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237th (Reading) Field Company, Royal Engineers 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 9th February 1916 Call Ups 1st May 1916 On the Move 5th May 1916 On the Move 8th May 1916 Concentration 9th May 1916 Orders 10th May 1916 Orders 11th May 1916 Preparations 12th May 1916 School of Instruction 13th May 1916 Postponement 14th May 1916 Trench Raid 15th May 1916 Instruction 17th May 1916 Gas Alert 18th May 1916 Orders   10th Jun 1916 Working Parties   13th Sep 1916 Instructions   15th Sep 1916 Orders   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 237th (Reading) Field Company, Royal Engineers during the Great War 1914-1918. Palmer Arthur George. Sapper (d.27th Dec 1916) Somner George William. Spr. 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 237th (Reading) 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? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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George William Somner 237th (Reading) Field Company Royal Engineers In the second quarter of 1915 George Somner married Jessie Cousens in Staines, Middlesex. He was the father of George W Somner born 1920 at Kingston Surrey. His mother's maiden name was Cousens. On 4 May 1884 he was baptised in St. Marys, Reading, Berkshire. Father George William and mother Kate Service History: 21 Jan 1916 Enlisted & Posted for Duty at Reading, Mason 6 May 1916 Disembarked France 237th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. 41st Division 16 Aug 1916 Rated Skilled Mason in field 22 Feb 1917 To hospital 27 Feb 1917 Re-joins unit 25 Oct 1917 Four days leave to UK 04 Jan 1918 Wounded in action but remained at duty 21 Jan 1918 Leave to UK for 14 days 08 Feb 1918 War Office Daily List No. 5487, wounded, NOK Staines 28 Apr 1918 Gassed at Ypres to hospital, diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in France following gassing 03 May 1918 Embarks for England to 26th General Hospital 04 May 1918 At 2/1st Southern General Hospital Birmingham for 36 days. 26 Jun 1918 War Office Daily List No.5602, Wounded, NOK Teddington 07 Oct 1918 To Q Coy. At Chatham 21 Oct 1918 Posted to 67th Division RE 27 Mar 1919 Demobilized At Chrystal Palace from 493 Field Coy. RE. 50% disability 1919 9 or 90 days convalescence hospital Plymouth 19 Jan 1920 Aged 36 yrs. T.B. present still 01 Apr 1921 Resident 12 Shacklegate Road, also a Jessie Somner present 01 Sep 1921 Resident 12 Shacklegate Road, also a Jessie Somner present 1921 Believed to have died aged 37 at Brentford Middlesex Keith Sampson Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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