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249th Field Company
Royal Engineers
(formerly 3rd Field Company, Royal Marine Engineers)

Major Headquarters

Locations

Dates

Gallipoli
(as 3
rd Field Company, R.M.E.)

Royal Naval Division

Landing at Helles

25-26 Apr 1915

Royal Naval Division

Krithia

4 Jun 1915

Royal Naval Division

Evacuation from Gallipoli

8 Jan 1916

Royal Naval Division

Stavros, Macedonia

Apr 1916

France and Flanders
(Redesignated 249
th Field Company, R.E.)

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Marseilles

May 1916

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Ancre

13-18 Nov 1916

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Scarpe

23-24 Apr 1917

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Arleux

28-29 Apr 1917

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Scarpe

3-4 May 1917

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Poelcappelle

9 Oct 1917

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Passchendaele

12 Oct 1917

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Passchendaele

26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

St. Quentin

21-23 Mar 1918

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Bapaume

24-25 Mar 1918

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Ancre

5 Apr 1918

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Albert

21-23 Aug 1918

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Drocourt-Queant

2-3 Sep 1918

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Bridging the
Canal de L’Escaut

Sep 1918

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Pursuit to Mons

28 Sep – 11 Nov 1918

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Canal Du Nord

27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918

63rd (Royal Naval) Division

Cambrai

8-9 Oct 1918

SOURCE:

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

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