124th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Major Headquarters	Location	Dates
Home Service
38^th Welsh Division	Formed at Porthcawl	Jan 1915
38^th Welsh Division	Abergavenny	27 Jan 1915
38^th Welsh Division	Winchester	Apr 1915
France and Flanders
38^th Welsh Division	Arrived in France	Dec 1915
38^th Welsh Division	Albert (The Somme)	1-13 Jul 1916
38^th Welsh Division	Pilckem	31 Jul – 2 Aug 1917
38^th Welsh Division	Langemarck	16-18 Aug 1917
38^th Welsh Division	Ancre	5 Apr 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Herissart	19 Jul – 5 Aug 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Albert	21-23 Aug 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Bapaume	31 Aug – 3 Sep 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Havrincourt	12 Sep 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Epehy	18 Sep 1918
38^th Welsh Division	St. Quentin Canal	29 Sep – 2 Oct 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Beaurevoir	3-5 Oct 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Cambrai	8-9 Oct 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Selle	17-25 Oct 1918
38^th Welsh Division	Sambre	4 Nov 1918

Name	Regimental Number	Rank	Cause Of Death	Date of Death
Anderson, Horace Frank	62650	Sergeant	KIA	11/07/1916
Bending, Griffith	82351	Corporal	KIA	18/02/1918
Brann, W.G.	448726	Sapper	DOW	07/11/1918
Brown, Walter Ernest	82371	Sapper	KIA	21/07/1917
Channing, Albert John	82346	Corporal	Died	04/07/1918
Clucas, Hugh	82388	Driver	DOW	31/07/1917
Collins, Harry	140733	L/Corporal	KIA	18/05/1918
Corin, Frederick William	62661	Sapper	KIA	23/08/1918
Cox, Henry	62808	Sapper	KIA	11/07/1916
Currie, Peter Lowe	103636	Lance Corporal	KIA	11/07/1916
Davies, David Walter	82319	Sapper	KIA	15/03/1917
Davies, John M.	108046	Corporal	KIA	11/07/1916
Deere, Herbert	91531	Sapper	Died	09/12/1917
Dyer, Charles	446976	Sapper	KIA	18/10/1917
Gee, Benjamin James	442414	Sapper	KIA	31/07/1917
Glen, David	163063	Driver	DOW	09/11/1918
Griffin, Albert Hughes	49124	Sapper	KIA	28/08/1918
Griffiths, Richard	166678	Sapper	KIA	29/05/1917
Halliday, Willie	144728	Sapper	DOW	01/11/1918
Harris, Thomas John	62820	Sapper	KIA	11/07/1916
Imrie, James	82519	A/Sergeant	KIA	24/08/1918
Johns, Charles	108165	Sapper	KIA	10/07/1916
Jones, Albert Rees	108072	Coy. Sergt. Major	Died	18/06/1917
Jones, Christopher	108176	Sapper	KIA	31/07/1917
Jones, William	108050	Driver	DOW	09/07/1916
Kingston, Ernest James	108159	Sapper	DOW	26/07/1917
Lee, John Ernest	446909	Sapper	DOW	18/02/1918
McCrea, John	140743	Sapper	KIA	15/10/1916
McLeod, John	166653	Sapper	KIA	31/07/1917
Maguire, Henry		T/2^nd Lieutenant	DOW	15/07/1916
Meik, Harry Alexander	450450	Sapper	KIA	31/07/1917
Morgan, David John	62872	L/Corporal	KIA	10/07/1916
Moutrey, H.	146547	Sapper	KIA	24/08/1918
O'Connell, Peter	494746	Sapper	DOW	09/06/1918
Philpotts, F.	67579	2/Corporal	KIA	01/11/1918
Quail, Henry Charles		T/2^nd Lieutenant	KIA	18/02/1918
Roberts, Edward	82342	Sapper	KIA	15/03/1917
Stewart, Victor William	62740	2/Corporal	DOW	12/07/1915
Tamplin, J.	108179	Sapper	KIA	11/07/1916
Thomas, Simon	82332	Sapper	KIA	03/04/1916
Treharne, John	92564	Sapper	DOW	14/07/1916
Turner, Thomas Harford	62560	Sapper	KIA	15/03/1917
Williams, John Ephraim	82353	Sapper	KIA	31/07/1917
Williams, William John	108058	Sapper	KIA	03/04/1916

Legend: KIA – Killed in Action; DOW – Died of Wounds; Died – of disease or accidentally killed.

The following is a statistical analysis of these deaths in the 124^th Field Company by various categories:

The Sappers, being the most numerous in a field company, suffered the heaviest casualties. The combined casualties of the Sappers and Drivers amounted to 72.4% of the total fatalities. Junior Non-Commissioned Officers (Lance Corporals through Corporals) represented 16.1% of the casualties, with senior Non-Commissioned Officers representing the 6.9% of the fatalities and Officers 4.6%. Over one-quarter (27.6%) of the total number of fatalities in the company were Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers.