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209th Field Company

Royal Engineers

 

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34th Division

Company raised in Norwich

 

France and Flanders

34th Division

Nouveau Monde

23 Jan 1916

34th Division

Erquinghem

24 Feb 1916

34th Division

Dernacourt

10 May 1916

34th Division

Albert (Battle of the Somme)

1-13 Jul 1916

34th Division

Battle of Bazentin

14-17 Jul 1916

34th Division

Bresle

19-20 Jul 1916

34th Division

Battle of Pozieres (company at Mametz Wood on 31 Jul)

23 Jul -3 Sep 1916

34th Division

Roclincourt Valley

9 Apr 1917

34th Division

Battle of the Scarpe

9-14 Apr 1917

34th Division

Battle of the Scarpe

23-24 Apr 1917

34th Division

Battle of Arleux

28-29 Apr 1917

34th Division

Canaples

9 May 1917

34th Division

Battle of Poelcappelle

9 Oct 1917

34th Division

Battle of Passchendaele

12 Oct 1917

34th Division

Battle of St. Quentin (company at Boiry Becquerelle from 21-22 Mar)

21-23 Mar 1918

34th Division

Battle of Bapaume

24-25 Mar 1918

34th Division

Battle of Arras

28 Mar 1918

34th Division

Battle of Estaires

9-11 Apr 1918

34th Division

Battle of Messines

10-11 Apr 1918

34th Division

Battle of Hazebrouck

12-15 Apr 1918

34th Division

Battle of Bailleul

13-15 Apr 1918

34th Division

Battle of Kemmel

17-19 Apr 1918

34th Division

Battle of Soissonnais-Ourcq

23 Jul – 2 Aug 1918

34th Division

Geromenil Farm

28 Jul 1918

34th Division

Battle of Ypres

28 Sep – 2 Oct 1918

34th Division

Battle of Courtrai (company at Menin from 14-16 Oct)

14-19 Oct 1918

 

REFERENCES:

1.      Battle Honour of the Royal Engineers.  The Royal Engineers Journal.  The Institution of Royal
Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.

2.      Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan.  The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1918.  Hodder &
Stoughton, London, 1920.