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59th
FIELD COMPANY
Royal Engineers
Major
Headquarters
Location
Dates
Home
1910
The Curragh & Fermoy, Ireland
FRANCE AND FLANDERS
1914
5th Division
Retreat
from Mons
23 Aug – 5 Sep 1914
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Battle of
Mons
23-24 Aug 1914
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Battle of
Le Cateau
26 Aug 1914
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Beaumont
26 Aug
1914
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Varesnes
30 Aug
1914
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The
Marne
7-10 Sep 1914
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The Aisne
12-15 Sep 1914
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Missy
13 Sep
1914
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La Bassee
10 Oct – 02 Nov 1914
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Ypres
19
Oct – 22 Nov 1914
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Nonne
Boschen
11 Nov
1914
1915
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Hill 60
17-22 Apr 1915
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Ypres
22 Apr -25 Mary 1915
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Gravenstafel
22-23
Apr 1915
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St. Julien
24 Apr
– 4 May 1915
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Frezenberg
8-13
May 1915
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Bellewaarde
24-25
May 1915
1916
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Delville
Wood
15 Jul – 3 Sep 1916
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Pozieres
23 Jul – 3 Sep 1916
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Guillemont
3-6 Sep 1916
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Flers-Courcelette
15-22 Sep 1916
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Morval
25-28 Sep 1916
1917
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Vimy
9-14 Apr 1917
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Scarpe
3-4 May 1917
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Oppy
28 Jun 1917
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Polygon Wood
26 Sep -3 Oct 1917
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Poelcappelle
9 Oct 1917
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Passchendaele
12 Oct 1917
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Passchendaele
26 Oct – 10 Nov 1917
1918
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Hazebrouck
12-15 Apr 1918
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Albert
21-23 Apr 1918
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Bapaume
31 Aug – 3 Sep 1918
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Epehy
18 Sep 1918
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Canal Du
Nord
27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918
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Cambrai
8-9 Oct 1918
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Selle
17-25 Oct 1918
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Sambre
4 Nov 1918
NOTE: Place names in bold type designate campaigns or battles.
SOURCES:
1.
Battle Honours of the Royal
Engineers. The Royal Engineers
Journal. The Institution of Royal
Engineers, 1925-1932.
2.
Official History of the Great War,
France and Belgium, 1914.
3.
DOYLE, A.C.
The British Campaign in France & Flanders, 1914.
4.
DOYLE, A.C.
The British Campaign in France & Flanders, 1915.
5.
History of the Corps of Royal
Engineers, Volume V.