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5th Field Company, Royal Engineers    5th Field Company, Royal Engineers served with 2nd Division. They proceeded to France in August 1914. 6th Sep 1914 Brigade in Reserve 10th Sep 1914 In Action 11th Nov 1914 Sappers help check enemy advance  Sappers of the 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers were working on defences in Polygon Wood when a German advance threatened to break through, along with men of the Oxford Light Infantry, Highland Light Infantry and Blackwatch held back the advance during the Battle of Nonne Boschen. 7 DCMs were awarded to men of the 5th Field Coy, RE. 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 12th Jan 1916 Route March 9th February 1916 Call Ups 4th Jan 1918 In Reserve 5th Jan 1918 In Reserve 6th Jan 1918 In Reserve 7th Jan 1918 Training 9th Jan 1918 Snow 10th Jan 1918 Snow 11th Jan 1918 Poor Weather 12th Jan 1918 Training 13th Jan 1918 Snow and Frost 14th Jan 1918 Training 15th Jan 1918 Training 16th Jan 1918 Bad Weather 17th Jan 1918 Poor Weather 19th Jan 1918 Orders 20th Jan 1918 Orders 21st Jan 1918 Heavy Rain 24th Jan 1918 In the Line 25th Jan 1918 Artillery Active   26th Jan 1918 Orders   27th Jan 1918 Fog 28th Jan 1918 Artillery Active   29th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 30th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 31st Jan 1918 Thick Mist 1st Feb 1918 Trenches Improved 2nd Feb 1918 Trenches Improved 3rd Feb 1918 Orders 4th Feb 1918 Shelling 5th Feb 1918 Warmer 6th Feb 1918 Orders 7th Feb 1918 Fraternisation 8th Feb 1918 Quiet 9th Feb 1918 Reorganisation 10th Feb 1918 Shelling 11th Feb 1918 Quiet 12th Feb 1918 Quiet 13th Feb 1918 Some Shelling 14th Feb 1918 Patrols   15th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 16th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 17th Feb 1918 Enemy Aircraft   18th Feb 1918 Misty   19th Feb 1918 Quiet   20th Feb 1918 Gas Shells   21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation   22nd Feb 1918 Patrols 23rd Feb 1918 Shelling   24th Feb 1918 Shelling   25th Feb 1918 Shelling   26th Feb 1918 Artillery Active   27th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 28th Feb 1918 Shelling   1st Mar 1918 Raids   2nd Mar 1918 Snow 3rd Mar 1918 Patrols   4th Mar 1918 Quiet   5th Mar 1918 Patrols   6th Mar 1918 Gas   7th Mar 1918 Enemy Active   8th Mar 1918 Enemy Active   9th Mar 1918 Mist 10th Mar 1918 Enemy Active 11th Mar 1918 Gas 12th Mar 1918 Gas 13th Mar 1918 Raids 14th Mar 1918 Artillery Active 15th Mar 1918 Intense Fire 16th Mar 1918 Trench Raid   17th Mar 1918 Patrols   18th Mar 1918 Raids   19th Mar 1918 Patrols 20th Mar 1918 Reliefs 21st Mar 1918 Arrangements   21st Mar 1918 In Action   22nd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   22nd Mar 1918 Messages 23rd Mar 1918 Messages   23rd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   24th Mar 1918 Messages   24th Mar 1918 In Defence   25th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   27th Mar 1918 In Defence   27th Mar 1918 Moves   31st Mar 1918 Shelling If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about the Royal Engineers? There are:8880 items tagged Royal Engineers available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers during the Great War 1914-1918. Broadway MID. Hugh Alexander. Lt. (d.30 March 1915) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 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Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 233978 Lt. Hugh Alexander Broadway MID 5th Field Company Royal Engineers (d.30 March 1915) Hugh Alexander Broadway was wounded on 10 March 1915 in Neuve Chapelle and died of those wounds on 30 March 1915. He was Mentioned in Dispatches. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Alex Broadway of Garh Maharaja, District Jhang, Punjab, India. He is buried in Plot 2, Row B, Grave number 24 in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Rue de Dringhen. The Commonwealth War Graves plot is located down the western edge of the southern section of the cemetery. Bob Broadway Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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