1237:
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As before, each assaulting brigade was assigned a full field company in support, 1/2nd and 2/1st to 137th Bde and
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1405:, where the engineers' main task was to maintain and improve the mountain roads. It was the same in front of the
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312:
191:
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and was involved in blowing bridges ahead of the German advance, while the British forces withdrew towards the
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by May 1940. It was sent to North Africa later in the year and a section went to Greece in November. When the
956:
542:
346:
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In September 1918 the 46th Division was given the task of crossing the steeply-banked and formidably defended
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The Chateau near Brie on the Somme, where rehearsals for the St Quentin Canal crossing were held (Drawing by
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484:
103:
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The company was mobilised at Cannock and joined III CTRE in France in April 1940. In May it was detached to
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215th (North Midland) Field Park Company at Smethwick, absorbed into HQ Divisional RE in 1924, reformed 1939
1374:
455:
446:
443:, the RVCs were affiliated to their local Regular regiments, and in May 1883 the 1st Staffs RVC became the
636:
1536:
in October 1940. III CTRE was dispersed in April 1941and there is no further information on the company.
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59th Division was back in the line on 14 April, when it was again in the path of a German offensive (the
792:
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284:
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and went to France with III CTRE. After evacuation from Dunkirk it served in Western Command and then
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1021:(17–18 April). By now, 59th Division's infantry had been almost destroyed. The units were reduced to
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223:
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1440:
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1034:, and liberated the city against minimal opposition the following day. Opposition stiffened as the
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867:, appointed 1 June, wounded 25 September, temporary 27 September, returned to duty 10 November 1918
272:
145:
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655:
276:
268:
150:
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Before it embarked, the TF field companies were numbered in February 1917, the 59th's becoming:
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46th Division memorial at Vermelles, starting point for the division's attack on 13 October 1915
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in Home Defence. In July 1943 it was sent to Italy, where it served under 14th GHQ Troops, RE.
1135:
1042:
960:
820:
730:
280:
264:
155:
135:
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596:
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as the RE component of an independent brigade group preparing for landings in North Africa (
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Maj G.B. Roberts, acting, on formation, then as Lt-Col from 13 March 1916 to 4 February 1918
1299:(12 October 1943), when it was one of the few RE units present that was trained to use the
651:
340:
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A Lack of Offensive Spirit? The 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
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came into force on 11 November. On 14–15 November the division moved into billets around
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46th Division met its last organised opposition on 8 November, and was resting when the
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635:, 46th Division was tasked with making a diversionary attack on the north flank of the
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196:
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addressing troops of the Staffordshire Brigade from Riqueval Bridge after its capture
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by mid-February. The only result of this move was an outbreak of infectious disease (
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In early 1917 the RE TF companies were numbered, those of 46th Division becoming:
335:, one of many such RVCs raised after an invasion scare in 1859. It was organised at
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Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents
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In 1950, 291 Sqn transferred from 127 to 125 Rgt, and was replaced by 225 Sqn from
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2763:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
2663:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
2648:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
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London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1363:, though 214th Fd Co did not reach the front until a month after the landings.
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454:(1 Co). From 1888, the battalion, along with the other South Staffordshire and
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2714:, London: Fisher Unwin, 1919/Raleigh, NC:Poacher Books/Lulu Publishing, 2011,
1385:) and part of the force was driven back across the river, which was in flood.
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1149:(CTRE) and the field companies were retitled Army Field Companies. After the
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2830:, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1919/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002,
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Breaking the Hindenburg Line: The Story of the 46th (North Midland) Division
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The Commanding Royal Engineers (CREs) of 59th Division during the war were:
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The Commanding Royal Engineers (CREs) of 46th Division during the war were:
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by September 1940 and was in the Middle East by December 1941. It was with
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773:
737:. The engineers would play a critical role, but the divisional CRE, Lt-Col
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371:
296:
167:
71:
1326:). In early July, the unit was involved in improving the bridges over the
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1418:
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In 1936 the 46th (North Midland) Division was disbanded, its HQ becoming
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respectively. The 2/1st Fd Co allocated one party of sappers to 1/6th Bn
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Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
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21 February 1860, became No 2 Company of 27th Staffordshire RVC in 1873
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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Lt-Col W.E. Harrison, appointed 25 May 1912, invalided 19 October 1914
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in April 1916, the division was sent to Ireland. Once the trouble in
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395:
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created in 1908 by conversion of a volunteer infantry battalion from
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in England in December 1941. Retitled as a Field Company it went to
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All the TA companies were demobilised from September 1945 onwards.
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the following autumn: as 78th Division slowly advanced towards the
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The 59th Division took part in following the German Retreat to the
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213th Field Company was then returned to England, where it joined
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364:
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Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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on 11 November found the division astride the Schelde north of
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Lt-Col W. Garforth, appointed 28 September, to 10 November 1918
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402:
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The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018
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Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
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During the winter of 1943–4, 78th Division was transferred to
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Royal Engineers crossing the River Garigliano, 19 January 1944
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891:
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Lt-Col E.J. Walthew, appointed 2 May 1918, killed 22 May 1918
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UK Military Bridging – Floating Equipment, at Think Defence.
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1255:
1219:
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Lt-Col A.C. Howard, appointed 4 February, until 6 June 1918
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Field Companies were formed. The 2nd Line units joined the
975:. The division entered the recently captured line between
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and began salvage and repair work. In January it moved to
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1642:. 125 (Staffordshire) Field Sqn at Stoke was assigned to
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in April the following year, the section was attached to
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from August 1915), concentrated round its war station at
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was approached, but this was crossed in early November.
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G Company at Patshull (ex No 1 Company, 27th Staffs RVC)
2744:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
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46th (South Staffordshire) Corps Troops Royal Engineers
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46th (North Staffordshire) Corps Troops Royal Engineers
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F Company at Seisdon (ex No 2 Company, 27th Staffs RVC)
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Battleground Europe: Loos – 1915: Hohenzollern Redoubt
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after the German surrender at Tunis. It served in the
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A & B Companies at Handsworth (ex 1st Staffs RVC)
339:
on 15 August 1859. The 1st Handsworth was raised by
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26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
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75 Engineer Rgt at MoD site (archived December 2005)
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880:
1355:). On 7 August the brigade joined the newly formed
1236:Defences (OSDEF) in September 1940 and returned to
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Maj W.D. Zeller, acting from 22 May to 1 June 1918
1435:The company was mobilised at Smethwick. It joined
1307:(17–21 January 1944) the company was attached to
971:59th Division was next moved south to join in the
768:of 46th Division stormed the canal behind a rapid
623:) that weakened units and men for months to come.
595:in the Left Attack, and 1/2nd NM Fd Co supporting
579:46th Division's first offensive operation was the
377:20th (West Bromwich) Staffordshire RVC, formed at
356:15th (Brierley Hill) Staffordshire RVC, formed at
2940:Military units and formations established in 1908
2727:Most Unfavourable Ground: The Battle of Loos 1915
2712:The 46th (North Midland) Division at Lens in 1917
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1430:
1147:46th (North Midland) Corps Troops Royal Engineers
935:The division completed its concentration around
370:18th (Kingswinford) Staffordshire RVC, formed at
2930:Divisional engineer units of the Royal Engineers
2921:
2823:, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1958.
2812:, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, 1958.
2246:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 419-23, 543–5.
1118:212th (North Midland) Field Company at Smethwick
553:
2448:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 14, 53, 90, 97–107.
1490:291st (South Staffordshire) Army Troops Company
1084:), appointed 21 April 1915, until 13 March 1916
816:Wireless sets were also leap-frogged forwards.
426:E Company at West Bromwich (ex 20th Staffs RVC)
416:C Company at Brierley Hill (ex 15th Staffs RVC)
2935:Military units and formations in Staffordshire
1552:125 (Staffordshire) Army Engineer Regiment, RE
1476:by June 1943, and served in Italy in 1943–45.
1121:213th (North Midland) Field Company at Cannock
1093:Lt-Col L.J. Coussmaker, appointed 13 June 1918
870:Capt H.J.C. Marshall, acting 25 September 1918
710:
394:31st (Smethwick) Staffordshire RVC, formed at
283:, culminating in the assault crossings of the
2558:
2556:
2546:
2544:
2542:
2540:
2462:
2460:
2458:
2456:
2454:
2313:
2311:
2309:
2307:
2305:
2303:
2293:
2291:
931:470th (3/1st North Midland) Field Company, RE
928:469th (2/2nd North Midland) Field Company, RE
925:467th (1/3rd North Midland) Field Company, RE
906:had been suppressed, the troops moved out to
873:Maj W.H. Hardman, acting 25–27 September 1918
679:468th (2/1st North Midland) Field Company, RE
384:27th (Patshull) Staffordshire RVC, formed at
36:59th (2nd North Midland) Divisional Engineers
2372:
2370:
2368:
2281:
2279:
2058:
2056:
1935:
1933:
1914:
1912:
1910:
1908:
1185:212th (North Midland) Army Field Company, RE
1169:214th (North Midland) Army Field Company, RE
1166:213th (North Midland) Army Field Company, RE
807:November, 466th Fd Co commenced a bridge at
583:. This was an attempt to restart the failed
363:17th (Seisdon) Staffordshire RVC, formed at
2862:Graham E. Watson & Richard A. Rinaldi,
1722:
1720:
1495:
1479:
1455:
1030:fought its way through the old defences of
676:466th (2nd North Midland) Field Company, RE
673:465th (1st North Midland) Field Company, RE
435:H Company at Smethwick (ex 31st Staffs RVC)
401:35th (Kinver) Staffordshire RVC, formed at
2553:
2537:
2451:
2300:
2288:
2219:Middlebrook, pp. 192–3, 232–4, 254–5, 270.
1889:
1887:
1885:
1883:
1881:
1879:
1877:
1875:
1873:
1851:
1849:
1847:
1845:
1843:
1841:
1839:
1837:
1710:
1708:
1706:
1704:
1248:in November 1942, and later served in the
2365:
2276:
2237:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 408-13.
2053:
1930:
1905:
1601:48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers
1466:290th (Staffordshire) Army Troops Company
1110:46th (North Midland) Divisional Engineers
1090:Maj H.A.S. Pressey, acting 6–13 June 1918
831:and here demobilisation began. The final
521:. In November it moved to the area round
458:Volunteer Battalions, formed part of the
34:46th (North Midland) Divisional Engineers
2584:
2582:
2533:256–300 Sqns RE at British Army 1945 on.
2528:
2526:
2524:
2517:100–225 Sqns RE at British Army 1945 on.
2512:
2510:
2508:
2501:118–432 Rgts RE at British Army 1945 on.
2496:
2494:
2492:
2490:
2254:
2252:
2228:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 126-7.
1759:Brierley Hill at the Drill Hall Project.
1717:
1443:in September 1940. V CTRE was formed in
1342:214th (North Midland) Army Field Company
1286:
1256:213th (North Midland) Army Field Company
1220:212th (North Midland) Army Field Company
1212:when it formed in France as part of the
755:
743:
716:
601:
570:
2575:80–117 Rgts RE at British Army 1945 on.
2570:
2568:
2326:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, pp. 24, 43–4.
1870:
1863:
1861:
1834:
1782:
1780:
1701:
1366:78th Division served through the whole
1124:214th (North Midland) Field Company at
791:
566:
333:1st Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
14:
2922:
2859:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927.
2589:Divisional RE at British Army 1945 on.
2475:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, pp. 269-77.
780:
299:its component units saw action in the
2579:
2521:
2505:
2487:
2439:Pakenham-walsh, Vol VIII, pp. 447–60.
2249:
2116:Priestley, pp. 43–59, 66–8, 84, 94–5.
1727:Handsworth at the Drill Hall Project.
1102:When the TF was reconstituted as the
918:preparatory to embarking for France.
593:138th (Lincoln and Leicester) Brigade
525:where it completed its war training.
388:on 7 March 1860 under the command of
2565:
2394:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, pp. 464–5.
1858:
1777:
1106:(TA) in 1920, the unit reformed as:
798:The BEF paused before attacking the
465:
419:D Company at Kingswinford, later at
390:William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth
2893:
1640:Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
1488:and went to France with the BEF as
1468:. After Dunkirk it was assigned to
1464:and went to France with the BEF as
1280:. The company was then assigned to
1049:. It moved to the coast to operate
987:
24:
18:214 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
2793:, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2693:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
2353:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 365–7.
2335:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 17–20.
1817:Cannock at the Drill Hall Project.
1520:position and eventual evacuation.
1194:215th Corps Field Park Company, RE
1175:293rd Corps Field Park Company, RE
581:Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt
353:1st (Handsworth) Staffordshire RVC
331:The origin of the unit lay in the
241:North Midland Divisional Engineers
32:North Midland Divisional Engineers
25:
2956:
2881:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
2421:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 67–8.
2412:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 46–7.
2403:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 20–1.
2385:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, p. 454.
2344:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, pp. 43–4.
1997:MacDonald, pp. 76–88, 137, 144–5.
1373:78th Division was transferred to
1206:III Corps Troops, Royal Engineers
1008:
1000:), 59th Division was holding the
888:59th (2nd North Midland) Division
881:59th (2nd North Midland) Division
644:139th (Sherwood Forester) Brigade
108:59th (2nd North Midland) Division
2774:Cliff Lord & Graham Watson,
2631:75 Engineer Rgt at Sappers.co.uk
2609:75 Engineer Rgt at Regiments.org
2550:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 295–6.
2484:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol VIII, p. 24.
2201:Miles, pp. 167, 213, 226, 262–7.
1334:. At the crossing of the Rhine (
1305:Crossing of the River Garigliano
1017:) and remnants took part in the
650:and three parties to the 1/7th (
536:
326:
70:
53:
2905:British Army units from 1945 on
2740:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
2624:
2613:
2602:
2593:
2478:
2469:
2442:
2433:
2424:
2415:
2406:
2397:
2388:
2379:
2362:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, p. 501.
2356:
2347:
2338:
2329:
2320:
2264:
2240:
2231:
2222:
2213:
2204:
2195:
2186:
2173:
2164:
2155:
2146:
2137:
2128:
2119:
2110:
2101:
2092:
2083:
2074:
2065:
2044:
2035:
2022:
2013:
2000:
1991:
1978:
1969:
1960:
1951:
1942:
1921:
1918:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 65–6.
1896:
1821:
1810:
1798:
1789:
1295:The company was engaged at the
1198:
1068:
966:
511:
2945:1908 establishments in England
2845:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003,
2817:History of the Royal Engineers
2806:History of the Royal Engineers
2599:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 316.
2430:Pakenham-Walsh, Vol IX, p. 99.
1827:'Harrison of Wychnor Park' in
1763:
1752:
1740:
1731:
1692:
1655:
1524:293rd Corps Field Park Company
1500:The company was mobilised in '
1431:215th Corps Field Park Company
1417:During the attack against the
1322:for the invasion of Normandy (
1297:Crossing of the River Volturno
957:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
506:
347:Sir Francis Scott, 3rd Baronet
13:
1:
2815:Maj-Gen R.P. Pakenham-Walsh,
2804:Maj-Gen R.P. Pakenham-Walsh,
2638:
2562:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 298.
2466:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 167.
2317:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 162.
2297:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 134.
2019:MacDonald, pp 287–9, 299–300.
1574:127 Construction Regiment, RE
1528:The company was mobilised at
1484:The company was mobilised at
1460:The company was mobilised at
914:training area on the edge of
838:
626:
597:137th (Staffordshire Brigade)
554:46th (North Midland) Division
104:46th (North Midland) Division
2879:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
2710:Lt P.S.C. Campbell-Johnson,
2376:Joslen, pp. 101–2 & 225.
2285:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 99.
2080:Campbell-Johnston, pp. 20–1.
2071:Campbell-Johnston, pp. 15–8.
2062:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 60.
1975:MacDonald, pp. 50–52, 106–7.
1939:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 34.
1927:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 31.
1902:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 36.
1795:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 11.
1786:MacDonald, pp. 3, 5 & 7.
1191:291st Army Field Company, RE
1188:290th Army Field Company, RE
1172:292nd Army Field Company, RE
996:began on 21 March 1918 (the
942:
591:, 1/1st NM Fd Co supporting
456:North Staffordshire Regiment
447:South Staffordshire Regiment
7:
1214:British Expeditionary Force
1097:
939:in France by 3 March 1917.
894:in January 1915, moving to
854:, appointed 19 October 1914
712:Battle of St. Quentin Canal
10:
2961:
2866:, Tiger Lily Books, 2018,
2778:, Solihull: Helion, 2003,
2729:, Solihull: Helion, 2005,
1599:at Birmingham (the former
1542:
1143:2nd Anti-Aircraft Division
1019:1st Battle of Kemmel Ridge
683:
531:2nd North Midland Division
2271:Titles & Designations
2089:Campbell-Johnston, p. 36.
1620:102 Construction Regiment
1618:276 Plant Squadron (from
1591:291 Construction Squadron
1588:290 Construction Squadron
1582:212 Construction Squadron
1379:Allied invasion of Sicily
852:Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
445:1st Volunteer Battalion,
224:Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
214:
209:
117:
99:
89:
81:
66:
48:
40:
31:
2170:Edmonds, pp. 469, 507–8.
1948:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 105–11.
1893:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 17–23.
1649:
1496:292nd Army Field Company
1480:291st Army Field Company
1456:290th Army Field Company
1316:18th (1st London) GHQTRE
1262:51st (Highland) Division
2910:The Drill Hall Project.
2041:MacDonald, pp. 293–450.
1855:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 61–7.
1679:blackcountryhistory.org
1675:"Black Country History"
1560:213 Field Park Squadron
1208:(III CTRE) attached to
994:German spring offensive
959:(23 September) and the
656:Leicestershire Regiment
341:James Timmins Chance JP
277:German spring offensive
151:German spring offensive
2134:Priestley, pp. 127–30.
2050:Macdonald, pp. 289–90.
1698:Beckett, Appendix VII.
1636:Staffordshire Yeomanry
1607:143 Plant Regiment, RE
1510:Germans invaded Greece
1504:' and was assigned to
1424:56th (London) Division
1292:
1136:Royal Corps of Signals
1080:Lt-Col W.E. Harrison (
1051:demobilisation centres
1026:in active operations.
961:Battle of Polygon Wood
821:Armistice with Germany
761:
753:
726:
607:
576:
485:North Midland Division
474:was subsumed into the
281:Hundred Days Offensive
156:Hundred Days Offensive
2705:Burke's Landed Gentry
2161:Priestley, pp. 160–8.
2143:Priestley, pp. 144–9.
1829:Burke's Landed Gentry
1714:Westlake, pp. 216–22.
1290:
1216:(BEF) in April 1940.
766:Staffordshire Brigade
759:
747:
720:
605:
574:
460:Staffordshire Brigade
2826:Maj R.E. Priestley,
2098:Priestley, pp. 41–3.
2032:, Vol I, pp. 465–71.
1644:75 Engineer Regiment
1622:1956, returned 1961)
1597:112 Construction Rgt
1514:1st Armoured Brigade
1349:1st (Guards) Brigade
998:Battle of St Quentin
793:Battle of the Sambre
567:Hohenzollern Redoubt
423:(ex 18th Staffs RVC)
261:Hohenzollern Redoubt
247:unit of the British
220:Lt-Col W.E. Harrison
131:Hohenzollern Redoubt
112:75 Engineer Regiment
93:Divisional Engineers
2152:Edmonds, pp. 300–3.
2125:Edmonds, pp. 102–4.
2107:Edmonds, pp. 101–2.
1988:, Vol I, pp. 453–4.
1330:in preparation for
953:3rd Ypres Offensive
898:in July. After the
835:left in June 1919.
782:Battle of the Selle
697:2nd Cavalry Brigade
633:Battle of the Somme
255:. It saw action in
2900:British Army site.
2689:Ian F.W. Beckett,
1966:Rawson, pp. 120–8.
1957:Cherry, pp. 281–2.
1625:291 Plant Squadron
1615:215 Plant Squadron
1585:215 Plant Squadron
1569:293 Field Squadron
1566:292 Field Squadron
1563:214 Field Squadron
1332:Operation Goodwood
1324:Operation Overlord
1293:
1226:Dunkirk evacuation
1015:Battle of Bailleul
762:
754:
748:Brigadier General
727:
648:Sherwood Foresters
637:Gommecourt Salient
608:
577:
523:Bishop's Stortford
2887:978-1-84884-211-3
2836:978-1-843422-66-2
2799:978-0-9558119-0-6
2720:978-1-4457-9613-0
2259:Monthly Army List
1805:Monthly Army List
1470:Aldershot Command
1439:in May 1940, and
1383:Battle of Termoli
1368:Tunisian Campaign
1336:Operation Plunder
973:Battle of Cambrai
800:Sambre–Oise Canal
701:South Irish Horse
617:Paratyphoid fever
476:Territorial Force
466:Territorial Force
245:Territorial Force
234:
233:
202:Operation Plunder
16:(Redirected from
2952:
2894:External sources
2789:Alan MacDonald,
2633:
2628:
2622:
2617:
2611:
2606:
2600:
2597:
2591:
2586:
2577:
2572:
2563:
2560:
2551:
2548:
2535:
2530:
2519:
2514:
2503:
2498:
2485:
2482:
2476:
2473:
2467:
2464:
2449:
2446:
2440:
2437:
2431:
2428:
2422:
2419:
2413:
2410:
2404:
2401:
2395:
2392:
2386:
2383:
2377:
2374:
2363:
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2336:
2333:
2327:
2324:
2318:
2315:
2298:
2295:
2286:
2283:
2274:
2268:
2262:
2256:
2247:
2244:
2238:
2235:
2229:
2226:
2220:
2217:
2211:
2210:Blaxland, p. 48.
2208:
2202:
2199:
2193:
2190:
2184:
2177:
2171:
2168:
2162:
2159:
2153:
2150:
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2135:
2132:
2126:
2123:
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2105:
2099:
2096:
2090:
2087:
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2069:
2063:
2060:
2051:
2048:
2042:
2039:
2033:
2026:
2020:
2017:
2011:
2010:, Vol I, p. 465.
2004:
1998:
1995:
1989:
1982:
1976:
1973:
1967:
1964:
1958:
1955:
1949:
1946:
1940:
1937:
1928:
1925:
1919:
1916:
1903:
1900:
1894:
1891:
1868:
1867:Lord, pp. 155–6.
1865:
1856:
1853:
1832:
1825:
1819:
1814:
1808:
1802:
1796:
1793:
1787:
1784:
1775:
1773:, 20 March 1908.
1767:
1761:
1756:
1750:
1744:
1738:
1737:Beckett, p. 200.
1735:
1729:
1724:
1715:
1712:
1699:
1696:
1690:
1689:
1687:
1685:
1671:
1662:
1659:
1534:Northern Ireland
1445:Southern Command
1437:Northern Command
1401:in front of the
1270:Battle of France
1250:Italian Campaign
1104:Territorial Army
988:Spring Offensive
963:(26 September).
770:creeping barrage
731:St Quentin Canal
470:When the former
452:Sutton Coldfield
441:Childers Reforms
398:on 19 April 1860
381:25 February 1860
374:21 February 1860
301:Battle of France
285:St Quentin Canal
177:Battle of France
161:St Quentin Canal
76:Territorial Army
74:
59:
57:
56:
29:
28:
21:
2960:
2959:
2955:
2954:
2953:
2951:
2950:
2949:
2920:
2919:
2896:
2872:978-171790180-4
2841:Andrew Rawson,
2707:, London, 1937.
2674:Maj A.F. Becke,
2659:Maj A.F. Becke,
2644:Maj A.F. Becke,
2641:
2636:
2629:
2625:
2618:
2614:
2607:
2603:
2598:
2594:
2587:
2580:
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2321:
2316:
2301:
2296:
2289:
2284:
2277:
2269:
2265:
2261:, January 1923.
2257:
2250:
2245:
2241:
2236:
2232:
2227:
2223:
2218:
2214:
2209:
2205:
2200:
2196:
2191:
2187:
2178:
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2142:
2138:
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2129:
2124:
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2111:
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2097:
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2088:
2084:
2079:
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2054:
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2036:
2027:
2023:
2018:
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2005:
2001:
1996:
1992:
1983:
1979:
1974:
1970:
1965:
1961:
1956:
1952:
1947:
1943:
1938:
1931:
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1901:
1897:
1892:
1871:
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1859:
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1718:
1713:
1702:
1697:
1693:
1683:
1681:
1673:
1672:
1665:
1660:
1656:
1652:
1579:HQ at Smethwick
1545:
1526:
1506:Western Command
1498:
1482:
1458:
1433:
1353:Operation Torch
1344:
1320:21st Army Group
1278:Operation Cycle
1258:
1238:Western Command
1222:
1201:
1115:HQ at Smethwick
1100:
1071:
1023:training cadres
1011:
990:
969:
949:Hindenburg Line
945:
916:Salisbury Plain
883:
841:
796:
785:
735:Hindenburg Line
715:
686:
629:
569:
556:
539:
514:
509:
481:Royal Engineers
472:Volunteer Force
468:
439:As part of the
405:on 3 July 1860.
329:
249:Royal Engineers
237:
226:
221:
216:
172:
127:
110:
106:
94:
54:
52:
35:
33:
23:
22:
15:
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5:
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2937:
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2918:
2917:
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2907:
2902:
2895:
2892:
2891:
2890:
2877:Ray Westlake,
2875:
2860:
2854:
2839:
2824:
2813:
2802:
2787:
2772:
2769:978-1870423069
2753:
2738:
2725:Niall Cherry,
2723:
2708:
2702:
2687:
2672:
2657:
2640:
2637:
2635:
2634:
2623:
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1372:
1365:
1345:
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1309:5th Division
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1199:World War II
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493:Norton Canes
489:
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372:Kingswinford
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166:
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100:Part of
95:Corps Troops
26:
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1518:Thermopylae
1419:Argenta Gap
1407:Gothic Line
1403:Gustav Line
1399:5th US Army
1375:Eighth Army
1276:in June in
1268:during the
908:The Curragh
507:World War I
257:World War I
123:World War I
118:Engagements
2924:Categories
2819:, Vol IX,
2639:References
1684:5 December
1474:Ninth Army
1391:RE History
1361:First Army
1328:River Orne
1246:First Army
1155:War Office
1069:Commanders
1002:Bullecourt
839:Commanders
825:Landrecies
813:60-pounder
809:Cartignies
772:, under a
652:Robin Hood
627:Gommecourt
621:Diphtheria
547:Winchester
337:Handsworth
265:Gommecourt
217:commanders
210:Commanders
136:Gommecourt
2821:1938–1948
2810:1938–1948
2759:, Vol V,
2179:Edmonds,
2028:Edmonds,
2006:Edmonds,
1984:Edmonds,
1747:Army List
1303:. At the
1210:III Corps
1082:see above
1043:Armistice
992:When the
943:3rd Ypres
937:Méricourt
896:St Albans
850:Brig-Gen
829:Le Cateau
589:gas cloud
483:, in the
396:Smethwick
295:. During
222:Brig-Gen
44:1908–2014
1661:Beckett.
1530:Stafford
1411:River Po
1274:Le Havre
1266:Arkforce
1234:Shetland
1126:Tunstall
1098:Interwar
984:winter.
977:Cantaing
739:Morshead
631:For the
421:Wordsley
386:Patshull
319:and the
317:Normandy
291:and the
279:and the
197:Normandy
1543:Postwar
1486:Walsall
1441:V Corps
1282:I Corps
1059:Dunkirk
1047:Tournai
863:Lt-Col
699:), the
684:Hill 70
497:Cannock
495:, near
365:Seisdon
309:Tunisia
273:Cambrai
259:at the
227:Lt-Col
215:Notable
187:Tunisia
146:Cambrai
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912:Fovant
904:Dublin
833:cadres
613:Amiens
403:Kinver
305:Greece
293:Sambre
287:, the
275:, the
243:was a
182:Greece
67:Branch
58:
41:Active
1650:Notes
1244:with
1032:Lille
892:Luton
519:Luton
313:Italy
303:, in
289:Selle
269:Ypres
192:Italy
141:Ypres
2883:ISBN
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2181:1917
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1986:1916
1686:2018
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