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208th (Norwich) Field Company, Royal Engineers    Royal Engineers, 34th Division proceeded to France in January 1916 and remained on the Western Front for the remainder of the war. They took part in the following engagements: 1916 The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 The First Battle of the Scarpe during the Arras Offensive, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Battle of Arleux, The fighting at Hargicourt in August and The Third Battles of Ypres (fighting for the Broenbeek, 13-23 October 1917). In 1918, The Battle of St Quentin, Battle of the Lys, The Battle of the Soissonais and of the Ourcq on the Marne, The capture of Baigneux Ridge, The 4th Battle of Ypres, The Battle of Courtrai, The action at Ooteghem and The action of Tieghem. 34th Divisional Engineers was made up of 207th (Norfolk) Field Company, RE 208th (Norfolk) Field Company, RE 209th (Norfolk) Field Company, RE 34th Divisional Signals Company, RE. 5th Feb 1915 Permission 17th Mar 1915 New CO 21st Mar 1915 Recruitment 27th Mar 1915 Trade Testing 30th Mar 1915 Commanders 10th Apr 1915 New CO 20th Apr 1915 Appointment 21st Apr 1915 Arrival 23rd Apr 1915 Arrivals 4th May 1915 Arrival 5th May 1915 Inspection 6th May 1915 Arrival 10th May 1915 Orders Received 26th May 1915 Transfer 1st Jun 1915 New HQ 12th Jun 1915 Posting 15th Jun 1915 Visit 29th Jun 1915 Officers 14th Jul 1915 Ceremonial Parade 23rd Jul 1915 On the Move 29th Jul 1915 Inspection 11th Aug 1915 Inspection 1st Sep 1915 On the Move 25th Sep 1915 On the Move 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 17th Oct 1915 Posting 22nd Oct 1915 Inspection 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 12th Dec 1915 Orders Received 20th Dec 1915 Orders 20th Dec 1915 Reserves 26th Dec 1915 Reserves 8th Jan 1916 On the Move 9th Jan 1916 On the Move 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 10th Jan 1916 On the Move 11th Jan 1916 On the Move 12th Jan 1916 Locations 22nd Jan 1916 At Rest 23rd Jan 1916 Move 23rd Jan 1916 In Reserve 7th Feb 1916 Instruction   9th February 1916 Call Ups 19th Feb 1916 Move   23rd Feb 1916 Hand Over   24th Feb 1916 Reliefs   25th Feb 1916 Reliefs   29th Feb 1916 Snow   1st Mar 1916 Repairs   24th Mar 1916 Line Extended   29th Mar 1916 Stores   31st Mar 1916 Good Weather   12th Sep 1916 Orders 21st Sep 1916 Quiet 22nd Sep 1916 Arrivals   23rd Sep 1916 Orders   24th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars   25th Sep 1916 Shelling   26th Sep 1916 Some Shelling   27th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars   28th Sep 1916 Training & Reliefs   29th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting   30th Sep 1916 Trench Raid   1st Oct 1916 Quiet 2nd Oct 1916 Quiet 3rd Oct 1916 Shelling   4th Oct 1916 Orders   5th Oct 1916 Wire Cut   6th Oct 1916 Rounds Fired   7th Oct 1916 Trench Raid   8th Oct 1916 Artillery Active   9th Oct 1916 Quiet 10th Oct 1916 Quiet 11th Oct 1916 Course 12th Oct 1916 Trench Raids   15th Oct 1916 Conference 16th Oct 1916 Courses 19th Oct 1916 Orders Issued 20th Oct 1916 Trench Raids 21st Oct 1916 Enemy Aircraft 22nd Oct 1916 Artillery Active   23rd Oct 1916 Artillery Active   24th Oct 1916 Experiment 25th Oct 1916 Artillery Active 26th Oct 1916 Wire Cutting 27th Oct 1916 Artillery Active 28th Oct 1916 Artillery in Action 29th Oct 1916 Heavy Shelling   30th Oct 1916 Artillery Active   31st Oct 1916 Work   31st Oct 1916 Warning   19th of January 1918 Warning of Divisional Relief   21st of January 1918 A Surrender   29th of January 1918 Divisional HQ Moves   30th of January 1918 Movement Continues 31st of January 1918 Training   3rd of February 1918  Weather Fine   14th of February 1918 Training 27th of February 1918 On the March   28th of February 1918 On the Move   22nd Mar 1918 Heavy Shelling   24th of March 1918 On the Move 30th Mar 1918 Advance Parties 31st Mar 1918 On the March   31st of March 1918 Relief Completed   1st Apr 1918 Enemy Active 2nd Apr 1918 Enemy Active 3rd Apr 1918 Artillery in Action 4th Apr 1918 Enemy Artillery Active   4th Apr 1918 Hostile Artillery 5th Apr 1918 Reliefs   5th Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete 5th Apr 1918 Reliefs   6th Apr 1918 Quiet 6th Apr 1918 Attack Expected   7th Apr 1918 Gas 7th Apr 1918 Preparations   8th Apr 1918 Low Visibility 8th Apr 1918 Preparations   9th Apr 1918 Bridges   10th Apr 1918 Withdrawal   10th Apr 1918 Bridges 16th of April 1918 Orders   20th of April 1918 Order Alteration   25th of April 1918 Defensive Work   28th Jul 1918 Preparations 28th Jul 1918 In Action 30th Jul 1918 In Action 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 208th (Norwich) Field Company, Royal Engineers during the Great War 1914-1918. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. 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 208th (Norwich) 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. 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