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RE Library and Archive World War One Unit War Diaries Key RE Royal Engineers TA Territorial Army R Reports E Extracts A Appendix SIG Signal S Summary E&M Electrical & Mechanical CL Casualty List MD Missing Documents MC Miscellaneuos Documents EinC Engineer in Chief O Orders NR Nominal Roll D Diagrams M Maps L of C Lines of Communication BEF British Expeditionary Force EEF Egyptian Expeditionary Force I Instructions File No. Unit Dates covered by diary Notes 1 GHQ Signal Company Royal Engineers British Expeditionary Force 01 Jul 1916 to 31 May 1918 and Sep 1918 MD 2 GHQ Signal Company Archangel 19 Oct 1918 to 28 Apr 1919 and 01 Aug 1919 to 20 Sep 1919 GHQ Signal Company Egyptian Expeditionary Force Mar 1915 to 31 May 1919 GHQ Signal Company East African 04 Apr 1916 to 01 Sep 1916 S GHQ Signal Company France 06 Aug 1914 to 16 Sep 1916 S GHQ Signal Company Italy 02 Dec 1917 to 31 Dec 1917 and 01 May 1918 to 28 Feb 1919 3 Army Signal Company 01 Jul 1917 to 28 Feb 1919 British Rhine Army Signal Company 01 Jan 1919 to 29 May 1919 Northern Army Cyclist signal Company 14 Oct 1916 to ? S Salonika Army Signal Company 21 Mar 1915 to 19 Oct 1916 S 4 1st Army Signal Company 14 Oct 1914 to 28 Feb 1919 2nd Army Signal Company 01 Jan 1915 to Dec 1915 and May 1916 to Jul 1916 and Aug 1916 to Oct 1916 and 21 Mar 1917 to 28 Dec 1918 and 01Jun 1919 to 30 Jun 1919 3rd Army signal Company 19 Jul 1915 to 19 Jul 1916 S 5th Army Signal company Jan 1916 to 28 May 1917 Reserve Army Signal Company 01 Aug 1918 to 31 Dec 1918

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RE Library and Archive World War One Unit War Diaries

Key

RE Royal Engineers

TA Territorial Army

R Reports

E Extracts

A Appendix

SIG Signal

S Summary

E&M Electrical & Mechanical

CL Casualty List

MD Missing Documents

MC Miscellaneuos Documents

EinC Engineer in Chief

O Orders

NR Nominal Roll

D Diagrams

M Maps

L of C Lines of Communication

BEF British Expeditionary Force

EEF Egyptian Expeditionary Force

I Instructions

File No. Unit Dates covered by diary Notes

1 GHQ Signal Company Royal

Engineers British Expeditionary Force

01 Jul 1916 to 31 May 1918 and

Sep 1918

MD

2 GHQ Signal Company Archangel 19 Oct 1918 to 28 Apr 1919 and

01 Aug 1919 to 20 Sep 1919

GHQ Signal Company Egyptian

Expeditionary Force

Mar 1915 to 31 May 1919

GHQ Signal Company East African 04 Apr 1916 to 01 Sep 1916 S

GHQ Signal Company France 06 Aug 1914 to 16 Sep 1916 S

GHQ Signal Company Italy 02 Dec 1917 to 31 Dec 1917 and

01 May 1918 to 28 Feb 1919

3 Army Signal Company 01 Jul 1917 to 28 Feb 1919

British Rhine Army Signal Company 01 Jan 1919 to 29 May 1919

Northern Army Cyclist signal Company 14 Oct 1916 to ? S

Salonika Army Signal Company 21 Mar 1915 to 19 Oct 1916 S

4 1st Army Signal Company 14 Oct 1914 to 28 Feb 1919

2nd Army Signal Company 01 Jan 1915 to Dec 1915 and

May 1916 to Jul 1916 and Aug

1916 to Oct 1916 and 21 Mar

1917 to 28 Dec 1918 and 01Jun

1919 to 30 Jun 1919

3rd Army signal Company 19 Jul 1915 to 19 Jul 1916 S

5th Army Signal company Jan 1916 to 28 May 1917

Reserve Army Signal Company 01 Aug 1918 to 31 Dec 1918

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5 4th Army Signal Company 04 Apr 1915 to 26 Jan 1916 and

24 Jan 1916 to 31 Dec 1917 and

01 Jan 1918 to 05 May 1919

D

6 4th Army Signal Company D only

7 A.D. Signals 4th Army Apr 1917 to Jul 1917 and Dec

1917

D only

8 DD Signals 3rd Army 15 Apr 1915 to 19 Apr 1915 and

10 Jul 1915 to 30 Apr 1916

DD Signals 5th Army 19 Jun 1916 to 31 Jul 1918 M and D

9 A.D Signals 1st Corps 18 Dec 1916 to 23 Oct 1918

A.D.Signals 8 Corps 01 Jul 1916 to 29 Jun 1918

8 Corps Signal Company 04 Jul 1915 to 31 Jan 1916 and

01 Jul 1916 to 28 feb 1917 and

Jun and Jul 1917 and Oct 1917 to

Dec 1917 and Mar 1918 and May

1918

10 "B" Corps Signal Company 2 Corps Feb 1916 to Feb 1919

"C" Corps signal Company 3 Corps 04 Aug 1914 to 29 Mar 1915 and

Oct 1917 and Jan 1918 and Mar

1918 to Dec 1918 and Jan 1919

to Mar 1919

"D" Corps Signal Company 4 Corps 05 Oct 1914 to 30 Oct 1914 and

01 Feb 1916 to 31 Jul 1917

"E" Corps Signal Company 5 Corps 11 Aug 1915 to 31 May 1919

"F" Corps Signal Company 6 Corps 08 Mar 1915 to 30 Jun 1917

"G" Corps Signal Company 7 Corps 29 Jan 1915 to 29 Feb 1916

"H" Corps Signal Company 8 Corps 04 Oct 1915 to 29 Jul 1916 S

"J" Corps signal Company 9 Corps Dec 1914 to 14 Aug 1916 S

"K" Corps Signal Company 10 Corps Feb 1915 to 18 Aug 1916 and 01

Dec 1916 to 31 Mar 1917

11 "L" Corps Signal Company 11 Corps Feb 1915 to 28 Sep 1918

"M" Corps Signal Company 12 Corps 05 Apr 1914 to 17 Jun 1919

"N" Corps signal Company 13 Corps 05 Aug 1915 to 31 Jul 1916 and

01 Oct 1916 to 05 Aug 1919

12 "O" Corps Signal Company 14 Corps 24 Feb 1916 to 26 Aug 1916 and

01 May 1917 to 31 Jan 1919

"P" Corps Signal Company 15 Corps 01 Feb 1916 to 01 Mar 1916

"Q" Corps Signal Company 16 Corps Oct 1915 to 29 Mar 1917 S

"R" Corps Signal Company 17 Corps 22 Oct 1915 to 14 Jan 1916 and

01 May 1916 to 14 Jul 1919

"S" Corps Signal company 18 Corps 25 Apr 1916 to 31 Oct 1918

"T" Corps Signal Company 19 Corps 10 Jul 1916 to 12 Jun 1917

"U" Corps Signal Company 21 Corps 02 Jan 1916 to 04 Jan 1918 and

03 Jan 1918 to 17 May 1919

S

"V" Corps Signal Company 20 Corps 01 Aug 1917 to 08 Aug 1917 and

01 Oct 1917 to 31 Jan 1919

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"W" Corps Signal Company Suez

Corps

Apr 1915 to 20 Mar 1917 S

"X" Corps Signal Company Oct 1915 to 20 Mar 1917 S

13 "Y" Corps Signal Company 28 Jan 1915 to 30 Nov 1916

AD Signals 2nd Anzac 22 Corps 01 Jan 1917 to 31 Dec 1918

1 Anzac Signal Company 22 Nov 1915 to 20 Sep 1916 S

14 IX Corps Signal 14 Jun 1916 to 31 Aug 1916

XIV Corps "J" Army corps Signal

Company

01 Sep 1916 to 30 Apr 1918

Canadian Corps Signal Company 14 May 1915 to 14 Sep 1915 S

Cavalry Corps Signal Squadron 25 Jun 1916 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Jun 1917 to 31 Dec 1917 and

01 Jan 1918 to 31 dec 1918 and

01 Jan 1919 to 05 Jun 1919

2/3 Indian Army Corps signal

Company

26 May 1916 to 31 May 1916

15 1st Divisional Signal Company 03 Feb 1915 to 22 Aug 1919

2nd Divisional Signal Company 07 May 1915 to 30 Jun 1918 and

01 Jan 1919 to 31 Aug 1919

( Light Division Signal Company ) 01 Apr 1919 to 31 Aug 1919

16 3rd Divisional Signal Company 25 Apr 1916 to 25 May 1919

4th Divisional Signal Company 01 Feb 1915 to 31 Nov 1917 and

01 Mar 1918 to 28 Feb 1919

17 5th Divisional Signal Company 05 Aug 1914 to 09 May 1919

18 6th Divisional Signal Company 01 Oct 1915 to 31 May 1916 and

01 Sep 1916 to 31 May 1919 and

01 Jul 1919 to 15 Sep 1919

7th Divisional signal Company 04 Oct 1914 to 31 Dec 1918 and

31 Jan 1919 to 28 Feb 1919

8th Divisional Signal Company 18 Sep 1914 to 29 Feb 1916

9th Divisional Signal Company 27 Aug 1914 to 09 May 1915 and

03 Mar 1916 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 Nov 1916 to 28 feb 1918

S

10th Divisional Signal Company 01 Oct 1914 to 31 Jan 1916 and

01 May 1917 to 28 Feb 1919 and

01 Aug 1919 to 31 Oct 1919 and

01 Mar 1920 to 31 Mar 1920

S

19 11th Divisional Signal Company 30 Aug 1914 to 31 Aug 1916 and

01 Oct 1916 to 31 Oct 1916 and

01 Dec 1916 to 31 Jan 1917 and

01 May 1917 to 07 Jul 1919

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12th Divisional Signal Company 24 Aug 1914 to 28 May 1915 and

01 Nov 1915 to 31 Jan 1916

13th Divisional Signal Company 26 Sep 1914 to 30 Apr 1917 and

01 Jun 1917 to 24 Mar 1919

14th Divisional Signal Company 29 Aug 1914 to 01 Mar 1917 and

01 May 1917 to 28 Nov 1918

15th Divisional Signal Company 26 Sep 1914 to 31 Mar 1919

20 16th Divisional Signal Company 11 Aug 1915 to 31 May 1919

17th Divisional Signal Company 09 Oct 1914 to Aug 1917 S

18th Divisional signal Company 20 Oct 1914 to 13 Nov 1918

19th Divisional Signal Company 16 Oct 1914 to 29 Dec 1915

20th Divisional Signal Company 14 Oct 1914 to 27 Feb 1917 and

31 May 1917 to 30 Jan 1919

21 21st Divisional Signal Company 06 Oct 1914 to 30 Jan 1919 and

01 Mar 1919 to 22 Jun 1919

22nd Divisional Signal Company 22 Oct 1914 to 05 Feb 1916 and

27 Jul 1916 to 24 Oct 1916 and

01 Apr 1917 to 31 Dec 1918

23rd Divisional Signal Company 24 Oct 1914 to 29 Mar 1919 R and Returns

24th Divisional Signal Company Oct 1914 to 31 Dec 1916

22 25th Divisional Signal Company 28 Oct 1914 to 31 Aug 1916 and

01 Mar 1918 to 17 Jun 1919

26th Divisional Signal Company Oct 1914 to 11 May 1919

27th Divisional ( Wessex ) Signal

Company

Pre - War S

28th Divisional Signal Company 05 Aug 1914 to 30 Nov 1919

23 29th Divisional ( 1st London ) Signal

Company

Jan 1915 to Nov 1917 S

30th Divisional Signal Company ( was

37th Signal Company until 01 May

1915 )

01 Mar 1915 to 31 May 1919

31st Divisional Signal Company Apr 1915 to 04 Oct 1917 and 04

Jan 1919 to 31 Jan 1919

S

32nd Divisional Signal Company ( was

41st Signal Company until 15 Sep

1915 )

20 Jun 1915 to 27 Oct 1919

24 33rd Divisional Signal Company 20 May 1915 to 31 Oct 1917 and

01 Dec 1917 to 31 Dec 1918

25 34th Divisional Signal Company ( was

38th Signal Company until 10 May

1916 ) ( 34th Signal Company

disbanded 14 May 1915 )

05 Dec 1915 to 31 Jul 1919

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35th Divisional Signal Company ( was

39th Signal Company until 10 May

1916 ) ( 35th Signal Company

disbanded 12 May 1915 )

Feb 1915 to 28 Apr 1916 and 05

Jun 1916 to 24 Jun 1916 and 01

Nov 1916 to 03 May 1919

36th Divisional Signal Company 22 Sep 1914 to 31 Jul 1917 and

01 Sep 1917 to 30 Nov 1918

37th Divisional Signal Company ( was

40th Signal Company until 05 Jun

1915 ) ( Previously 31st Signal

Company until 27 May 1915 )

13 Nov 1914 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 May 1916 to 31 Mar 1919

38th Divisional Signal Company ( was

43rd Signal Company until 29 Apr

1915 )

01 Dec 1914 to 30 Dec 1915 and

03 Dec 1916 to 30 Dec 1917 and

01 Feb 1918 to 31 May 1919

26 39th Divisional Signal Company ( was

33rd Signal Company until 24 Jun

1915 ) ( Previously 40th Signal

Company until 10 May 1915 )

Mar 1915 to 26 Oct 1916

40th Divisional Signal Company ( was

37th Signal Company until 05 Jun

1915 ) ( Previously 30th Signal

Company until 07 Apr 1915 disbanded

21 Aug 1915 )

? to 21 Aug 1915 and 01 Jun

1916 to 31 Mar 1919

S

41st Divisional Signal Company ( was

32nd Signal Company until 15 Sep

1915 disbanded 15 Aug 1915 )

20 Mar 1915 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Apr 1918 to 30 Sep 1918 and

10 Apr 1919 to 31 May 1919

42nd Divisional ( East Lancashire )

Signal Company

1913 to May 1916 and 01 Oct

1916 to 30 Sep 1918

46th Divisional Signal Company 1908 to 30 Apr 1919 and 01 Jun

1919 to 30 Jun 1919

47th Divisional Signal Company Mar May Jul Aug 1915

48th Divisional Signal Company Pre - War to 31 Aug 1918

27 49th Divisional Signal Company Jan 1913 to 17 Jun 1919

50th Divisional Signal Company 02 Dec 1915 to 17 Apr 1916 and

01 Jul 1916 to 31 Jul 1918 and

01 Sep 1918 to 31 Dec 1918 and

01 Feb 1919 to 30 Apr 1919

51st Divisional Signal Company 01 May 1915 to 30 Sep 1918

52nd Divisional Signal Company Pre - War to 31 Oct 1915 and 01

Dec 1916 to 30 Apr 1919

28 53rd Divisional Signal Company Pre - War to Sep 1916 and 01

Jun 1918 to 30 Nov 1919

S

54th Divisional Signal Company 09 Jul 1915 to 31 May 1916 and

01 Jul 1916 to 01 Oct 1919

55th Divisional ( West Lancashire )

Signal Company

Pre - War to 16 Sep 1916 S

56th Divisional Signal Company 26 Sep 1914 to 31 May 1919

29 57th Divisional Signal Company 04 Sep 1914 to 30 Apr 1919

58th Divisional signal Company 24 Sep 1914 to 30 Dec 1917

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59th Divisional Signal Company 01 Jan 1915 to 30 Jun 1916 and

19 Feb 1917 to 30 Apr 1917 and

01 Jun 1917 to 30 Apr 1919

30 60th Divisional Signal Company Sep 1914 to 21 Jun 1916 and 21

Jun 1916 to 31 May 1919

S

61st Divisional Signal Company Nov 1914 to 31 Mar 1918 and 01

Jun 1918 to 30 Nov 1918 and Jan

1919 and Jun 1919

M

62nd Divisional Signal Company 01 Apr 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

63rd Divisional Signal Company ( R.N

)

18 Sep 1914 to 31 Jan 1917 and

01 Mar 1917 to 24 Jun 1919

64th Divisional Signal Company Sep 1914 S

65th Divisional Signal Company 24 Nov 1914 to 08 Aug 1917 S

69th Divisional Signal Company 04 Sep 1914 to 30 Apr 1917 S

71st Divisional Signal Company 13 Nov 1916 to 01 Mar 1917 S

72nd Divisional Signal Company 25 Nov 1916 to 20 Jun 1917 S

73rd Divisional Signal Company 09 Nov 1916 to 07 Mar 1917 S

75th Divisional Signal Company 30 Mar 1917 to 29 Sep 1917 and

01 Apr 1918 to 31 Jul 1919 and

01 Sep 1919 to 31 Oct 1919

31 HQ Guards Divisional Signal Company 22 Aug 1915 to 29 Apr1919 FD returns

Guards Divisional Signal Company (

16th Signal Company until 06 Aug

1915 )

Sep 1914 to 03 Oct 1915 and 01

Dec 1915 to 31 Aug 1918 and 01

Oct 1918 to 29 Apr 1919

32 All missing box empty 09 Aug 2001

3/1 Lowland Divisional Signal

Company

13 Jul 1915 to 28 Apr 1917

Yeomanry Mounted Divisional Signal

Squadron

28 May 1917 to 31 May 1918

31st Divisional ( Indian ) Signal

Company

15 Feb 1911 to 31 Oct 1917 S

1st Indian Cavalry Divisional Signal

Squadron

See 4th Signal Squadron

2nd Indian Cavalry Divisional Signal

squadron

See 5th Signal Squadron

1st Canadian Divisional Signal

Company

21 Aug 1914 to Apr 1917 S

New Zealand Divisional Signal

Company

17 Aug 1914 to Jun 1917 S

4th Australian Divisional Signal

Company

09 Mar 1916 to 07 Jun 1917 S

Australian Mounted Divisional Signal

Squadron

12 Feb 1917 to 06 Oct 1917 S

3/1 Highland Divisional Signal

Company

01 Apr 1915 to ? 1917 S

3/1 London Divisional Signal Company

( TF )

24 Mar 1915 to 03 Apr 1917 S

3/1 West Lancashire Divisional Signal

Company

May 1915 S

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3/1 West Riding Divisional Signal

Company

29 May 1915 to 29 Apr 1917 S

3/1 Wessex Divisional Signal

Company

21 Jun 1915 to 27 Apr 1917 S

3/1 Welsh Divisional Signal Company 13 Apr 1915 to ? S

3/1 East Anglian Divisional Signal

Company

Jun 1915 to 31 Aug 1917 S

1st Mounted Divisional Signal

Squadron

18 Feb 1915 to 12 Sep 1915 S

1st Cyclist Divisional Signal Squadron 24 Jun 1916 to ? S

"Z" Divisional Signal Company Jul 1915 to 01 Jun 1917 S

"Z" Divisional Signal Company (

Sappers and Miners )

12 Jul 1915 to 08 Mar 1918 S

33 1st Tank Brigade Signal Company 01 Feb 1919 to 28 Feb 1919

3rd Tank Brigade Signal Company 27 Aug 1917 to 10 May 1919

5th Tank Brigade Signal Company 14 Jun 1918 to 30 Sep 1918 and

01 Nov 1918 to 18 Dec 1918

5th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop 01 Jan 1918 to 31 Jan 1918

6th Tank Brigade Signal Company 01 Nov 1918 to 30 Apr 1919

6th Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop 11 Oct 1915 to 30 Jun 1916 and

01 Oct 1916 to 30 Nov 1918

10th Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop 01 Sep 1918 to 31 Mar 1919 and

01 May 1919 to 31 Dec 1919

11th Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop 01 Jan 1918 to 31 Dec 1919

12th Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop 01 Aug 1918 to 31 Dec 1919

13th Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop 01 Jun 1918 to 30 Sep 1918 and

01 Nov 1918 to 31 Aug 1919 and

01 Jan 1920 to 28 Jan 1920

14th Cavalry Brigade Signal Troop 01 Oct 1917 to 30 Nov 1918

19th Brigade Signal Section 01 May 1916 to 31 May 1916

98th Brigade Signal Section 01 May 1916 to 31 May 1916

238th Brigade Signal Company 20 Mar 1919 to 22 Jul 1919

2nd Signal Section 10th Infantry

Brigade

04 Mar 1915 to 31 Mar 1915 S

Signal Section Imperial Camel Brigade 16 Dec 1916 to ? S

Nottingham and Derby Mounted

Brigade Signal Troop

? To 30 May 1918 S

49th Indian Infantry Brigade Signal

Section

28 May 1917 to Jul 1917 S

34 L of C Signal Company E.A.E Force 07 Mar 1917 to 03 Jul 1917

L of C Signal Company B.S.F 28 Nov 1916 to 31 Mar 1919

"L" ( L of C ) Signal Company 05 Aug 1914 to 17 Sep 1916 S

"M" ( L of C ) Signal Company ( E.E.F

)

22 Feb 1915 to 28 Mar 1920

Base Signal Section ( L of C ) Signal

Company ( E.E.F )

28 Apr 1916 to 20 Dec 1917 S

Palestine ( L of C ) Signal Company 01 Jun 1919 to 31 Jan 1920

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North Palestine ( L of C ) Signal

Company

01 Nov 1918 to 31 Dec 1918 and

01 Mar 1919 to 31 Mar 1919 and

02 May 1919 to 23 May 1919

South Palestine ( L of C ) Signal

Company

08 May 1918 to 31 Jan 1919

Palestine + Sinai ( L of C ) Signal

Company

06 Feb 1920 to 27 Mar 1920

Sinai ( L of C ) Signal Company 17 May 1918 to 27 Dec 1918

35 1st Signal Construction Company 19 Mar 1917 to 21 Jul 1917 S

2nd Signal Construction Company 03 Mar 1917 to 30 Jun 1919

3rd Signal Construction Company 05 Apr 1917 to ? S

4th Signal Construction Company 20 Mar 1917 to ? S

5th Signal Construction Company 08 Mar 1917 to ? S

Telegraph Construction Section Mil.

Railways

23 Apr 1917 to 25 Nov 1917 S

1st Signal Squadron 1st Cavalry

Division

01 Nov 1914 to 31 Jan 1916 and

01 Mar 1916 to 31 May 1916 and

01 Aug 1916 to 30 Sep 1916 and

01 Nov 1916 to 11 Nov 1916 and

01 Jan 1917 to 30 Sep 1917 and

01 Nov 1917 to 31 Jan 1918 and

01 Mar 1918 to 31 Jul 1919

2nd Signal Squadron 2nd Cavalry

Division

29 Sep 1914 to 30 Jun 1918

3rd Signal Squadron Sep 1914 to 29 May 1916 S

4th Signal Squadron 4th Cavalry

Division ( was Signal Squadron 1st

Indian Cavalry Division )

13 Sep 1914 to 08 Nov 1916 and

01 Jun 1918 to 31 Mar 1920

5th Signal Squadron ( was Signal

Squadron 2nd Indian Cavalry Division

)

29 Dec 1914 to 30 Oct 1915 and

01 Jul 1916 to 16 Apr 1918 and

03 Nov 1918 to 30 Nov 1918 and

01 Sep 1919 to 30 Sep 1919

36 1st Signal Troop Pre - War to 02 Sep 1916 S

2nd Signal Troop ( AE ) 24 Oct 1914 to 01 Oct 1916 S

2nd Signal Troop ( RE ) Pre - War to 16 Aug 1914 S

3rd Signal Troop ( AE ) 18 Oct 1914 to 27 Feb 1916 S

3rd Signal Troop ( RE ) Pre - War to 04 Jul 1916 S

4th Signal Troop Pre - War to 14 Aug 1914 S

5th Signal Troop Pre - War to 29 Dec 1915 S

6th Signal Troop 26 Sep 1914 to 08 Oct 1914 S

7th Signal Troop 12 Sep 1914 to ? S

8th Signal Troop 23 Nov 1914 to 27 May 1916 S

1st Reserve Signal Troop 07 Jun 1915 to 23 Sep 1916 S

2nd Reserve Signal Troop Nov 1915 to ? S

2/1st N.M.M.B Signal Troop 01 Mar 1915 to 08 Mar 1916 S

London Army Troops Signal Company

( TF )

1908 to Apr 1917 S

8 Corps Heavy Artillery Signal Section 01 Aug 1916 to 25 Jun 1918

13 Corps Heavy Artillery Signal

Section

01 Nov 1916 to 31 Dec 1917

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1st Heavy Artillery Signal Section 24 Jun 1917 to 26 Jan 1918 and

01 Mar 1918 to 30 Sep 1918

Signal Section Heavy Artillery HQ

B.S.F

06 Nov 1917 to 31 Dec 1917 and

01 May 1918 to 25 Feb 1919

37 Signal Depot B.E.F 06 Nov 1914 to 06 Sep 1916 S

Signal Base Depot E.E.F 21 Sep 1915 to 04 Oct 1916 and

06 Mar 1918 to 30 Sep 1919

Birmingham Signal Depot 24 Apr 1915 to 20 Jun 1916 S

Biggleswade Signal Depot ( + list of

sections formed at Bigglsewade depot

)

09 Dec 1914 to 22 Jul 1917 S

Dunstable Signal Depot 01 Apr 1918 to 16 Sep 1916 S

Haynes Park Signal Depot 08 Apr 1916 to ? S

Hitchin Signal Depot Pre - War to 19 Sep 1916 S

Army Signal School BSF and ABS 02 May 1918 to 22 Apr 1919

4th Army Signal School 16 Nov 1916 to ? S

Signal Service Training Centre 08 Apr 1915 to ? S

38 Constantinople Signal Section 28 Mar 1919 and 15 Apr 1919

Mudros Signal Section 11 May 1916 to ? S

Lindi Signal Company 24 Feb 1917 to 31 Mar 1918 S

Kilwa Signal Company 07 Mar 1917 to 10 Dec 1917 S

Syren Signal Company 01 Sep 1918 to 31 Jul 1919

Northern Signal Company ( East Africa

)

15 Mar 1917 to 25 Oct 1917 S

No1 ( East Africa ) Special Signal

Company

20 Jan 1916 to Dec 1916 S

Signal Company RE Western Fronteer

Forces

01 Apr 1916 to 01 Oct 1916 S

Chief Signal Offices Southern

Aerodromes

09 Jul 1918 to 30 Jun 1919

C.S.O Peace Conference Signal (

Central Area L of C )

01 Dec 1918 to 31 Mar 1919

"L" Signal Battalion G.H.Q

Detachment

04 Oct 1918 to 30 Nov 1918 and

Jan 1919 to Mar 1919

Railway Telegraph Company B.S.F 27 Oct 1918 to 28 Mar 1919

39 1 Airline Section Pre - War to 13 Oct 1916 S

2 Airline Section Pre - War to 04 Dec 1916 S

3 Airline Section Pre - War to ? S

4 Airline Section Pre - War to 27 Aug 1916 S

G5 Airline Section Pre - War to 23 Dec 1915 S

W6 Motor Airline Section 06 Aug 1914 to 28 Oct 1914 S

W7 Motor Airline Section 14 Oct 1914 to 10 Nov 1916 S

L8 Motor Airline Section 1908 to Jan 1915 S

N9 Airline Section Sep 1914 to 06 Nov 1914 S

S10 Motor Airline Section Pre - War to 10 Nov 1914 S

L11 Motor Airline Section 26 Dec 1914 to Aug 1916 S

N12 Motor Airline Section 24 Feb 1915 to 15 Feb 1916 S

G13 Motor Airline Section 08 Mar 1915 to 31 Apr 1916 S

N14 Motor Airline Section Mar 1915 to 07 Feb 1916 S

L16 Motor Airline Section 04 Nov 1914 to 21 Feb 1916 S

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L17 Motor Airline Section ? To Apr 1917 S

W18 Motor Airline Section 01 Feb 1918 to 18 Jul 1915 S

W19 Motor Airline Section Jan 1915 to 14 Jul 1917 S

S20 Airline Section ? To 18 Jul 1915 S

21 Airline Section 07 Jun 1915 to 04 Oct 1916 S

23 Airline Section 02 Jul 1915 to 06 Feb 1916 S

24 Airline Section Jul 1915 to 06 Jun 1916 S

25 Airline Section Jun 1915 to 15 Feb 1919 S

26 Motor Airline Section 01 Jan 1915 to 02 Sep 1916 S

27 Motor Airline Section 06 Feb 1915 to 02 Sep 1915 S

29 Motor Airline Section 05 Mar 1915 to 14 Sep 1915 S

30 Airline Section Jan 1915 to 22 Feb 1915 S

31 Airline Section Mar 1915 to 13 Sep 1915 S

32 Airline Section 03 Apr 1915 to 06 Oct 1915 S

34 Motor Airline Section 20 May 1915 to 03 Oct 1915

35 Motor Airline Section Mar 1915 to 19 Sep 1916

36 Motor Airline Section 05 Apr 1915 to 18 Aug 1916

37 Motor Airline Section 14 Sep 1915 to 06 May 1916

39 Motor Airline Section 20 Oct 1915 to 17 Oct 1916

40 Motor Airline Section 12 Oct 1915 to 14 Jan 1916

41 Motor Airline Section Oct 1915 to 18 Oct 1916

42 Airline Section 07 Sep 1915 to 16 Jan 1917

43 Airline Section 19 Jan 1916 to 23 Aug 1916

44 Motor Airline Section 20 Nov 1915 to 05 Oct 1916

45 Motor Airline Section 11 Nov 1915 to 22 Jan 1916 S

46 Motor Airline Section Dec 1915 to Feb 1916 S

47 Motor Airline Section 24 Dec 1915 to 20 Sep 1916 S

48 Motor Airline Section 16 Dec 1915 to 08 Mar 1916 and

01 Jul 1916 to 28 Feb 1917 and

01 Jun 1917 to 31 May 1918

49 Motor Airline Section Dec 1915 to 22 Mar 1916 S

51 Motor Airline Section ( part of XV

Corps Signal Company )

52 Motor Airline Section 09 Feb 1916 to 16 Jun 1916 S

53 Motor Airline Section 10 Feb 1916 to 01 Jul 1916 S

54 Motor Airline Section 17 Mar 1916 to 17 Jun 1916 S

55 Motor Airline Section 28 Mar 1916 to 22 Aug 1916 S

56 Motor Airline Section 14 Sep 1915 to 14 Sep 1916 S

58 Motor Airline Section 10 Jun 1916 to 29 Jul 1916 S

59 Motor Airline Section Jun 1916 to 30 Jul 1916 S

60 Motor Airline Section 04 Jun 1916 to 21 Sep 1916 S

61 Motor Airline Section Jun 1916 to 05 Jan 1918 S

62 Motor Airline Section 06 Sep 1916 to 09 Jan 1917 S

64 Motor Airline Section 20 Oct 1916 to 11 Sep 1917 S

65 Motor Airline Section 25 Oct 1916 to 12 Jan 1917 S

66 Motor Airline Section 24 Nov 1916 to 11 Jun 1917 S

78 Motor Airline Section 01 Mar 1918 to 30 Apr 1918

100 Motor Airline Section 25 Jun 1916 to 18 Dec 1916 S

40 AA Cable Section 03 Apr 1915 to 11 Dec 1917 S

AB Cable Section Apr 1915 to 06 Jan 1916 S

AC Cable Section 14 May 1915 to 20 Aug 1916 S

AD Cable Section 10 Jul 1915 to 08 Aug 1916 S

AE Cable Section 25 Jul 1915 to 09 Oct 1915 S

AF Cable Section 20 Jul 1915 to 25 Sep 1915 S

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AG Cable Section 12 May 1915 to Feb 1916 S

AJ Cable Section 28 Jul 1915 to 03 Sep 1916 S

AK Cable Section 03 Aug 1915 to 28 Aug 1916 S

AL Cable Section 03 Aug 1915 to 15 Nov 1915 S

AM Cable Section 08 Aug 1915 to 26 Aug 1916 S

AN Cable Section 07 Aug 1915 to 05 Apr 1916 S

AO Cable Section 23 Aug 1915 to 19 Apr 1917 S

AP Cable Section Sep 1915 to 10 Jan 1916 S

AQ Cable Section 07 Sep 1915 to 22 Jan 1916 S

AR Cable Section 16 Sep 1915 to 03 Feb 1916 S

AS Cable Section 16 Sep 1915 to 30 Sep 1916

AT Cable Section 17 Sep 1915 to 28 Jul 1916

AU Cable Section 19 Sep 1915 to 17 Sep 1916

AV Cable Section 01 Oct 1915 to 03 Oct 1916

AW Cable Section 18 Oct 1915 to 12 Sep 1916

AX Cable Section 20 Oct 1915 to 24 Mar 1916

AZ Cable Section 10 Dec 1915 to 13 Apr 1916

BA Cable Section 29 Apr 1916 to 31 May 1916 and

16 Apr 1918 to 22 May 1918

S

BB Cable Section Dec 1914 to May 1915 S

BD Cable Section 21 Jan 1916 to 22 May 1916 S

BJ Cable Section 01 Jun 1918 to 29 Jun 1918 and

07 Oct 1918 to 05 Dec 1918

BK Cable Section 15 Feb 1915 to 07 Jun 1915 S

BL Cable Section 16 Feb 1916 to 18 Oct 1916 S

BM Cable Section 12 Mar 1916 to 20 Aug 1916 S

BN Cable Section 07 May 1916 to 26 Jun 1916 S

BO Cable Section 07 May 1916 to 27 Jun 1916 S

BP Cable Section 07 May 1916 to 06 Aug 1916 S

BQ Cable Section May 1916 to 13 Jan 1917 S

BR Cable Section 05 Jun 1916 to 15 Oct 1916 S

BS Cable Section 10 Jun 1916 to 08 Dec 1916 S

BT Cable Section 07 Jul 1916 to 08 Oct 1917 S

BX Cable Section 25 Sep 1916 to Dec 1917 S

BY Cable Section 19 Oct 1916 to Dec 1917 S

BZ Cable Section 22 Dec 1916 to 02 Feb 1918 S

CC Cable Section Jan 1915 to 18 Sep 1916 S

DD Cable Section 01 Mar 1915 to 28 Dec 1915 S

EE Cable Section 05 Aug 1914 to 06 Apr 1916 S

F Cable Section 05 Aug 1914 to 16 Sep 1916 S

FF Cable Section Apr 1915 to 25 Jun 1916 S

G Cable Section Pre - War to 12 Aug 1914 S

GG Cable Section Jan 1915 to 12 Mar 1916 and 01

Jul 1916 to 28 Feb 1917

S

GQ Cable Section Apr 1915 to 06 May 1915 S

GY Cable Section 12 Jan 1915 to 21 Nov 1915 S

H Cable Section 1914 to 15 Sep 1916 S

HH Cable Section Feb 1915 to Dec 1915 S

J Cable Section Pre - War to 12 Aug 1914 S

JJ Cable Section 18 Feb 1915 to 31 May 1915 S

K Cable Section Pre - War to 12 Aug 1914 S

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L Cable Section 01 Jan 1916 to 31 Jan 1916 and

01 Nov 1916 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Feb 1917 to 28 Feb 1917

LC Cable Section 01 Mar 1915 to 22 Mar 1916 S

LL Cable Section 05 Feb 1915 to Feb 1916 S

LZ Cable Section Dec 1914 to Mar 1915 S

M Cable Section Pre - War to 14 Sep 1916 S

MM Cable Section Mar 1915 to 08 Jul 1915 S

N Cable Section Pre - War to 13 Aug 1914 S

NA Cable Section Aug 1911 to 16 May 1917 S

NB Cable Section Pre - War to 30 Jul 1916 S

NN Cable Section 22 Jun 1915 to 28 Sep 1916 S

NU Cable Section Pre - War to 19 Jan 1915 S

O Cable Section Pre - War to 13 Aug 1914 S

OO Cable Section 21 Mar 1915 to 16 Aug 1916 S

P Cable Section 05 Aug 1914 to 15 Aug 1914 S

PP Cable Section 19 Apr 1915 to 24 Jul 1915 S

QQ Cable Section 12 Apr 1915 to 19 Jul 1915 S

R Cable Section 09 Sep 1914 to 28 Dec 1917 S

RR Cable Section Apr 1915 to 19 Jul 1915 S

SP Cable Section May 1915 to 15 Aug 1916 S

SS Cable Section 15 Jul 1915 to 21 Jul 1915 S

SV Cable Section 26 Dec 1914 to 07 Jun 1917 S

SX Cable Section Dec 1914 to 23 Mar 1916 S

UU Cable Section 14 May 1915 to 16 Apr 1916 S

VV Cable Section 07 Aug 1915 to 07 Aug 1916 S

WE Cable Section Feb 1915 to 16 Apr 1915 S

WS Cable Section 01 Oct 1914 to 28 Oct 1914 and

01 Aug 1916 to 28 Feb 1917

S

WT Cable Section 05 Aug 1914 to 26 Oct 1914 S

WW Cable Section 16 Jan 1915 to 08 Jul 1916 S

XX Cable Section 21 Jul 1915 to 13 Sep 1916 S

YY Cable Section 14 May 1915 to 02 Sep 1915 S

ZZ Cable Section 01 May 1915 to 15 Sep 1917 S

Wireless Training Centre ( Including

lists of all units raised there )

15 Apr 1915 to 03 Oct 1916 S

5 Wagon Wireless Section 28 Sep 1915 to 30 Oct 1916 S

6 Wagon Wireless Section Oct 1915 to 03 Oct 1916 S

6 Pack Wireless Section 24 Jan 1916 to 19 Apr 1917 S

6 Corps Wireless Section 06 Mar 1916 to Apr 1917 S

7 Pack Wireless Section 24 Jan 1916 to 04 Jul 1916 S

8 Pack Wireless Section 05 Mar 1916 to 21 May 1916 S

9 Wagon Wireless Section 06 Nov 1916 to 14 Sep 1917 S

10 Pack Wireless Section 03 Oct 1916 to 20 Feb 1918 S

11 Pack Wireless Section Jul 1916 to 11 Jun 1917 S

21 Pack W/T Section 27 Dec 1916 to 05 Sep 1917 S

"B" Corps Wireless Section Sep 1916 to 27 May 1917 S

"M" Corps Wireless Section Dec 1916 to 03 Sep 1917 S

XVII Corps Wireless Section Apr 1917 S

Base Wireless Section Salonika army 27 Feb 1916 to 18 May 1916 S

Special Wireless Section Egypt Apr 1916 to 05 Oct 1916 S

Military Wireless In Egypt Nov 1914 to 19 Mar 1916 S

Southern Motor Wireless Section (

EEF )

14 Oct 1914 to 17 Jan 1916 S

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Northern Wagon Wireless Section (

EEF )

Pre - War to 18 Oct 1916 S

2nd London Wireless Signal Section Feb 1915 to 23 Jan 1916 S

Army Wireless Station Devizes Apr 1915 to 03 Apr 1916 S

41 1 Base Park Company 23 Jun 1915 to 31Dec 1915 and

01 Feb 1916 to 30 Sep 1916

1 Works Company 15 Mar 1915 to 31 Dec 1916

1 Lowland Field Company 1908 to 09 Nov 1915 and 20 Nov

1915 to 10 Jan 1917

S

2nd Field Company 05 Nov 1914 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Jan 1917 to 20 Apr 1919

2 Works Company 23 Jul 1916 to 10 Aug 1917 S

3 Works Company 12 Apr 1917 to ? S

42 4 Engineer Field Park Company 01 Jul 1916 to 31 Aug 1916

5th Field Company ( Typescript edition

)

04 Aug 1914 to 03 Jul 1919

43 7th Field Company 05 Aug 1914 to 31 May 1919

9th Field Company 01 Apr 1916 to 10 May 1919

11th Field Company 16 Oct 1914 to 31 May 1917 and

01 Jul 1917 to 31 May 1919

12th Field Company 04 Aug 1914 to 30 Nov 1917 and

07 Mar 1918 to 31 May 1919

44 13 Base Park Company 29 Jan 1916 to 30 Sep 1916 and

01 Nov 1916 to 29 Feb 1920

14 Army Troop Company 06 Mar 1916 to 31 May 1919

45 15 Field Company 10 Sep 1914 to 30 Sep 1918 and

01 Nov 1918 to 20 Apr 1919

M

22 Works company 28 Jul 1918 to 01 Aug 1919

23 Field Company 01 Nov 1914 to 31 Mar 1919 and

01 May 1919 to 30 May 1919

24 Base Park Company 01 Sep 1915 to 31 Jan 1916

25 Army Troop Company ( was 25

Fortress Company )

13 Dec 1914 to 31 Mar 1918

46 26 Field Company 01 Feb 1915 to 30 Jun 1918 and

01 Oct 1918 to 31 May 1919

47 29 Advanced Park Company 13 Aug 1914 to 31 Dec 1916

48 29 GHQ Troop Company 01 Jan 1917 to 31 Jul 1919

49 31 Army Troop Company 12 Dec 1914 to 31 Oct 1918

35 Army Troop Company 02 Jan 1917 to 31 May 1919

50 38 Field Company 05 Aug 1914 to 28 Apr 1919

42 Army Troop Company 29 Jul 1914 to 31 Aug 1918 and

01 Mar 1920 to 31 Mar 1920

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46 Base Park Company 01 Feb 1918 to 30 Jun 1919

47 Base Park Company 14 Apr 1916 to 12 Sep 1916

51 50 Field Searchlight Company 01 Feb 1919 to 28 Feb 1919

54 Field Company 04 Aug 1914 to 02 Mar 1919

55 Field Company 21 Aug 1914 to 30 Apr 1919 and

16 Aug 1919 to 11 Oct 1919 and

18 Dec 1919 to 30 Aug 1920

56 Field Company 01 Oct 1915 to 07 Jun 1919

57 Field Company 04 Aug 1914 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 May 1916 to 01 Jul 1916 and

01 Mar 1919 to 31 Mar 1919 and

01 Jun 1919 to 20 Jun 1919

52 59 Field Company 04 Aug 1914 to 27 Apr 1919

61 Field Company Aug 1914 to 31 Jan 1919

62 Field Company 20 May 1915 to 31 Mar 1919 and

01 May 1919 to 16 Jun 1919

63 Field Company Aug 1914 to 31 Aug 1919

53 64 Field Company 24 Aug 1914 to 30 Sep 1919

67 Field Company Sep 1914 to 18 Dec 1915 and 02

Feb 1916 to Apr 1916 and 01

Nov 1916 to 31 Jul 1918

68 Field Company Aug 1914 to 09 Jul 1919

69 Field Company 31 May 1915 to 31 May 1919

70 Field Company 05 Sep 1914 to 10 May 1919

54 71 Field Company 10 Sep 1914 to 05 Nov 1916 and

Jun 1915 to 20 Mar 1919

S

73 Field Company sep 1914 to 26 Jun 1919

74 Field Company Sep 1914 to 31 Dec 1918

55 75 Field Company Sep 1914 to 23 Sep 1919

76 Field Company 16 Sep 1914 to 24 Sep 1919

77 Field Company 28 Sep 1914 to 23 May 1919

78 Field Company 26 Sep 1914 to 31 Oct 1918 and

12 Dec 1918 to 23 Apr 1919

79 Field Company 27 Sep 1914 to 31 Dec 1918 and

01 Mar 1919 to 01 Jun 1919

80 Field Company Sep 1914 to 31 Jan 1918

56 81 Field Company 29 Aug 1914 to 21 May 1919

82 Field Company 15 Jul 1915 to 29 May 1919 S missing

83 Field Company Oct 1914 to 31 May 1919

84 Field Company Sep 1914 to 30 Apr 1919 and 01

Jun 1919 to 20 Jun 1919

85 Field Company 06 Oct 1914 to 13 Oct 1916 S

86 Field Company 14 Oct 1914 to 02 Jul 1919

57 87 Field Company 10 Oct 1914 to 31 May 1919

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88 Field Company 04 Oct 1914 to 11 Feb 1919

89 Field Company Oct 1914 to 31 Aug 1918 and 01

Oct 1918 to 17 Jun 1919

90 Field Company 27 Sep 1914 to 30 Sep 1919

91 Field Company Oct 1914 to 31 Dec 1916 to 01

Jan 1917 to 30 Jun 1919

58 92 Field Company Oct 1914 to 03 aug 1919

93 Field Company 01 Aug 1916 to 31 Oct 1918 and

01 Dec 1918 to 31 Aug 1919

94 Field Company 17 Oct 1914 to 01 Jun 1919

95 Field Company Oct 1914 to 25 Mar 1919

59 96 Field Company 02 Aug 1915 to 29 May 1919

97 Field Company 10 Nov 1914 to 30 Jan 1915 and

01 Mar 1919 to 31 Mar 1919

98 Field Company 01 Dec 1915 to 07 Jun 1919

99 Field Company 19 Oct 1914 to 30 Nov 1915 S

100 Field Company 13 Nov 1914 to 18 Oct 1916 S

101 Field Company 17 Nov 1914 to 01 Feb 1915 and

25 Aug 1915 to 30 Sep 1919

S

102 Field Company 16 Nov 1914 to 01 Feb 1915 and

25 Aug 1915 to 31 Jul 1918

S

103 Field Company 21 Aug 1915 to 31 Dec 1917

60 104 Field Company 17 Nov 1914 to 30 Jun 1918

105 Field Company 26 Sep 1915 to 19 Jun 1919

106 Field Company Nov 1914 to 29 Mar 1919

107 Field Company 27 Nov 1914 to 18 Jun 1916 S

108 Field Company 01 Dec 1914 to 16 Sep 1917 S

61 121 Field Company sep 1914 to 31 Jan 1917 and 01

Mar 1917 to 13 Jun 1919

122 Field Company 04 Oct 1915 to 30 Jun 1916 and

01 Aug 1916 to 31 Aug 1916 and

01 Oct 1916 to 30 Dec 1916 and

01 Mar 1919 to 12 Jun 1919

123 Field Company 23 Nov 1914 to 31 May 1919

124 Field Company Nov 1914 to 07 Jun 1919

125 Fortress Company 01 Mar 1915 to 19 Sep 1916 S

126 Field Company 11 Sep 1915 to 22 Apr 1919

62 127 Field Company 30 Jan 1915 to 07 Apr 1916 S

128 Field Company Jan 1915 to 31 Jan 1919

129 Field Company 30 Jan 1915 to 31 Aug 1918

130 Field Company 30 Jan 1915 to 07 Oct 1917 and

01 Nov 1917 to 18 Jun 1919

131 Field Company 30 Jan 1915 to May 1917 S

63 132 Army Troop Company 20 Feb 1915 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 May 1916 to 31 Oct 1919

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133 Army Troop Company 25 Feb 1915 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 May 1916 to 30 Jun 1918

134 Army Troop Company 23 Feb 1915 to 21 Apr 1916 S

135 Army Troop Company 27 Feb 1915 to 30 Apr 1919

136 Army Troop Company 19 Feb 1915 to 05 Sep 1916 S

137 Army Troop Company 22 Feb 1915 to 12 Nov 1915 S

138 Army Troop Company 10 Mar 1915 to 11 Jun 1916 S

139 Army Troop Company 17 Feb 1915 to 02 Apr 1917 S

140 Army Troop Company 03 Mar 1915 to 30 Apr 1917 S

141 Army Troop Company 11 Mar 1915 to 31 Mar 1917 and

01 Jun 1919 to 15 Nov 1919

142 Army Troop Company Mar 1915 to 31 Mar 1918 and 01

May 1918 to 29 Oct 1918

64 143 Army Troop Company 05 Apr 1915 to 09 Oct 1916 S

144 Army Troop Company 13 Apr 1915 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Jun 1917 to 23 Jun 1919

145 Army Troop Company 14 Apr 1915 to 31 Oct 1915 and

01 Jan 1916 to 08 Mar 1920

146 Army Troop Company 23 Apr 1915 to 05 Oct 1915 S

147 Army Troop Company 23 Apr 1915 to 31 Jul 1919

148 Army Troop Company 11 May 1915 to 25 Apr 1919

149 Army Troop Company 05 Oct 1915 to 14 Jul 1917 and

04 Dec 1917 to 16 Jun 1919

65 150 Field Company 05 Oct 1915 to 31 May 1919

151 Field Company 27 Jan 1915 to 07 Jun 1919

152 Field Company 21 Apr 1915 to 14 May 1919

153 Field Company 21 Apr 1915 to 21 Apr 1919

66 154 Field Company 21 Apr 1915 to 28 Aug 1918

155 Field Company 04 Aug 1915 to 25 Jun 1919 I and O

156 Field Company 29 Jul 1915 to 25 Jun 1919

157 Field Company 11 Aug 1915 to 30 Jun 1918 and

01 Aug 1918 to 31 Oct 1919

158 Field Company 28 Aug 1917 to 29 Aug 1918

67 167 Army Troop Company 15 Aug 1915 to 31 Jul 1918

168 Coast Works Company 07 Jul 1916 to 16 Sep 1916 S

169 Coast Works Company 01 Sep 1916 to 21 Sep 1916 S

170 Tunnelling Company 12 Feb 1915 to 31 May 1916

171 Tunnelling Company 28 Feb 1915 to 31 Oct 1916

172 Tunnelling Company 17 Mar 1915 to 29 Dec 1918

68 173 Tunnelling Company 22 Mar 1915 to 30 Oct 1916

174 Tunnelling Company Feb 1915 to 30 Apr 1916 and 01

Jun 1916 to 20 May 1919

175 Tunnelling Company 23 Apr 1915 to 19 Jan 1919 S

176 Tunnelling Company 20 Mar 1915 to 29 Jun 1919 and

02 Jan 1916 to 30 Jun 1916

S

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177 Tunnelling Company 08 May 1915 to 15 Feb 1919 and

08 May 1915 to 31 Dec 1917

S

178 Tunnelling Company 03 Aug 1915 to Aug 1917 and 01

Jan 1918 to 30 Jan 1918 and 21

Mar 1918 to 31 Dec 1918 and 01

Feb 1919 to 28 Apr 1919

69 179 Tunnelling Company 02 Aug 1915 to 31 May 1919

180 Tunnelling Company 22 Aug 1915 to 28 Dec 1917 and

01 Jan 1918 to 26 May 1919

181 Tunnelling Company 24 Aug 1915 to 31 Jul 1917

182 Tunnelling Company Aug 1915 to 31 Dec 1915 and 01

Jan 1916 to 30 Jun 1916 and 01

Jan 1917 to 26 May 1919

70 183 Tunnelling Company 09 Oct 1915 to 31 Dec 1918 and

01 Jan 1919 to 31 Jan 1919 and

01 Apr 1919 to 30 Apr 1919

184 Tunnelling Company 05 Oct 1915 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Jan 1917 to 24 Jun 1919

185 Tunnelling Company 05 Oct 1915 to Sep 1918 S

196 Land Drainage Company 25 Sep 1915 to 19 Nov 1915 S

197 ? Company 01 Mar 1916 to 31 May 1916

198 Quarrying Company 23 Aug 1916 to 02 May 1918 S

199 Quarrying Company 22 Aug 1916 to 01 Jul 1918 S

71 200 Field Company 03 Nov 1915 to 21 May 1919

201 Field Company 02 Feb 1915 to 16 May 1919

202 Field Company 27 Feb 1915 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 Jun 1917 to 20 Jul 1919

203 Field Company 27 Feb 1915 to 03 May 1919

72 204 Field Company 16 Mar 1915 to 29 Jan 1916 and

01 Feb 1916 to 27 Apr 1919

S

205 Field Company 29 Mar 1915 to 06 Apr 1916 S

206 Field Company 01 Mar 1915 to 13 Sep 1916 and

22 Nov 1915 to 30 Jun 1919 and

01 Dec 1919 to 31 Dec 1919 and

31 Jan 1920

S

73 207 Field Company Mar 1915 to Oct 1917 and 04 Jan

1916 to 30 Apr 1916 and 01 Jun

1916 to 30 Aug 1919

S

208 Field Company Mar 1915 to Oct 1917 and 09 Jan

1916 to 30 Apr 1916 and 01 Jun

1916 to 31 Jul 1919

S

74 209 Field Company 11 Jan 1916 to 30 Apr 1916 and

01 Jun 1916 to 31 Aug 1919

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210 Field Company 18 Feb 1915 to 24 May 1919

211 Field Company 19 Feb 1915 to May 1917 and 28

Feb 1916 to 21 May 1919

S

212 Field Company 11 Feb 1915 to 29 Aug 1917 and

16 Nov 1915 to 31 Mar 1917 and

01 May 1917 to 31 Oct 1918

S

213 Army Troop Company Apr 1915 to 02 Oct 1916 and 31

Oct 1917 to 31 Dec 1917 and 01

Feb 1918 to 16 Dec 1919

S

214 Army Troop Company 23 Mar 1915 to 20 Jan 1916 and

22 Jan 1916 to 31 Oct 1918

S

215 Army Troop Company 28 Mar 1915 to 27 Sep 1916 and

01 Oct 1917 to 31Dec 1916

S

75 216 Army Troop Company 30 Mar 1915 to 27 Jan 1916 and

01 Jul 1917 to 30 Nov 1918 and

01 Jan 1919 to 30 Jun 1919

S

217 Army Troop Company Apr 1915 to 19 Feb 1919

218 Field Company 23 Nov 1915 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 May 1916 to 23 Mar 1917 and

01 Aug 1917 to 13 Feb 1920

219 Field Company May 1915 to 22 Nov 1915 and 01

Jan 1916 to 31 May 1916 and 01

Mar 1919 to 30 Apr 1919

S

220 Army Troop Company 05 May 1915 to 30 Apr 1919 and

01 Jun 1919 to 02 Mar 1920

76 221 Army Troop Company 08 May 1915 to 31 Dec 1918

222 Field Company 01 May 1915 to 31 Jul 1918 + Daily and

weekly R

77 223 Field Company 26 Jun 1915 to 20 May 1919 + M, O and

correspondence

224 Field Company 15 May 1915 to 03 Jun 1919 R

225 Field Company 17 May 1915 to 31 Aug 1917 and

01 Mar 1918 to 12 Jul 1919

226 Field Company 21 May 1915 to 31 Aug 1919 + M and Returns

78 227 Field Company 01 Jun 1915 to 17 Jul 1919

228 Field Company Jun 1915 to 31 Oct 1919

229 Field Company 28 May 1915 to 31 Jan 1919

230 Army Troop Company 13 Jun 1915 to 28 Sep 1916 S

231 Field Company Jun 1915 to 06 Dec 1917 and 01

Jun 1919 to 30 Jun 1919 and 01

Nov 1919 to 31 Jan 1920

S

232 Army Troop Company 30 Jul 1915 to 08 Mar 1916 S

233 Field Company 04 May 1916 to 31 Oct 1919

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79 234 Field Company 01 Aug 1915 to 31 Oct 1918 and

06 Jan 1919 to 20 Feb 1919

235 Army Troop Company 02 Oct 1915 to 08 Mar 1916 and

01 Jul 1916 to 31 Dec 1917 and

01 Jan 1918 to 25 Jun 1919

S

236 Army Troop Company 16 Dec 1915 to 09 Mar 1916 S

237 Field Company 27 Oct 1915 to 31 Oct 1919

80 238 Army Troop Company 11 Nov 1915 to 31 Mar 1919 and

01 May 1919 to 12 Jun 1919

239 Army Troop Company 16 Feb 1916 to 27 Apr 1916 and

01 Dec 1916 to 31 May 1919

S

247 Field Company 18 Sep 1914 to 22 Jun 1919

248 Field Company 24 Sep 1914 to 16 Jul 1916 and

01 Sep 1916 to 22 Jun 1919

81 249 Field Company 14 Ddec 1914 to 22 Jun 1919

250 Tunnelling Company 15 Oct 1915 to 31 Dec 1918

251 Tunnelling Company 27 Sep 1915 to 31 Jan 1919

82 252 Tunnelling Company 21 Oct 1915 to 31 Dec 1917 and

04 Mar 1919 to 28 Apr 1919

253 Tunnelling Company 15 Oct 1915 to 30 Jan 1918 and

20 Mar 1918 to 17 Jun 1919

254 Tunnelling Company 18 Aug 1915 to 26 May 1919

255 Tunnelling Company 04 Jan 1916 to Aug 1917 S

256 Tunnelling Company 16 Apr 1916 to 30 May 1919

257 Tunnelling Company 01 Apr 1916 to 31 Oct 1916 and

01 Jan 1918 to 30 Mar 1919

258 Tunnelling Company 16 Apr 1916 to 29 Apr 1919 Returns

New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling

Company

02 Sep 1916 to 29 Dec 1916 Field returns

only

83 280 Army Troop Company 27 Dec 1915 to 20 May 1919

281 Army Troop Company 03 Jan 1916 to 11 Nov 1919

282 Army Troop Company 04 Jan 1916 to 20 Jun 1919

283 Army Troop Company 01 Jan 1916 to 31 Aug 1917 and

01 Oct 1917 to 31 Mar 1919

284 Army Troop Company 11 Jan 1916 to 31 Jan 1919 and

01 Jun 1919 to 24 Jun 1919

84 285 Army Troop Company 11 Jan 1916 to 10 Aug 1916 S

286 Army Troop Company 27 Jan 1916 to 19 Sep 1916 S

287 Army Troop Company 28 Jan 1916 to 12 Apr 1917 S

288 Army Troop Company 16 Sep 1916 to 18 Sep 1916 and

01 Oct 1917 to 19 Oct 1917 and

01 Apr 1919 to 28 Aug 1919

S

289 Army Troop Company 05 Dec 1916 to 01 Oct 1919

290 Army Troop Company 05 Dec 1916 to 31 Jul 1918

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300 Electrical and Mechanical

Company

01 Oct 1916 to 05 Nov 1916 S

301 Road Construction Company Dec 1916 to 17 Jun 1918 S

302 Road Construction Company 25 Dec 1916 to 27 Jun 1918 S

303 Road Construction Company 31 Dec 1916 to 30 May 1918 S

304 Road Construction Company 07 Jan 1917 to 27 Jun 1918 S

305 Road Construction Company 12 Jan 1917 to 31 Jul 1918 S

306 Road Construction Company 15 Jan 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

307 Road Construction Company 10 Feb 1917 to 27 Jun 1918 S

308 Road Construction Company 17 Jan 1916 to 03 Jan 1918 S

309 Road Construction Company 25 Jan 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

310 Road Construction Company 31 Jan 1917 to 20 Jun 1918 S

311 Road Construction Company 21 Mar 1918 to 30 Jun 1918 S

312 Road Construction Company 04 Feb 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

313 Road Construction Company 23 Jan 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

314 Road Construction Company 17 Feb 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

315 Road Construction Company 01 Mar 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

316 Road Construction Company 21 Mar 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

317 Road Construction Company 10 Apr 1917 to 20 Jan 1918 S

318 Road Construction Company Apr 1918 to 30 Jun 1918 S

319 Road Construction Company 23 May 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

320 Quarrying Company 05 Jan 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

321 Quarrying Company 22 Jan 1917 to 14 May 1918 S

322 Quarrying Company 16 Feb 1917 to 30 Mar 1917 S

323 Quarrying Company 20 Feb 1917 to 16 May 1917 S

324 Quarrying Company 01 Mar 1917 to 17 Feb 1918 S

325 Quarrying Company 09 Mar 1917 to 16 Apr 1918 S

326 Quarrying Company 10 Apr 1917 to 23 May 1917 S

327 Quarrying Company May 1917 to 02 Jun 1917 S

328 Quarrying Company 01 Apr 1917 to 26 May 1918 S

329 Quarrying Company 20 May 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

330 Road Construction Company Jan 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

331 Road Construction Company 21 May 1917 to 26 Jan 1918 S

332 Road Construction Company 29 May 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

333 Road Construction Company 09 Feb 1917 to 21 May 1918 S

334 Road Construction Company 11 Feb 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

335 Road Construction Company 27 Feb 1917 to 01 Jun 1918 S

336 Road Construction Company 01 Mar 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

337 Road Construction Company 10 Mar 1917 to 10 Jul 1918 S

338 Road Construction Company 24 Mar 1917 to 18 Oct 1917 S

339 Road Construction Company 31 Mar 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

340 Road Construction Company 04 Apr 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

341 Road Construction Company 10 Apr 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

342 Road Construction Company 18 Apr 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

343 Road Construction Company 21 Apr 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

344 Road Construction Company 30 Apr 1917 to 04 Apr 1918 S

345 Road Construction Company 11 May 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

346 Road Construction Company 28 Aug 1917 to 01 Feb 1918 S

347 Road Construction Company 15 Sep 1917 to 21 May 1918 S

348 Quarrying Company 12 Oct 1917 to 30 Jun 1918 S

85 351 Electrical and Mechanical

Company

09 Feb 1917 to ? S

352 Electrical and Mechanical

Company

10 Jan 1917 to Jun 1917 S

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353 Electrical and Mechanical

Company

07 Jan 1917 to 28 Nov 1917 S

354 Electrical and Mechanical

Company

27 Jan 1917 to 31 Dec 1918

355 Electrical and Mechanical

Company

Jan 1917 to 25 Sep 1917 S

356 Electrical and Mechanical

Company

23 Jan 1917 to 04 Aug 1917 S

357 Water Company 13 Mar 1918 to 28 Sep 1918

359 Water Company 01 Oct 1917 to 30 Sep 1918

360 Water Company 27 Mar 1917 to 31 Mar 1920

366 Forestry company ( Late 6

Forestry Company )

01 Jun 1917 to 27 Mar 1920

370 Forestry company ( Late 10

Forestry Company )

07 Jun 1917 to 26 Mar 1919

371 Forestry company ( Late 11

Forestry Company )

08 Aug 1917 to 17 Mar 1919

384 Field Company 12 May 1919 to 30 Jun 1919

385 Field Company 10 Apr 1919 to 31 Aug 1919

86 389 Advance Park Company 13 Nov 1917 to Aug 1918

400 ( Highland ) Field Company ( Late

1/1 Highland Field Company )

Pre - War to 10 Apr 1919

401 ( Highland ) Field Company ( Late

1/2 Highland Field Company )

Pre - War to 21 Apr 1919

402 ( Highland ) Field Company 02 Oct 1915 to 20 Aug 1917 S

404 ( Highland ) Field Company ( Late

2/2 Highland Field Company )

Sep 1914 to 20 Apr 1919

405 ( Highland ) Field Company ( Late

3/2 Highland Field Company )

Jan 1915 to 17 Jan 1917 S

87 406 ( Renfrew ) Field Company ( Late

1/1 Renfrew Field Company )

05 Jun1915 to 31 Oct 1918

408 ( Highland ) Field Company

Formed From:

2/1st ( Renfrew ) Field Company 25 Mar 1915 to 1917 S

2/3rd ( Highland ) Field Company 26 Feb 1916 to ? S

4/2nd ( Highland ) Field Company May 1915 to 20 Aug 1917 S

3/1st ( Highland ) Field Company Apr 1915 to Sep 1917 S

88 409 Field Company 13 Dec 1914 to 30 Sep 1919

89 410 ( Lowland ) Field Company ( Late

1/2 Lowland Field Company )

Pre - War to 31 May 1919

411 ( Lowland ) Field Company 15 Jul 1918 to 20 May 1919

412 ( Lowland ) Field Company ( Late

2/1 Lowland Field Company )

14 Sep 1914 to 31 Aug 1918

413 ( Lowland ) Field Company ( Late

2/2 Lowland Field Company )

Aug 1914 to 31 Mar 1916 and 01

Oct 1916 to 30 Nov 1917 and 01

Apr 1918 to 31 Mar 1919

415 ( Lowland ) Field Company ( Late

3/2 Lowland Field Company )

30 Mar 1915 to 07 Dec 1917 S

90 416 ( City of Edinburgh ) Field

Company ( Late 1/1 City of Edinburgh

Field Company )

17 Apr 1915 to 20 May 1919

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418 ( Lowland ) Field Company from:

2/1 City of Edinburgh Field Company 11 Nov 1914 to 02 Aug 1917 S

2/3 Lowland Field Company 24 Sep 1915 to Sep 1916 S

4/2 Lowland Field Company 30 Oct 1915 to 26 May 1917 S

419 ( West Lancashire ) Field

Company ( Late 1/1 West Lancashire

Field Company )

Pre - War to 10 Sep 1916 and 01

Jun 1917 to 31 Aug 1918

D

420 ( West Lancashire ) Field

Company ( Late 1/2 West Lancashire

Field Company )

Pre - War to 10 Sep 1917 S

91 421 ( West Lancashire ) Field

Company

Jun 1915 to 19 Jun 1919 Field returns

422 ( West Lancashire ) Field

Company ( Late 2/1 West Lancashire

Field Company )

31 Aug 1914 to 14 Jan 1916 and

14 Jan 1916 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 Aug 1916 to 29 Jun 1919

S

423 ( West Lancashire ) Field

Company ( Late 2/2 West Lancashire

Field Company )

13 Nov 1914 to 28 Feb 1917 and

01 Apr 1917 to 24 Jun 1919

426 ( West Lancashire ) Field

Company

01 Jan 1917 to 13 Dec 1917 S

92 427 ( East Lancashire ) Field

Company ( Late 1/1 East Lancashire

Field Company )

09 Oct 1914 to 31 Dec 1918

428 ( East Lancashire ) Field

Company ( Late 1/2 East Lancashire

Field Company )

Pre - War to 31 Mar 1919

429 ( East Lancashire ) Field

Company ( Late 1/3 East Lancashire

Field Company )

02 Dec 1915 to 29 Mar 1919

93 430 Field Company Sep 1914 to 24 Apr 1919 Field returns

Works R and O

94 431 ( East Lancashire ) Field

Company ( Late 2/2 East Lancashire

Field Company )

09 Sep 1914 to 31 Dec 1918 and

01 May 1919 to 13 Jun 1919

R

432 Field Company 08 Jan 1916 to 13 Jun 1919 R and Works R

95 436 ( Welsh ) Field Company ( Late

1/1 Welsh Field Company )

Pre - War to 31 Oct 1915 and 01

Dec 1915 to 31 May 1916 and 01

Aug 1916 to 31 May 1919

437 ( Welsh ) Field Company ( Late

2/1 Welsh Field Company )

28 Sep 1914 to 30 Nov 1918

438 ( Cheshire ) Field Company ( Late

1/1 Cheshire Field Company )

Pre - War to 31 May 1916 and 01

Jul 1916 to 31 Aug 1918

439 ( Cheshire ) Field Company ( Late

2/1 Cheshire Field Company )

Sep 1914 to 27 Jun 1919

440 ( Cheshire ) Field Company ( Late

3/1 Cheshire Field Company )

Dec 1914 to 04 Aug 1917 S

441 ( Glamorgan ) Field Company 29 Nov 1915 to 29 Dec 1917 S

442 ( Glamorgan ) Field Company 29 Nov 1915 to ? S

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445 ( Welsh ) Reserves Field

Company T.A

01 Jan 1917 to ? S

96 446 ( Northumbrian ) Field Company (

1/1 Northumbrian Field Company )

18 Jan 1915 to 30 Nov 1917

447 ( Northumbrian ) Field Company (

1/2 Northumbrian Field Company )

Pre - War to 31 Dec 1917 and 01

Feb 1918 to 28 Feb 1918 and 01

May 1918 to 31 May 1919

448 ( Northumbrian ) Field Company (

1/3 Northumbrian Field Company )

27 Sep 1915 to 31 Dec 1915 and

01 May 1916 to 27 Jul 1916 and

17 Sep 1916 to 30 Apr 1917 and

Oct 1917 to Mar 1918

449 ( Northumbrian ) Field Company (

2/1 Northumbrian Field Company )

09 Sep 1914 to 30 Jun 1916 and

01 Dec 1916 to 30 Sep 1918 and

01 Nov 1918 to 31 Dec 1919

450 ( Northumbrian ) Field Company (

2/2 Northumbrian Field Company )

17 Sep 1916 to 27 Mar 1919

97 451 ( Northumbrian ) Field Company 17 Jan 1915 to 28 Feb 1919

454 ( Northumbrian ) Reserve Field

Company

01 Jan 1917 to 04 Dec 1917 S

455 ( West Riding ) Field Company Pre - War to 21 May 1915 and 01

Jul 1915 to 31 Jan 1917 and 01

Mar 1917 to 31 Jul 1917 and 01

Oct 1917 to 28 Oct 1919

456 ( West Riding ) Field Company Pre - War to 31 May 1919

457 ( West Riding ) Field Company 10 Jan 1917 to 31 Jul 1919

98 458 ( West Riding ) Field Company (

2/1 West Riding Field Company )

12 Feb 1915 to 21 Jun 1915 and

17 Jun 1915 to 21 Jan 1916 and

01 Apr 1916 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Feb 1917 to 28 Feb 1917 and

01 Apr 1917 to 30 Sep 1918 and

01 Mar 1919 to 31 Mar 1919

S

459 ( West Riding ) Field Company (

2/2 West Riding Field Company )

28 Feb 1915 to 02 Aug 1916 and

08 Oct 1915 to 01 Sep 1919

S

460 ( West Riding ) Field Company (

2/3 West Riding Field Company )

Aug 1915 to Nov 1917 and 01

Feb 1917 to 31 Jul 1919

S

461 ( West Riding ) Field Company (

3/1 West Riding Field Company )

08 Jan 1917 to 31 Jan 1919 and

01 Mar 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

464 ( West Riding ) Field Company 16 Nov 1914 to 31 Dec 1915 and

01 Jan 1917 to 26 Feb 1917

S

99 465 ( North Midland ) Field Company (

1/1 North Midland Field Company )

Pre - War to 30 Nov 1914 and 01

Jan 1915 to 31 Aug 1918

466 ( North Midland ) Field Company (

1/2 North Midland Field Company )

Pre - War to 31 May 1918 and 01

Jan 1919 to 19 Jun 1919

467 ( North Midland ) Field Company (

1/3 North Midland Field Company )

Oct 1918 to 31 Dec 1917 and 11

Mar 1916 to 01 Jun 1916 and 02

Feb 1917 to 16 Jul 1919

S

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100 468 ( North Midland ) Field Company (

2/1 North Midland Field Company )

16 Dec 1914 to Jul 1917 and 01

May 1915 to 31 Mar 1919 and 01

May 1919 to 16 Jul 1919

S

469 ( North Midland ) Field Company (

2/2 North Midland Field Company )

Dec 1914 to Dec 1917 and 10

Aug 1915 to 31 Mar 1916 and 17

Feb 1917 to 27 Jun 1919

S

470 ( North Midland ) Field Company (

3/1 North Midland and 1 North Midland

Field Company )

20 Jan 1915 to 15 Aug 1915 and

02 Nov 1915 to 30 Mar 1916 and

01 Mar 1917 to 16 Jul 1919

473 ( North Midland ) Reserve Field

Company ( 3rd Line North Midland

Division )

Jul 1915 to Jan 1917 S and NR

474 ( South Midland ) Field Company (

1/1 South Midland Field Company )

Pre - War to 28 Feb 1915 and 01

May 1915 to 23 Mar 1919

101 475 ( South Midland ) Field Company (

1/2 South Midland Field Company )

Apr 1908 to 27 Aug 1916 and 01

Jan 1917 to 23 Mar 1919

S

476 ( South Midland ) Field Company (

1/3 South Midland Field Company )

09 Aug 1915 to 22 May 1916 and

24 May 1916 to 30 Jun 1917 and

01 Aug 1917 to 30 Apr 1918

S

102 476 ( South Midland ) Field Company 01 May 1918 to 21 Aug 1919

477 ( South Midland ) Field Company (

2/1 South Midland Field Company )

27 Nov 1914 to 10 Jun 1915 and

05 Jun 1915 to 23 Mar 1919

S

103 478 ( South Midland ) Field Company (

2/2 South Midland Field Company )

27 Nov 1914 to 23 May 1916 and

23 May 1916 to 30 Jun 1916 and

01 Aug 1916 to 31 Jul 1919

S

104 479 ( South Midland ) Field Company (

3/1 South Midland Field Company )

Feb 1915 to 22 May 1916 and 22

May 1916 to 30 Jun 1916 and 01

Oct 1916 to 31 Oct 1917

S

105 479 ( South Midland ) Field Company 01 Nov 1917 to 31 Jan 1918 and

01 Apr 1918 to 30 Jun 1918 and

01 Aug 1918 to 31 Jul 1919

106 482 ( South Midland ) Reserve Field

Company

01 Jan 1917 to ? S

483 ( East Anglian ) Field Company (

1/1 East Anglian Field Company )

Pre - War to 24 Dec 1914 and 23

Dec 1914 to 31 May 1915 and 01

Jan 1919 to 31 Aug 1919

S

484 ( East Anglian ) Field Company (

1/2 East Anglian Field Company )

Pre - War to 31 Mar 1916 and 18

Sep 1916 to 31 May 1919

485 ( East Anglian ) Field Company (

1/3 East Anglian Field Company ) (

Territorial )

Jul 1915 to ? S and HO

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486 ( East Anglian ) Field Company (

2/1 East Anglian Field Company )

16 Aug 1915 to 17 Jun 1919 S

487 ( East Anglian ) Field Company (

2/2 East Anglian Field Company )

Sep 1914 to 13 Apr 1917 S and HO

489 ( East Anglian ) Reserve Field

Company

15 Jan 1915 to 06 Aug 1917 S

490 ( Home Counties ) Field Company

( 1/1 Home Counties Field Company )

Pre - War to 22 Dec 1914 and 01

Mar 1916 to 30 Sep 1917 and 01

May 1918 to 07 May 1919

S

107 491 ( Home Counties ) Field Company Pre - War to 31 Mar 1919

492 ( Home Counties ) Field Company 21 Aug 1915 to 07 Oct 1917 and

27 Sep 1918 to 31 Mar 1919 and

01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

S

494 ( Home Counties ) Field Company

( 2/2 Home Counties Field Company )

Jan 1915 to 01 Oct 1916 S and HO

495 ( Kent ) Field Company ( 1/1 Kent

Field Company )

11 Jun 1915 to 01 Jul 1916 and

01 Apr 1918 to 28 Feb 1919

S

496 ( Kent ) Field Company ( 1/2 Kent

Field Company )

1908 to 15 Mar 1916 and 01 Apr

1918 to 30 Mar 1919

S

497 ( Kent ) Field Company ( 1/3 Kent

Field Company )

11 Jun 1915 to 29 Oct 1916 and

01 Dec 1917 to 20 Oct 1919

S

499 ( Home Counties ) Reserve Field

Company

01 Jan 1917 to ? S

500 ( Wessex ) Field Company ( 1/1

Wessex Field Company ) ( Territorial

Force )

Pre - War to 19 Oct 1916 S

501 ( Wessex ) Field Company ( 2/2

Wessex Field Company )

Apr 1908 to 27 Jan 1917 S

108 502 ( Wessex ) Field Company 22 Sep 1915 to 26 Oct 1917 and

01 Feb 1917 to 28 Feb 1918 and

01 Jun 1918 to 10 Jun 1919

S

503 ( Wessex ) Field Company 19 Feb 1916 to 01 Dec 1917 and

07 Aug 1917 to 23 Jun 1919

S

504 Field Company 19 Feb 1916 to 01 Dec 1917 and

02 Feb 1917 to 20 Jun 1919

S

505 ( Wessex ) Field Company ( 2/3

Wessex Field Company )

12 Aug 1915 to 12 Feb 1917 and

13 Feb 1917 to 31 Jan 1919

S

506 ( Hampshire ) Field Company (

1/7 Hampshire Field Company )

23 Apr 1915 to Apr 1917 S

508 ( Wessex ) Reserve Field

Company

01 Jan 1917 to 07 Aug 1917 S

509 Field Company 09 Dec 1914 to 31 Oct 1915 and

01 Mar 1916 to 30 Aug 1919

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109 510 ( London ) Field Company ( 1/2

London Field Company )

Pre - War to 05 Dec 1917 and 31

Aug 1914 to 22 Mar 1915 and 01

Dec 1917 to 29 Jun 1919

S

511 ( London ) Field Company 26 Jan 1917 to 31 May 1919

512 ( London ) Field Company ( 2/1

London Field Company )

26 Sep 1914 to 26 May 1919

513 ( London ) Field Company ( 2/2

London Field Company )

Nov 1914 to 31 Dec 1915 and 01

Feb 1916 to 30 Jun 1918

516 ( London ) Reserve Field

Company

02 Mar 1915 to 15 Dec 1917 S and HO

517 ( London ) Field Company ( 1/3

London Field Company )

01 Oct 1908 to 20 Sep 1916 and

01 Feb 1915 to 30 Nov 1916 and

01 Mar 1919 to 12 May 1919

S

110 518 ( London ) Field Company ( 1/4

London Field Company )

Pre - War to 31 Oct 1915 and 13

Mar 1915 to 31 Dec 1916 and 01

Feb 1917 to 31 Mar 1917

S

519 ( London ) Field Company ( 1/6

London Field Company )

17 Jul 1915 to 23 Jun 1916 and

01 Jul 1917 to 31 Oct 1917 and

01 Feb 1918 to 21 Jun 1919

S

520 ( London ) Field Company ( 2/3

London Field Company )

26 Sep 1914 to 08 Sep 1916 and

22 Jun 1915 to 30 Apr 1918

S

111 521 ( London ) Field Company ( 2/4

London Field Company )

Sep 1914 to 30 Jun 1916 and 22

Jun 1916 to 09 Nov 1916

S

522 ( London ) Field Company ( 3/3

London Field Company )

Feb 1915 to 22 Jun 1916 and 01

Jul 1918 to 31 Dec 1919

S

525 ( London ) Reserve Field

Company

14 Jul 1915 to 15 Sep 1915 S

526 Durham Field Company 09 Apr 1915 to 11 Jun 1919

112 527 Durham Field Company May 1915 to 17 Apr 1919

113 528 ( Durham ) Field Company ( 1/3

Durham Field Company )

Pre - War to 29 Jan 1916 S

529 ( East Riding ) Field Company (

1/1 East Riding Field Company )

16 Apr 1915 to 17 Sep 1915 and

21 Aug 1918 to 10 Nov 1918

S and R

530 ( Durham ) Reserve Field

Company

01 Jan 1917 to 02 Dec 1917 S

546 ( Kent ) Field Company ( 1/6 Kent

Fortress )

dec 1914 to Nov 1916 and 14

May 1918 to 04 Jun 1919

S

547 Kent Field Company 22 Jun 1918 to 04 Jun 1919

548 Dundee Field Company 29 Jun 1918 to 21 Aug 1919

549 ( Lancashire ) Field Company (

2/3 Lancashire Field Company )

15 Dec 1916 to 09 Nov 1917 and

23 Jun 1918 to 30 Apr 1919

S

550 ( Glamorgan ) Field Company (

2/1 and 72 Glamorgan Field Company

)

12 Nov 1916 to 31 Oct 1917 and

23 Jun 1918 to 20 May 1919

S

551 ( Glamorgan ) Field Company Nov 1917 to ? S

552 Army Troop Company ( 1st Line

City of Aberdeen )

Pre - War to 14 Sep 1916 and 14

Feb 1917 to 31 Jan 1920

S

553 Aberdeen Works Company 1915 to ? S

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554 Army Troop Company ( 1/1 City of

Dundee )

23 Jun 1915 to 30 Sep 1918 and

01 Nov 1918 to 18 Jun 1919

114 555 Army Troop Company ( 1/3

Lancashire )

Pre - War to 07 Feb 1916 and 10

Sep 1915 to 20 Sep 1916 and 01

Aug 1918 to 31 Jan 1919

S

556 Army Troop Company ( 1/1

Glamorgan )

28 Dec 1914 to 29 Feb 1916

557 Army Troop Company ( 1/2

Glamorgan )

Pre - War to 23 Aug 1916 and 01

Nov 1918 to 30 Nov 1918

S

558 Glamorgan Works Company 07 Oct 1916 to 25 Oct 1916 S

559 Army Troop Company ( 1/1

Hampshire )

Pre - War to 09 Sep 1916 S

560 Army Troop Company ( 1/2

Hampshire )

Pre - War to 17 Mar 1915 S

561 Army Troop Company ( 2/1

Hampshire )

? To 03 Dec 1917 S

562 Hampshire Works Company ( 2/2

Hampshire )

Oct 1914 to 17 Dec 1917 S

563 Hampshire Works Company 1910 to 1915 S

565 Wiltshire Army Troop Company (

1/1 Wiltshire )

01 Apr 1908 to 08 Sep 1917 and

10 Mar 1915 to Aug 1917 and 02

Dec 1917 to 30 Sep 1918

S and D

115 566 Wiltshire Works Company ( 2/1

Wiltshire )

Jan 1916 to Jan 1917 S

567 Devon Army Troop Company ( 1/1

Devon )

31 Oct 1914 to 23 Jun 1915 and

23 Jun 1915 to 23 Sep 1919

S

568 Devon Army Troop Company ( 1/2

Devon )

Jan and Mar 1915 and Nov 1916

to Dec 1916 and 12 Mar 1917 to

11 Jun 1919

569 Devon Army Troop Company ( 1/3

Devon )

15 Apr 1915 to 31 Jan 1916 and

17 Oct 1915 to 08 Jul 1919

S

570 Devon Army Troop Company ( 2/1

Devon )

01 Feb 1915 to 26 Sep 1917 and

20 Oct 1917 to 30 Apr 1919 and

01 Jun 1919 to 29 Feb 1920

S

116 571 Devon Army Troop Company 29 Aug 1917 to 30 Oct 1919

572 Devon Works Company ( 2/3

Devon ( F ) )

01 Apr 1908 to 01 Feb 1917 S

573 Cornwall Army Troop Company (

2/2 Cornwall )

08 Aug 1918 to 13 Aug 1915 and

01 Sep 1915 to 30 Sep 1915 and

01 Apr 1919 to 19 Dec 1919

S

574 Cornwall Army Troop Company (

1/3 Cornwall )

Pre - War to 1917 S

575 Cornwall Works Company ( 3/2

Cornwall )

Oct 1914 to 01 Feb 1917 S

577 Sussex Army Troop Company (

1/1 Sussex )

Pre - War to 17 Jul 1915 S

578 Sussex Works Company ( 2/2

Sussex )

03 Oct 1914 to 21 Jan 1915 and

24 Aug 1918 to 24 Jul 1919

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579 Kent Works Company ( 2/6 Kent ) 01 Jan 1915 to 02 Aug 1917 S

598 Kent Works Company ( 2/4 Kent

Fortress )

Aug 1916 S

640 Lowland Field Company ( 1

Provisional Brigade )

07 sep 1915 to May 1916 S

641 Northumbrian Field Company ( 2

Provisional Brigade )

28 Aug 1915 to 12 Aug 1917 S

642 London Field Company ( 3

Provisional Brigade )

28 Nov 1915 to 03 Dec 1917 S

643 East Anglian Field Company ( 4

Provisional Brigade )

Nov 1915 to Jan 1917 S

644 North Midland Field Company ( 5

Provisional Brigade )

Oct 1915 to 07 Aug 1917 S

645 West Lancashire Field Company (

6 Provisional Brigade )

01 Jan 1917 to 02 Aug 1917 S

646 London Field Company ( 7

Provisional Brigade )

08 Aug 1915 to 11 Aug 1917 S

647 South Midland Field Company ( 2

South Midland )

Nov 1917 to ? S

648 Field Company 22 Jun 1918 to 05 Jun 1919

649 West Riding Field Company May 1915 to 09 Dec 1917 S

919 Area Employment Company (

Artizan )

07 Oct 1917 to 30 Nov 1917

1504 Artizan Works Company 15 Apr 1917 to 10 Jun 1917 S

1506 Artizan Works Company 06 Jun 1917 to 30 Nov 1917

117 1 Field Squadron 04 Aug 1914 to 31 Dec 1918

2 Field Squadron 04 Aug 1914 to 30 May 1919

3 Field Squadron 16 Sep 1914 to 22 May 1919

4 Field Squadron ( Late 1st Indian

Field Squadron )

07 Nov 1914 to 30 Nov 1916

4 Field Squadron ( Late Yeovil Division

Field Squadron and 6th Field

Squadron )

01 Jul 1917 to 31 Jul 1919

5 Field Squadron ( Late 2nd Indian

Field Squadron )

Nov 1914 to Apr 1916 and 01 Jun

1916 to 31 Jan 1917 and 01 Apr

1917 to 20 Apr 1918

7 Field Squadron 08 Jun 1918 to 31 Jan 1918 and

01 Nov 1918 to 30 Nov 1918

118 6 Field Troop 21 Nov 1916 to 13 Nov 1917

7 Field Troop ( EEF ) ( 5th Mounted

Brigade )

28 Mar 1916 to ? And 01 Jun

1916 to 28 Feb 1917

S

7 Field Troop ( EEF ) 15 Sep 1916 to 16 Apr 1917 and

01 Nov 1917 to 31 Mar 1919

S

8 Field Troop 02 May 1916 to 04 Nov 1916 and

01 Jan 1918 to 31 Jan 1918

S

9 Field Troop 13 Apr 1916 to 22 Jul 1917

10 Field Troop 04 Feb 1917 to 10 Jan 1918 S

RE Field Troop 15 Nov 1918 to 20 Feb 1919

Canadian Field Troop 01 Sep 1915 to 01 Jan 1917 S

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119 1 Platoon Park Company ( 1 Bridging

Train )

05 Aug 1914 to 28 Nov 1914 and

Feb 1915 to 28 Feb 1919

2 Platoon Park Company ( 2 Bridging

Train )

18 Aug 1914 to 25 Sep 1918 and

01 Apr 1919 to 30 Apr 1919

3 Platoon Park Company ( 3 Bridging

Train )

25 Apr 1915 to 27 Feb 1916 and

28 Aug 1915 to 28 Sep 1918

S

4 Platoon Park Company ( MT ) ( 4

Bridging Train )

09 May 1915 to 18 Dec 1917 S

5 Platoon Park Company ( 5 Bridging

Train )

04 Jun 1915 to 17 Mar 1916 and

17 Mar 1916 to 04 Apr 1919

S

120 6 Platoon Park Company ( MT ) ( 6

Bridging Train )

06 Jun 1915 to 06 Aug 1917 S

7 Platoon Park Company 05 Feb 1916 to 18 May 1916 and

18 May 1916 to 25 May 1916 and

26 Sep 1916 to 09 Jul 1919

S

8 Platoon Park Company ( MT ) 23 Feb 1916 to 20 Aug 1917 and

21 May 1916 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Feb 1917 to 31 Oct 1917 and

03 Feb 1918 to 30 Jun 1919

S

9 Platoon Park Company ( MT ) Feb 1916 to 08 Jun 1917 S

12 Platoon Park Company 09 Apr 1916 to Nov 1917 S

13 Platoon Park Company 01 Mar 1918 to 31 Jan 1919

10 Divisional Bridging Detachment 28 Oct 1915 to 14 Dec 1915

Cavalry Corps Bridging Park 31 Jan 1917 to ? S

121 1 Foreway Company 25 Apr 1917 to 30 Jun 1919

2 Foreway Company 28 Mar 1917 to 30 Nov 1918

3 Foreway Company 28 Mar 1917 to 30 Apr 1917 and

07 Jan 1918 to 31 Aug 1918

6 Foreway Company 08 Feb 1918 to 20 Sep 1918

10 Foreway Company 01 Apr 1918 to 30 Apr 1919

1 Army Tramway Company See 1 Foreway Company

2 Army Tramway Company See 2 Foreway Company

4 Army Tramway Company Apr 1917 to 05 Aug 1917 S

7 Army Tramway Company 04 Apr 1917 to 12 Jun 1917 S

372 Army Tramway Company See 1 Foreway Company

373 Army Tramway Company See 2 Foreway Company

122 8 Railway Operating Company Pre - War to ? S

10 Railway Operating Company 26 Nov 1914 to ? S

19 Railway Operating Company 14 Aug 1916 to 21 Apr 1919

29 Railway Operating Company S and

M ( Indian Army )

01 Jul 1919 to 25 Oct 1919

32 Railway Operating Company 02 Feb 1917 to ? And 01 Apr

1918 to 31 Oct 1918 and 01 Dec

1918 to 31 Dec 1918 and 01 Feb

1919 to 31 Aug 1919

S

33 Railway Operating Company 08 Feb 1917 to 28 Feb 1919

53 Railway Operating Company 03 Jul 1916 to 28 Mar 1917

107 Railway Operating Company 01 Jan 1918 to 27 Apr 1918

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109 Railway Operating Company 08 Oct 1914 to 31 Mar 1919

110 Railway Operating Company 16 Nov 1914 to 04 Feb 1915 and

04 Feb 1915 to 29 Apr 1919

S

111 Railway Operating Company 13 Nov 1914 to 20 Jun 1917 and

21 Feb 1915 to 30 Aug 1918 and

02 Oct 1918 to 24 Apr 1919

S

123 112 Railway Operating Company 26 Nov 1914 to 27 Nov 1915 and

01 Jan 1916 to 30 Dec 1918 and

01 Feb 1919 to 01 May 1919

113 Railway Operating Company 12 Dec 1914 to 19 Sep 1916 S

114 Railway Operating Company 01 Feb 1915 to 01 May 1915 and

01 May 1915 to 31 Jul 1916 and

01 Sep 1916 to 30 Nov 1916 and

01 Jan 1917 to 31 Jan 1919

S

115 Railway Operating Company 21 May 1915 to 04 Oct 1916 and

20 Feb 1915 to Mar 1919

S

116 Railway Operating Company Jun 1915 to 01 Nov 1916 and 31

Jan 1916 to 30 Sep 1916 and 31

Dec 1916 to 28 Feb 1917 and 01

Apr 1917 to 28 Feb 1919

S

117 Railway Operating Company 31 Jul 1915 to 31 May 1916 and

01 Sep 1916 to 31 Aug 1919

118 Railway Operating Company 13 Nov 1915 to ? S Very limited

119 Railway Operating Company Jan 1916 to 28 May 1916 and 01

Jun 1916 to 25 Feb 1917 and 01

Apr 1917 to 29 May 1919

S

120 Railway Operating Company 23 Feb 1916 to 20 Nov 1917 and

16 May 1917 to 30 Mar 1919

S

124 204 Broad Gauge Railway Operating

Company

19 Sep 1918 to 14 Apr 1919

217 Railway Operating Company 01 Dec 1918 to 31 Mar 1919

220 Transportation ( Works )

Company

01 Jul 1918 to 29 Mar 1919

221 Transportation ( Works )

Company

29 Jun 1918 to 10 Jun 1919

222 Transportation ( Works )

Company

11 Aug 1918 to 17 May 1919

223 Transportation ( Works )

Company

31 Jul 1918 to 13 May 1919

224 Transportation ( Works )

Company

10 Sep 1918 to 31 Mar 1919

125 259 Railway Operating Company 24 Jan 1917 to 17 Sep 1919

260 Railway Operating Company 01 Feb 1917 to 18 Apr 1919 and

01 Jun 1919 to 30 Jun 1919

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261 Railway Operating Company 26 Mar 1917 to 28 Mar 1918 and

23 Jan 1919 to 30 Sep 1919

262 Railway Operating Company 05 Feb 1917 to 26 Jun 1919

263 Railway Operating Company 13 Apr 1917 to 29 May 1917 and

10 Jun 1919 to 30 Oct 1919

S

264 Railway Operating Company 13 Apr 1917 to 30 Nov 1918

265 Railway Operating Company 14 Aug 1917 to 31 May 1919

126 266 Railway Operating Company 28 Jul 1917 to 18 Nov 1919

267 Railway Construction Company 22 Jan 1917 to 04 Jan 1918 and

01 Jul 1918 to 23 Feb 1919

S

268 Railway Operating Company 25 Nov 1916 to 31 Jul 1917 and

01 Aug 1917 to 31 Jul 1918 and

01 Oct 1918 to 01 Apr 1919

S

269 Railway Operating Company 28 Dec 1916 to 23 Apr 1919

270 Railway Labour Company 14 Oct 1915 to 30 Apr 1919

271 Railway Labour Company 10 Nov 1915 to 14 Jan 1916

127 273 Railway Operating Company 25 Aug 1916 to 30 Nov 1918 and

01 Feb 1919 to 30 Sep 1919

274 Railway Operating Company 01 Sep 1916 to 31 Dec 1916

275 Railway Operating Company 03 May 1916 to 21 Aug 1916 and

01 Nov 1916 to 31 Jul 1919

S

276 Railway Operating Company 15 Apr 1916 to 05 Nov 1916 S

277 Railway Operating Company Feb 1916 to 17 Sep 1916 S

278 Railway Operating Company 10 Mar 1916 to 17 Jul 1919

279 Railway Operating Company 17 Mar 1916 to 30 Jun 1919

296 Railway Operating Company 25 Jan 1917 to 21 Sep 1917 and

01 Jan 198 to 31 Mar 1919

S

297 Railway Operating Company 25 Jan 1917 to 25 Nov 1917 S

298 Railway Operating Company 25 Jan 1917 to 20 May 1919

Royal Monmouthshire Royal

Engineers ( Special Reserve ) Railway

Operating Company

128 1 Light Railway Operating Company 20 Jan 1917 to 05 Sep 1917 S

2 Light Railway Operating Company 04 Feb 1917 to 05 May 1917 S

3 Light Railway Operating Company 09 Feb 1917 to 04 Sep 1917 S

4 Light Railway Operating Company 21 Feb 1917 to 31 Aug 1917 S

5 Light Railway Operating Company 04 Feb 1917 to 28 Feb 1917 S

6 Light Railway Operating Company 25 Feb 1917 to 27 Aug 1918 S

9 Light Railway Operating Company 26 Feb 1917 to 05 Sep 1917 S

10 Light Railway Operating Company 10 Mar 1917 to 10 Jul 1917 S

11 Light Railway Operating Company 17 May 1917 to 31 Jul 1918 S

12 Light Railway Operating Company Apr 1917 to 22 Oct 1917 and 10

Feb 1918 to 31 Dec 1918

CL

14 Light Railway Operating Company 16 May 1917 to 01 Sep 1917 S

15 ( Australian ) Light Railway

Operating Company

01 Nov 1916 to 31 Jul 1917 S

17 ( Anzac ) Light Railway Operating

Company

11 Jun 1917 to 27 Aug 1917 S

1st Light Railway Signal Section 01 Feb 1919 to 31 May 1919

6th Light Railway Signal Section 08 Jan 1918 to 30 Oct 1918 and

01 Dec 1918 to 31 Jan 1919

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3 Light Railway Signal Company 01 Jun 1918 to 31 Dec 1918

19 Light Railway ( Trains Crew )

Company

16 Feb 1917 to 01 Sep 1917 S

20 Light Railway ( Trains Crew )

Company

17 Mar 1917 to 23 Apr 1917 S

21 Light Railway ( Trains Crew )

Company

27 Mar 1917 to 14 Aug 1917 S

22 Light Railway ( Trains Crew )

Company

08 May 1917 to 04 Jun 1917 S

29 Light Railway Operating Company 13 Mar 1917 to 02 Aug 1917 S

30 Light Railway Operating Company 15 Mar 1917 to ? S

31 Light Railway Operating Company 23 Feb 1917 to 31 Mar 1919 and

01 May 1919 to 31 May 1919

32 Light Railway Operating Company Feb 1917 to ? S

33 Light Railway Operating Company 15 Mar 1917 to 27 Aug 1917 S

34 Light Railway Operating Company 28 Feb 1917 to 06 May 1918 S

35 Light Railway Operating Company 07 Dec 1916 to 31 Mar 1918 S

54 Light Railway Operating Company May 1917 to 20 Jun 1917 S

231 Light Railway Forwarding

Company

See 1 Foreway Company

232 Light Railway Forwarding

Company

See 2 Foreway Company

240 Light Railway Forwarding

Company

See 10 Foreway Company

129 Central Light Railway Workshops 07 Jan 1918 to 28 Feb 1919

25 Light Railway Workshop Company 22 May 1917 to 06 Sep 1917 S

26 Light Railway Workshop Company 03 Mar 1917 to 11 Aug 1917 S

27 Light Railway Workshop Company 18 Apr 1917 to 20 Apr 1917 S

28 Light Railway Workshop Company 15 Mar 1917 to ? S

62 Broad Gauge Railway Workshop

Company

25 Feb 1917 to 17 Aug 1917 S

63 Broad Gauge Railway Workshop

Company

25 Feb 1917 to 28 Sep 1917 S

79 Broad Gauge Railway Workshop

Company

10 Jul 1917 to 14 Nov 1917 S

80 Broad Gauge Railway Workshop

Company

08 Jul 1917 to 17 Nov 1917 S

No 1 Group Railway Construction

Company

Oct 1914 to Jul 1917 and 06 Sep

1917 to 30 Jun 1919

S

No 2 Group Railway Construction

Company

Feb 1915 to Feb 1917 and 01

Jun 1916 to 26 Feb 1917 and 01

Apr 1917 to 30 Mar 1919 and 03

May 1919 to 23 May 1919

S

No 3 Group Railway Construction

Company

06 Feb 1915 to 31 May 1916

1 Railway Survey and

Reconnaissance Section

01 Oct 1917 to 31 Mar 1919

4 Railway Survey and

Reconnaissance Section

01 May 1918 to 31 Dec 1918

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7 Railway Survey and

Reconnaissance Section

27 Apr 1918 to 31 Jan 1919

108 Railway Survey and

Reconnaissance Section

07 Feb 1918 to 08 Dec 1918

130 Director of Railways B.S.F Nov 1915 to 31 Dec 1918

Chief Railway Construction Engineer ? S

Railway Operation Division ( France ) May 1915 to 27 Aug 1916 S

Railway Operation Division ( EEF ) 12 Mar 1917 to ? And 01 Oct

1918 to 30 Sep 1919 and 01 Mar

1920 to 31 Mar 1920

S

Chief Mechanical Engineer

Department-Army of the Rhine

02 Apr 1919 to 31 Aug 1919 and

01 Oct 1919 to 30 Nov 1919

Chief Constructional Engineers (

Communications )

02 Mar 1917 to 31 Mar 1917 and

01 Jun 1917 to 30 Jun 1917 and

01 Aug 1917 to 31 Aug 1917 and

01 Nov 1917 to 30 Jun 1919

Railway Transport Section Salonika

Army

13 Nov 1915 to ? S

Light Railways E.E.F 24 Nov 1917 to 31 Mar 1919

Forward Light Railway Training School 28 Dec 1917 to 30 Apr 1919

Stores Department Army of the Rhine 30 May 1919 to 31 Oct 1919

Railways Stores Establishment 19 Nov 1916 to ? S

Railways Stores Park 06 Sep 1915 to ? S

200 Railway Signal and Interlocking

Company

12 May 1918 to 30 sep 1918 and

01 Nov 1918 to 31 Oct 1919

Railway Signal Section ( L of C Signal

Company )

27 Jan 1917 to ? S

30 Labour Railway Battalion 15 Mar 1916 to 02 Sep 1917 and

07 Jun 1916 to 12 Apr 1917

S

37 Miscellaneous Trades ( RE ) Broad

Gauge

21 Mar 1917 to 28 Apr 1917 S

84 Miscellaneous Trades Company (

South Africans )

17 May 1917 to 19 Oct 1917 S

23 Miscellaneous Trades Railways

Company

10 Mar 1917 to 08 Aug 1917 S

24 Miscellaneous Trades Light

Railways Company

16 May 1917 to 18 Aug 1917 S

1 Bridging Company Canadian

Railway Troop

01 Sep 1918 to 31 Oct 1918

18 Train Crew Section 06 Feb 1917 to 09 Aug 1917 S

130 3 Railway Construction Section 16 Apr 1915 to 31 Dec 1917 S

4 Railway Construction Section 16 Apr 1915 to 31 Dec 1917 S

2 Electrical Section 19 Jun 1917 to 14 Sep 1917 S

131 1 Field Survey Company 16 Feb 1916 to ? S

2 Field Survey Company 09 Feb 1916 to 13 Sep 1916 S

3 Field Survey Company 10 Feb 1916 to Feb 1916 S

4 Field Survey Company 18 Feb 1916 to 12 Sep 1916 S

5 Field Survey Company 19 Jul 1916 to 13 Jul 1916 S

7 Field Survey Company 14 Mar 1917 to 31 Jan 1919

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8 Field Survey Company 01 Jan 1917 to 31 Mar 1919

1st Printing Company Pre - War to 11 Aug 1914 S

A Printing Section 22 Mar 1915 to 22 Oct 1916 S

Printing Section Depot Field Survey

Company

Pre - War to 01 Jan 1918 S

Topographical Section Jun 1915 to 12 Nov 1916 S

3rd Topographical Section 30 Jul 1915 to ? S

6th Topographical Section and B Army

Printing Section

01 Mar 1916 to 25 May 1916 S

Maps and Survey Section Jan 1916 to 12 Nov 1916 S

( Map Depot ) Survey Maps L of C

Depot

05 Aug 1914 to 17 Oct 1914 S

1st Ranging Section 12 Nov 1914 to 30 May 1915 S

1st Ranging and Survey Section 01 Jun 1915 to 25 Sep 1915 S

No 2 Ranging and Survey Section Jun 1915 to 08 Jun 1915 S

1 Provisional Company 15 Aug 1914 to 29 May 1916 S

2 Provisional Company 22 Apr 1916 to 03 Aug 1917 S

6 Provisional Company 07 Jun 1916 to 23 Aug 1916 S

7 Provisional Company 17 Jun 1916 to Nov 1916 S

8 Provisional Company 21 Jun 1916 to ? S

9 Provisional Company 26 Jun 1916 to ? S

132 1 Re-inforcement Company 06 Jan 1917 to 15 Apr 1917 S

3 Re-inforcement Company 14 Jan 1917 to 08 Aug 1917 S

4 Re-inforcement Company 13 Jan 1917 to 17 Aug 1917 S

5 Re-inforcement Company 19 Feb 1917 to 27 Feb 1917 and

01 Apr 1917 to 28 Aug 1917

6 Re-inforcement Company 13 Feb 1917 to 14 Sep 1917 A

7 Re-inforcement Company 21 Feb 1917 to 06 Oct 1917

8 Re-inforcement Company 05 Mar 1917 to 31 Jul 1917

9 Re-inforcement Company 23 Apr 1917 to 31 Dec 1917

10 Re-inforcement Company 06 May 1917 to ? And 01 Jul

1917 to 31 Aug 1917

S

11 Re-inforcement Company 27 Jun 1917 to 14 Sep 1917

1 Port Construction Company 31 Mar 1917 to 07 Dec 1917 S

5 Port Construction Company 21 May 1917 to 23 Feb 1918 S

12 Port Construction Company 30 Sep 1917 to 18 May 1918 S

133 HQ Special Companys 1st Army 06 Aug 1915 to 08 Aug 1917 S

HQ Special Companys 2nd Army Feb 1917 to 07 Jun 1917 S

HQ Special Companys 3rd Army 12 Feb 1917 to ? S

HQ Special Companys 4th Army 12 Feb 1917 to ? S

HQ No1 Group Special Companys 01 May 1919 to 26 May 1919

HQ No2 Group Special Companys 07 May 1919 to 15 Sep 1919

HQ No4 Group Special Companys 01 May 1919 to 31 May 1919

HQ 1,2,3,4 Special Companys ( was

No5 Battery Special Brigade )

28 Feb 1916 to ?

No1 Special Company ( Mortar ) 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

No2 Special Company 05 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

No3 Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

No4 Special Company ( Mortar ) 01 May 1919 to 20 Jun 1919

A Special Company 01 May 1919 to 28 Sep 1919

B Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

C Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

D Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

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E Special Company 01 May 1919 to 30 Jun 1919

F Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

G Special Company 01 May 1919 to 01 Aug 1919

H Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

J Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

K Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jan 1919

L Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 May 1919

M Special Company 06 May 1919 to 31 May 1919

N Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 May 1919

O Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 May 1919

P Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 May 1919

Q Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 May 1919

Z Special Company 01 May 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

Depot Special Brigade 01 May 199 to 15 Oct 1919

1 Battalion Special Brigade ( 186

Company and Special Battalion ) ( see

also HQ Special Company 1st Army )

Aug 1915 to Jun 1915 S

2 Battalion Special Brigade ( 187

Company ) ( see also HQ Special

Company 4th Army )

04 Aug 1915 to 14 Sep 1916 S

3 Battalion Special Brigade ( 188

Company ) ( see also HQ Special

Company 2nd Army )

17 Jan 1916 to Sep 1916 S

4 Battalion Special Brigade ( 189

Company )

17 Jan 1916 to ? S

Special Works Park 22 Mar 1916 to 16 Dec 1917 S

Special Section ( Yatesbury ) 05 Jul 1916 to ? S

Special Section Special Brigade 02 May 1916 to 25 Jun 1916 S

Reserve Company Special Brigade 01 Jul 1916 to ? S

134 1 Siege Company ( Royal Anglesey ) 05 Aug 1914 to 25 Nov 1915 and

30 Sep 1915 to 31 Mar 1918 and

01 Apr 1919 to 30 Apr 1919

S

2 Siege Company ( Royal Anglesey ) 01 Sep 1914 to 31 Nov 1917 and

01 Jan 1918 to 30 Jun 1918

2 Siege Company ( RA-Right half of

Company )

01 Apr 1916 to 18 May 1916

3 Railway Company ( Royal Anglesey )

( Special Reserve )

1908 to 26 Nov 1917 S

4 Siege Company ( Royal Anglesey ) 01 Mar 1916 to 14 Jun 1916 and

09 May 1918 to 20 Jun 1919

5 Siege Company ( Royal Anglesey ) (

formerly Siege Company-Fortress

Company )

09 Nov 1914 to 31 Jul 1918 and

01 Sep 1918 to 31 Oct 1918 and

01 Jan 1919 to 31 Jan 1919 and

01 Mar 1919 to 28 Jun 1919

135 Miscellaneous Depots and Training

A Company Royal Engineers 1st

Reserve Battalion Royal Engineers

19114 to 1916 S

B Company Royal Engineers 1st

Reserve Battalion Royal Engineers

No Dates S

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C Company Royal Engineers 1st

Reserve Battalion Royal Engineers

1914 S

D Company Royal Engineers 1st

Reserve Battalion Royal Engineers

1914 to 1915 S

E Company Royal Engineers 1st

Reserve Battalion Royal Engineers

1914 to 1915 S

F Company Royal Engineers 1st

Reserve Battalion Royal Engineers

1914 S

G Depot Company 1914 S

L Depot Company 1914 S

M Depot Company 1914 S

2nd Reserve Battalion Royal

Engineers

1915 to 1916 S

Cadet Company Royal Engineers 1916 S

Royal Engineers Depot Clipstone

Camp

1916 S

Royal Engineers Depot Southampton 1915 to 1916 S

Royal Engineers Trianing Centre

Newark

1915 to 1916 S

Royal Engineers Section ( Royal

Engineers and Royal Artillery ) Ripon

1916 S

29th L of C Company 1914 S

3rd Provost Company 1914 S

24th A.T Company 1914 to 1915 S

25th Siege Company 1914 to 1915 S

31st Siege Company 1914 to 1915 S

2nd Anglesey 1914 to 1915 S

4th Monmouth 1914 to 1915 S

1st Advanced Park Company 1914 to 1915 S

No2 Royal Engineers Section General

Base Depot BSF

1917 S

Royal Engineers Base Depot 1917 S

Royal Engineers Advanced Horse

Transport Section

1914 to 1916 S

Southern Command School of

Instruction

1915

Mine School IV Army 1916 to 1917 S

Inland Water Transport Establishment

France

1914 to 1915 and 01 Dec 1916 to

30 Apr 1917

S

No1 ( Home Service ) Operating

Section Inland Water Transport

Jul 1915 S

Inland Water Section Force D 06 Sep 1916 S

3 Construction section Inland Water

Department

25 Jun 1916 to 26 Jul 1917 S

Inland Water Transport Section British

Mission with Royal Serbian Army

24 Nov 1915 to 13 Jun 1916

136 1st Labour Battalion 28 Jul 1915 to 31 Jul 1917

2nd Labour Battalion 30 Jul 1915 to 31 Jul 1917 and

01 May 1916 to 31 May 1917

S

3rd Labour Battalion 18 Aug 1915 to 31 Jul 1917

4th Labour Battalion 18 Aug 1915 to 25 Aug 1915 S

5th Labour Battalion 20 Aug 1915 to 27 Sep 1916 S

6th Labour Battalion 19 Aug 1915 to 31 Jul 1917

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137 7th Labour Battalion 22 Aug 1915 to 31 May 1917

8th Labour Battalion 22 Aug 1915 to 31 Jul 1917

9th Labour Battalion 13 Sep 1915 to 31 Jul 1917

10th Labour Battalion 14 Sep 1915 to 31 Jul 1917

11th Labour Battalion 20 Sep 1915 to 31 Jul 1917

12th Labour Battalion 07 Apr 1916 to 14 Aug 1916 S

30th Railway Labour Battalion See under Railways ( Not in File )

138 1 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 21 Apr 1915 to 28 Feb 1918 and

01 Apr 1919 to 31 May 1919

2 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 01 Jul 1915 to 10 Dec 1916 and

02 Feb 1917 to 30 Jan 1918 and

01 Oct 1918 to 30 Nov 1918

3 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 05 May 1916 to 07 Sep 1916 S

4 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section Apr 1916 to 09 May 1916 S

5 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section Apr 1916 to 08 May 1916 S

6 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 01 Apr 1916 to 09 May 1916 S

7 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 01 Jul 1916 to 08 Sep 1916 S

8 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section Jun 1916 to 03 Jul 1916 S

9 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section Aug 1916 to 17 Aug 1916 S

10 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 19 Jul 1916 to 09 Sep 1916 S

11 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 26 Jul 1916 to 07 Sep 1916 S

12 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 25 Sep 1916 to 09 Oct 1916 S

13 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 20 Sep 1916 to 10 Oct 1916 S

14 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section Oct 1916 to 08 Jul 1917 S

15 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 25 Sep 1916 to Sep 1917 S

16 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section Nov 1916 to 30 Nov 1917 S

17 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 26 Sep 1916 to 20 Dec 1916 S

18 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section Nov 1916 to 30 Nov 1917 S

19 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 28 Nov 1916 to 19 Mar 1917 S

22 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 24 Sep 1916 to 05 Jul 1917 S

26 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 01 Feb 1917 to 19 Mar 1917 S

27 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 16 Mar 1917 to 23 Apr 1917 S

28 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 16 Apr 1917 to ? S

29 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section Mar 1917 to 17 Apr 1917 S

30 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 09 Mar 1917 to 21 Mar 1917 S

31 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 15 Mar 1917 to 21 Mar 1917 S

31 ( Dundee ) Anti-Aircraft Company 30 Sep 1916 to 19 Jul 1917 S

32 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 04 Apr 1917 to 12 May 1917 S

33 Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section 13 Apr 1917 to 14 Jul 1917 S

10 ( Tyne ) Mobile Searchlight

Company

04 Aug 1916 to 02 Aug 1917 S

10 ( Yorkshire ) Anti-Aircraft Brigade

Searchlight Company

07 Nov 1915 to 1917 S

5 ( Lancashire ) Searchlight Company 24 Feb 1915 to 02 Oct 1916 S

Searchlight Company ( Sappers and

Miners )

18 Nov 1914 to 11 Dec 1914 S

Electric Light Section EEF Letter and blank

form only

1 ( London and Tyne ) Electrical and

Mechanical Company

23 Oct 1915 to 15 Dec 1915 S

1/3 Electric Light City of Edinburgh (

Fortress )

20 Dec 1914 to ? S

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1/3 Glamorgan Electric Light Company 30 Mar 1908 to 14 Aug 1917 S

2/3 Glamorgan Electric Light Company 23 Nov 1914 to ? S

1/8 Hampshire Electric Light Company Sep 1915 to ? S

1/2 City of Dundee Electric Light

Company

Sep 1915 to ? S

2/1 Cornwall Electric Light Company ? S

2/2 Lancashire Electric Light Company Oct 1914 to ? S

139 Chief Engineer IV Army 01 Oct 1918 to 31 Oct 1918

Chief Engineer V Army ( Reserve

Army )

Jul 1916 to 28 Feb 1917 and 01

May 1917 to 31 Mar 1919

140 Chief Engineer I Corps 04 Jul 1916 to 28 Nov 1918

Chief Engineer III Corps 22 Apr 1916 to 30 Jun 1918

141 Chief Engineer III Corps 01 Jul 1918 to 24 Mar 1919 A

142 Chief Engineer IV Corps 01 Jul 1919 to 31 Aug 1919

Chief Engineer V Corps 01 Jan 1917 to 30 Sep 1918 and

19 Mar 1919 to 07 Apr 1919

Chief Engineer VIII Corps 01 Apr 1916 to 24 Jun 1918

Chief Engineer IX Corps 20 Jun 1916 to 31 Jan 1918 and

01 Mar 1918 to 30 Apr 1918 and

01 Jul 1918 to 29 Aug 1918

Chief Engineer X Corps 30 Aug 1915 to 30 Jun 1917 and

01 Oct 1917 to 31 Dec 1918 and

01 Apr 1919 to 03 Sep 1919

Chief Engineer XIII Corps 15 Nov 1915 to 31 May 1916

143 Chief Engineer XV Corps 08 May 1916 to 28 Feb 1919

Chief Engineer XVI Corps 16 Feb 1916 to 28 Feb 1919

Chief Engineer XVII Corps 01 May 1916 to 28 Feb 1917 and

01 May 1917 to 31 Jan 1919

Chief Engineer XIX Corps 01 Mar 1917 to 30 Dec 1917

144 Chief Engineer British Troops In

France and Flanders

05 Aug 1914 to 29 Nov 1919

Chief Engineer L of C Area ( late

DDWN )

13 Feb 1915 to 30 Sep 1919

145 Commander Royal Engineers 1st

Division

04 Aug 1914 to 31 Aug 1917 and

01 Oct 1917 to 19 Sep 1919

A

146 Commander Royal Engineers 2nd

Division

05 Aug 1914 to 05 Mar 1915 and

01 Jan 1919 to 31 Jul 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 3rd

Division

15 Aug 1916 to 17 Nov 1917

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Commander Royal Engineers 4th

Division

10 Aug 1914 to 31 Dec 1915 and

01 Jan 1916 to 30 Jun 1918

147 Commander Royal Engineers 5th

Division

05 Aug 1914 to 07 May 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 6th

Division

04 Aug 1914 to 01 Sep 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 7th

Division

Sep 1914 to 21 Mar 1919

148 Commander Royal Engineers 8th

Division

11 Sep 1914 to 30 Jun 1918

149 Commander Royal Engineers 8th

Division

01 Jul 1918 to 05 Jun 1919 A and M

150 Commander Royal Engineers 9th

Division

11 May 1915 to 28 Jul 1915 and

21 Sep 1915 to 31 Dec 1916 and

01 Jun 1917 to 31 Aug 1917 and

01 Jan 1919 to 27 Sep 1919

151 Commander Royal Engineers 9th

Division

A

152 Commander Royal Engineers 9th

Division

A

153 Commander Royal Engineers 10th

Division

01 Sep 1914 to 27 Oct 1916 S

Commander Royal Engineers 11th

Division

Aug 1914 to 20 Jul 1916 and 03

Jul 1915 to 31 Mar 1916

S

Commander Royal Engineers 12th

Division

Oct 1915 and Dec 1915 S

Commander Royal Engineers 13th

Division

Dec 1914 to 01 Nov 1916 and 15

Jun 1915 to 17 Mar 1919

S

Commander Royal Engineers 14th

Division

28 May 1915 to 31 Mar 1918 and

01 Aug 1918 to 30 Aug 1918

Commander Royal Engineers 15th

Division

Oct 1914 to Aug 1917 and 01 Jul

1916 to 31 Mar 1917 and 01 Jun

1917 to 30 Jun 1919

S

154 Commander Royal Engineers 15th (

Indian ) Division

01 Jun 1916 to 08 Mar 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 16th

Division

18 Dec 1915 to 25 Jun 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 17th

Division

13 Jul 1915 to 30 Jul 1917 and

01 Apr 1919 to 02 May 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 18th

Division

Oct 1914 to 31 Oct 1915 and 01

Dec 1915 to 30 Nov 1916

155 Commander Royal Engineers 19th

Division

17 Jul 1915 to 07 Jul 1919

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Commander Royal Engineers 20th

Division

21 Jul 1915 to 28 Feb 1918

Commander Royal Engineers 21st

Division

Feb 1915 to 29 Feb 1916 and 01

Jan 1919 to 27 Feb 1919 and 04

Apr 1919 to 29 Apr 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 22nd

Division

14 Oct 1914 to 04 Jul 1917 S

Commander Royal Engineers 23rd

Division

28 Aug 1915 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 Jul 1916 to 31 Oct 1917

Commander Royal Engineers 24th

Division

25 Aug 1915 to 31 Aug 1916

Commander Royal Engineers 25th

Division

27 Sep 1915 to 25 Mar 1919 and

01 Jun 1919 to 24 Jul 1919

156 Commander Royal Engineers 26th

Division

Jan 1915 to 16 Sep 1917 S

Commander Royal Engineers 27th

Division

1908 to 23 Oct 1916 S

Commander Royal Engineers 28th

Division

23 Dec 1914 to 30 Sep 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 29th

Division

23 Jan 1915 to 23 Feb 1915 and

01 Apr 1915 to 31 Dec 1915 and

01 Apr 1916 to 28 Feb 1919 and

01 Aug 1919 to 31 Oct 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 30th

Division

01 Mar 1915 to 03 Dec 1917 and

01 Apr 1918 to 24 Apr 1919

S

Commander Royal Engineers 31st

Division

16 Dec 1915 to 23 Mar 1919

157 Commander Royal Engineers 32nd

Division

22 Nov 1915 to 31 Dec 1917 and

01 Jan 1918 to 30 Nov 1918 and

01 Jan 1919 to 30 Sep 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 33rd

Division

12 Nov 1915 to 31 May 1918

158 Commander Royal Engineers 33rd

Division

R and O

159 Commander Royal Engineers 34th

Division

05 Feb 1915 to 22 Oct 1915 and

12 Dec 1915 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 Jul 1916 to 28 Feb 1918 and

01 Apr 1918 to 31 May 1918 and

01 Jul 1918 to 31 Mar 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 35th

Division

Jul 1915 to 29 Jan 1916 and 01

Aug 1916 to 03 May 1919

S

Commander Royal Engineers 36th

Division

06 Oct 1915 to 01 Apr 1919

160 Commander Royal Engineers 37th

Division

Apr 1915 to 25 Apr 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 38th

Division

Apr 1915 to Aug 1917 3 Sheets only

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Commander Royal Engineers 39th

Division

Oct 1915 to 30 Sep 1918 and 01

Nov 1918 to 31 Dec 1918

Commander Royal Engineers 40th

Division

03 Jun 1916 to 31 Jan 1919 and

01 Mar 1919 to 26 Mar 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 41st

Division

04 May 1916 to 31 Oct 1919

161 Commander Royal Engineers 42nd

Division

Pre - War to 12 Jul 1918 and 01

Apr 1916 to 31 Mar 1919

S

Commander Royal Engineers 46th (

NM ) Division

1908 to 01 Nov 1916 S

Commander Royal Engineers 47th

Division

01 May 1916 to 31 May 1916 MP

Commander Royal Engineers 48th

Division

29 Mar 1915 to 23 Mar 1919

162 Commander Royal Engineers 49th

Division

02 Aug 1914 to 31 Dec 1917 and

01 Mar 1919 to 21 Mar 1919

163 Commander Royal Engineers 49th

Division

R

164 Commander Royal Engineers 49th

Division

R

165 Commander Royal Engineers 49th

Division

R

166 Commander Royal Engineers 50th

Division

04 Aug 1914 to 1917 and 01 Oct

1915 to 31 May 1919

S

Commander Royal Engineers 51st

Division

12 Apr 1915 to 31 Jan 1919 R

167 Commander Royal Engineers 52nd

Division

01 Apr 1918 to 31 May 1918 and

01 Jul 1918 to 31 May 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 53rd

Division

1908 to 28 May 1916 S

Commander Royal Engineers 54th

Division

06 Aug 1915 to 30 Jun 1916 and

01 Sep 1916 to 28 Feb 1918 and

01 Jan 1919 to 17 Jun 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 55th

Division

03 Jan 1916 to 26 Apr 1916 and

01 Dec 1916 to 31 Oct 1917

Commander Royal Engineers 56th

Division

05 Feb 1916 to 28 Mar 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 57th

Division

10 Feb 1917 to 28 Mar 1919

168 Commander Royal Engineers 58th

Division

01 May 1915 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 Jan 1917 to 23 Jun 1919

M and O

Commander Royal Engineers 59th

Division

05 Mar 1916 to 31 Mar 1916 and

01 Mar 1919 to 16 Jul 1919

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Commander Royal Engineers 60th

Division

23 Jun 1916 to 28 Feb 1917 and

01 Apr 1917 to 23 Mar 1919

169 Commander Royal Engineers 61st

Division

Dec 1914 to Dec 1917 and 01

Jun 1916 to 30 Apr 1917

S and A

170 Commander Royal Engineers 61st

Division

01 May 1917 to 31 Oct 1917 A

171 Commander Royal Engineers 61st

Division

01 Nov 1917 to 31 Jul 1918 A

172 Commander Royal Engineers 61st

Division

01 Aug 1918 to 31 Jul 1919 A

173 Commander Royal Engineers 62nd

Division

01 Jan 1916 to 31 Dec 1918 and

Apr 1919 and Jun 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 63rd (

Royal Navy ) Division

01 Aug 1915 to 07 Jul 1916 to 01

Feb 1917 to 28 Feb 1917 and 01

Apr 1917 to 30 Apr 1919

174 Commander Royal Engineers 66th

Division

20 Nov 1916 to 31 Jul 1918 and

03 Feb 1919 to 30 Mar 1919

175 Commander Royal Engineers 73rd

Division

22 Jun 1918 to 07 Jun 1919

Commander Royal Engineers 75th

Division

01 Sep 1917 to 31 Jul 1918 and

16 Feb 1919 to 31 Aug 1919

176 Commander Royal Engineers GHQ

Troop

24 May 1915 to 23 Aug 1918

Commander Royal Engineers 1 Corps

Troop

13 Feb 1917 to 31 Dec 1918

Commander Royal Engineers 19

Corps Troop

01 Jul 1917 to 24 Mar 1919

Commander Royal Engineers Cavalry

Corps

11 Sep 1916 to 31 Mar 1919

Royal Engineers Section 7th Division (

Artillery )

Nov 1916 to Oct 1917 S

177 Commander Royal Engineers

Abancourt

01 Jan 1919 to 31 Jan 1919

Commander Royal Engineers

Abbeville

01 Apr 1917 to 31 Aug 1919

Commander Royal Engineers

Advanced Base

01 Oct 1914 to 31 Jan 1917

Commander Royal Engineers Amiens 08 Nov 1918 to 06 Dec 1918

Commander Royal Engineers

Boulogne

01 Oct 1918 to 31 Oct 1919

Commander Royal Engineers Calais 21 Apr 1915 to 01 Jan 1918 and

22 Apr 1915 to 31 Oct 1917 and

01 Dec 1917 to 30 Apr 1919 and

01 Aug 1919 to 23 Sep 1919

S

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178 Commander Royal Engineers Area L

of C Paris

01 Dec 1917 to 30 Jun 1919 and

01 Sep 1919 to 31 Oct 1919

Commander Royal Engineers Dunkirk 12 Aug 1917 to 31 Oct 1917

Commander Royal Engineers North

Indian Force RAF

01 Sep 1918 to 30 Sep 1918

Commander Royal Engineers Saint

Omer

01 Apr 1916 to 30 Mar 1917 and

01 Oct 1917 to 31 Dec 1918

Commander Royal Engineers

Salonika Base

01 Mar 1918 to 14 Jun 1919

Commander Royal Engineers

Southern Aerodromes

04 Dec 1917 to 01 Jun 1918 and

01 Sep 1918 to 31 Jan 1919

Commander Royal Engineers Syren

North Russia Expedition Force

27 Sep 1918 to 10 Oct 1919

Commander Royal Engineers Trouville 01 Dec 1917 to 31 Dec 1917

Commander Royal Engineers Yvetot 01 Sep 1918 to 10 Nov 1918

179 Divisional Officer RE Rinxent 15 Jan 1916 to 28 Feb 1918

Divisional Officer RE St Germain 10 May 1917 to 28 Jan 1919

Divisional Officer RE Stratoni 01 Jun 1918 to 30 Nov 1918

Assistant Director of Works L of C

Roads BSF

07 Jun 1918 to 30 Sep 1918

Assistant Director of Works Rouen 01 Apr 1915 to 30 Apr 1915 and

16 Jul 1915 to 31 Oct 1915

Assistant Director of Works Seres

Road

01 Nov 1918 to 28 Feb 1919

Deputy Director of Works ( S and C )

Abbeville

01 Apr 1917 to 13 Apr 1919

Deputy Director of Works EEF 22 Feb 1915 to 02 Oct 1916 S

Deputy Director of Works L of C BABS 08 Sep 1917 to 31 Oct 1919

Roads Directorate L of C ( South ) 20 Oct 1917 to 31 Dec 1917 S

Roads Directorate L of C ( North ) 11 Sep 1917 to ? S

180 Works Officer Dudular 02 Mar 1918 to 29 Jun 1918

Works Officer Harmankew 01 Mar 1918 to 30 Nov 1918

Works Officer Kalamakia 02 Mar 1918 to 02 Jul 1919

Works Officer Karaissi 01 Mar 1918 to 31 Dec 1918

Works Officer Lembet Division 01 Mar 1918 to 30 Jun 1919 and

01 Sep 1919 to 30 Sep 1919

Works Officer Naresh Road 01 Mar 1918 to 20 Jan 1919

Works Officer Naresh Quarry 01 May 1918 to 31 Jul 1918

Works Officer Salonika Central 01 Jun 1918 to 02 Jul 1919

Works Officer Summerhill 04 Mar 1918 to 24 Apr 1918

Works Officer Uchantar 01 Mar 1918 to 31 Oct 1918 and

04 Dec 1918 to 28 Dec 1918

181 Meteorological Section Royal

Engineers

28 Sep 1915 to 12 Sep 1916 S

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Meteorological Section Royal

Engineers BSF

05 Oct 1915 to 20 May 1918 and

03 Jul 1918 to 07 Apr 1919

Dranista Mining Company 01 Jul 1918 to 31 Jan 1919

Quarry Maintenance Section 13 Jul 1917 to 16 Jan 1918

Signal Units Miscellaneous 31st Indian

Division Signal Company

15 Feb 1911 to 31 Oct 1917 S

1st Canadian Division Signal

Company

21 Aug 1914 to Apr 1917 S

New Zealand Division Signal Company 17 Aug 1914 to Jun 1917 S

4th Australian Division Signal

Company

09 Mar 1916 to 07 Jun 1917 S

Signal Squadron Australian Mounted

Division

12 Feb 1917 to 06 Oct 1917 S

3/1 Highland Division Signal Company 01 Apr 1915 to 1917 S

3/1 London Division Signal Company (

TF )

24 Mar 1915 to 03 Apr 1917 S

3/1 West Lancashire Division Signal

Company

May 1915 S

3/1 West Riding Division Signal

Company ( TF )

29 May 1915 to 29 Apr 1917 S

3/1 Wessex Division Signal Company 21 Jun 1916 to 27 Apr 1917 S

3/1 Welsh Division Signal Company 13 Apr 1915 to ? S

3/1 East Anglian Division Signal

Company

Jun 1915 to 31 Aug 1917 S

1st Mounted Division Signal Squadron 18 Feb 1915 to 12 Sep 1915 S

1st Cyclist Division Signal Squadron 24 Jun 1916 to ? S

Z Division Signal Company Jul 1915 to 01 Jun 1917 S

Z Division Signal Company ( SM ) 12 Jul 1915 to 08 Mar 1918 S

1/1 Cinque Ports ( Fortress ) 1908 to Jul 1914 S

2/1 Cinque Ports ( Fortress ) 1908 to Jul 1914 S

OC Troop Corfu 29 Oct 1918 to 13 Dec 1918

182 2nd London Demolition Section Mar 1918 to ? And May 1918 to ? R

183 Postal Service ( GHQ Constantinople ) 01 Aug 1918 to 24 Sep 1919

Army Postal Service ( BSF ) 14 Nov 1915 to 30 Jul 1918

Director of Posts ( British Adriatic

Mission )

15 Jan 1916 to 29 Feb 1916

Royal Engineers Special Reserve (

Postal Section )

Pre - War to 02 Oct 1916

Royal Engineers Postal Section S various postal

sections at

home and

theatres of war

184 3 Water Boring Section 27 Mar 1917 to 24 Mar 1919

5 Water Boring Section 13 Aug 1917 to 26 Jan 1919

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