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400th (Highland) Field Coy Royal Engineers    400th (Highland) Field Company, Royal Engineers was a unit of the Territorial Force, originally named 1/1st Highland Field Company, RE. They served with 51st Division on the Western Front during the Great War. 5th May 1915 On the Move   6th May 1915 Orders   8th May 1915 Orders 9th May 1915 In Reserve 10th May 1915 In Reserve 11th May 1915 In Reserve 12th May 1915 In Reserve   13th May 1915 In Reserve 14th May 1915 On the March   15th May 1915 In Reserve   16th May 1915 In Reserve   17th May 1915 In Reserve   18th May 1915 Orders Received   19th May 1915 Reliefs   21st May 1915 Trench Work 22nd May 1915 Trench Work 23rd May 1915 Some Shelling 24th May 1915 Intermittent Shelling 25th May 1915 Occasional Shelling 26th May 1915 Intermittent Shelling 27th May 1915 Heavy Shelling   28th May 1915 Quiet Day   29th May 1915 Line Advanced   29th May 1915 Instructions   30th May 1915 Order Received   31st May 1915 Reliefs   2nd Jun 1915 Trench Work 3rd Jun 1915 Trench Work 4th Jun 1915 Reorganisation 5th Jun 1915 Quiet 6th Jun 1915 Relief Complete 7th Jun 1915 Orders Received 8th Jun 1915 Orders 9th Jun 1915 Preparations 10th Jun 1915 Preparations 11th Jun 1915 Preparations 12th Jun 1915 Orders   13th Jun 1915 Artillery Active 14th Jun 1915 Artillery in Action 14th Jun 1915 Orders   15th Jun 1915 In Action   15th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 Attack Made   16th Jun 1915 Communication   16th Jun 1915 Orders   17th Jun 1915 Reliefs   18th Jun 1915 Orders Received   19th Jun 1915 Artillery in Action   22nd Jun 1915 Relief Completed 23rd Jun 1915 Trench Work 24th Jun 1915 Orders 25th Jun 1915 Orders Received 26th Jun 1915 Reorganisation 27th Jun 1915 On the Move 28th Jun 1915 HQ Moves   29th Jun 1915 Orders Issued 30th Jun 1915 Mine Explodes 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 Jul 1916 Shelling 2nd Jul 1916 Mine 3rd Jul 1916 Shelling 10th Jul 1916 Camouflet 11th Jul 1916 Shelling 12th Jul 1916 Reliefs   13th Jul 1916 Trench Raid 14th Jul 1916 Relief Completed 15th Jul 1916 On the Move 16th Jul 1916 On the Move 19th Jul 1916 Orders 20th Jul 1916 On the Move   21st Jul 1916 Orders Received 22nd Jul 1916 Reliefs Completed   22nd Jul 1916 Preparations   23rd Jul 1916 In Action   23rd Jul 1916 Attack Made   24th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   25th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   26th Jul 1916 Relief   27th Jul 1916 Attacks Made   28th Jul 1916 Shelling   29th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   30th Jul 1916 Attack Made   31st Jul 1916 Consolidation   31st Jul 1916 Report   1st Aug 1916 Instructions 15th Oct 1917 Preparations   19th Oct 1917 Line Taken Over   13th Nov 1917 In Action   14th Nov 1917 In Action   15th Nov 1917 In Action   16th Nov 1917 Report   21st Mar 1918 Enemy Attack   22nd Mar 1918 Under Pressure   22nd Mar 1918 Under Attack   23rd Mar 1918 Heavy Fighting 24th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal 25th Mar 1918 Pressed Back   26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   31st Mar 1918 Fierce Fighting   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 400th (Highland) Field Coy Royal Engineers during the Great War 1914-1918. Hughes Robert Thomas. Sarper 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 400th (Highland) Field Coy 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. 226905 Sarper Robert Thomas Hughes 400th Field Coy Royal Engineers Robert Hughes was my great grandfather who survived the Great War. He was married to Jane Ann at the Brooms Church in Leadgate. They had five boys then five girls. Lynne Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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