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59th Field Company, Royal Engineers 16th Aug 1914 59 Field Company RE proceed to France  59 Field Company RE left their base at Curragh and arrived at Dublin docks, 4pm were aboard H.T. Bellerophon, which left Dublin 8.15pm for Le Havre. 18th Aug 1914 A long day for 59 Field Company RE  59th Field Company Royal Engineers arrived at Havre France 7am, the whole company had disembarked by 4.30pm. 20th Aug 1914 59th Coy RE depart from Le Havre  59th Field Coy Royal Engineers left Havre by train at 12.20pm. enduring a slow uncomfortable journey via Amiens and Le Cateau to Landrecies. 21st Aug 1914 59th Coy RE on the march  59th Field Coy Royal Engineers marched off from Landrecies to join the rest of the 5th Division at Mons. On arriving the Company was ordered to construct a defense at the bridgeheads over the Mons Canal. 22nd of August 1914  On the March 23rd Aug 1914 Patrols 24th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 25th Aug 1914 In Defence 26th Aug 1914 German Cavalry stampede column  At 7.15am the column is stampeded by German cavalry from Le Cateau. 59th Coy RE received the order to withdraw at 2pm. 26th Aug 1914 Orders 26th Aug 1914 Under Fire 27th Aug 1914 Defensive line 28th Aug 1914 On the March 28th of August 1914 An Exhausting March 29th Aug 1914 Bivouack 30th Aug 1914 On the March 30th of August 1914 A Hot March 31st Aug 1914 On the March 1st of September 1914 A Delayed March 2nd of September 1914 An Early March 4th of September 1914 An Easier March 5th of September 1914 March Finished 11th of September 1914 Marching 12th of September 1914 A Wet March 2nd of October 1914 Moonlit Relief 31st of October 1914 A Counter Attack    7th of November 1914  Messines Attack Slow 21st of November 1914 Regiments Under-strength   2nd of December 1914  A Moonlit Night   15th of January 1915 Germans Fire Slowly   17th April 1915 5th Division Attack   16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 1st of January 1916 Night-time Shelling 2nd of January 1916 Direct Hits   10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups 4th of March 1916 Snow All Day 19th of June 1916  Divisional Relief 2nd of July 1916 New Orders   13th of July 1916 Readiness to Move   15th of July 1916  Orders 19th of July 1916 Relief Carried Out   22nd of July 1916 Front Adjustment Completed   26th of July 1916 A Combined Offensive   2nd of August 1916 A Relief and a Move 5th of August 1916 Divisional Dispositions 21st of August 1916  Training   25th of August 1916 Warning Order Issued   26th of August 1916  Into Action   31st of August 1916  Warning Order Issued   2nd of September 1916 Zero Hour Announced   8th of September 1916 Prepare to Move 21st of September 1916 Situation Normal   24th of September 1916 Foggy Night   27th of September 1916 Division Moves   30th of September 1916 Dispositions 2nd of October 1916  Reconnoitring the Line   8th of March 1917  Divisional Relief   19th of March 1917  Reliefs 20th of March 1917  Composite Division Formed   24th of March 1917 Pioneers On the Move 27th of March 1917 In Corps Reserve   2nd of April 1917  Positions   4th of April 1917 Orders for Moves   8th of April 1917 HQ Moves 12th of April 1917 Orders and Reliefs   13th of April 1917  A Push Forward   14th of April 1917 Orders to Move   25th of April 1917 Canadians Take Over Front   28th of April 1917 Rest and Training   5th of May 1917  Wood Shelled   12th of May 1917 Bailleul Shelled   26th of May 1917 Quiet Day   9th of June 1917  A Relief   14th of June 1917 Relief   15th of June 1917   Relief Completed   17th of June 1917 Quiet Day   18th of June 1917   Aircraft Active   19th of June 1917  Quiet Day   21st of June 1917  Brigade Relief Completed   26th of June 1917  Quiet Day   1st of July 1917  Front Line Adjusted   5th of July 1917  Our Trenches Damaged   6th of July 1917  A Brigade Relief   10th of July 1917 A Raid Ordered   12th of July 1917  Back Areas Shelled    17th of July 1917 Quiet Time   18th of July 1917 Direct Hits Made   19th of July 1917   Situation Quiet    21st of July 1917 Back Areas Shelled   23rd of July 1917 Minenwerfer Active   26th of July 1917  Very Quiet    27th of July 1917  Gas Attack   29th of July 1917 Brigade Relief   1st of August 1917 MG Activity   3rd of August 1917   Snipers Active   4th of August 1917  Hostile Shelling   7th of August 1917  A German Raid   10th of August 1917 Mostly Quiet   13th of August 1917 Two Minute Barrage   16th of August 1917 MGs Active   19th of August 1917  Gas Drums Plan   22nd of August 1917 Railway Shelled   25th of August 1917  TMs Hit Oppy Wood   27th of August 1917 Quiet Time   31st August 1917 Quiet Time   3rd of September 1917  Quiet   5th of September 1917 Brigades on the March   6th of September 1917 Gas Shelling   7th of September 1917 Training   10th of September 1917  Division to Move 11th of September 1917  Artillery Marches 25th of September 1917 Entraining Continues   27th of September 1917  Orders Received 28th of September 1917  On the Move   4th of October 1917 Attack Launched   5th of October 1917 Quieter Night   17th of October 1917 Training   8th of November 1917 Fairly Quiet   15th of November 1917 13th Brigade Entrain   16th of November 1917 15th Brigade Entrain 19th of November 1917  Pioneers Move 23rd of November 1917 Division Ordered to Move 26th of November 1917   HQ Closes and Re-opens 28th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 9th of April 1918 Orders 10th of April 1918  Relief Postponed 11th of April 1918 Movement Details 18th of April 1918  Artillery Active   19th of April 1918 A Raiding Party    22nd of April 1918  A Gas Attack   25th of April 1918  Division Attacks   26th Apr 1918 Gun Positions   28th of April 1918 Artillery Quieter   3rd of May 1918 Enemy Artillery Active    4th of May 1918 Situation Quiet   10th of May 1918 Gas Shells Used    15th of May 1918 Our Heavies Busy    17th of May 1918 Active Artillery   22nd of May 1918 Enemy Active   23rd of May 1918 Quiet Night   30th of May 1918 A Relief   5th of June 1918  Brigade Relief   13th of June 1918  Brigade Relief Completed   15th of June 1918  Operation Proposed   20th of June 1918 Situation Unchanged   22nd of June 1918  Slight Activity   25th of June 1918 WO95/1510/4   29th of June 1918 Enemy Guns Active   1st of July 1918  Situation Unchanged   7th of July 1918  Gas Shelling   12th of July 1918 Back Areas Bombed   18th of July 1918  Our Guns Active   24th of July 1918  Relief Completed   28th of July 1918 Quiet    31st of July 1918 Relief Completed   4th of August 1918 Divisional Relief Ordered   9th of August 1918  Training   10th of August 1918  Training 13th of August 1918 Entraining Commenced 15th of August 1918  Training 18th of August 1918 On the Move   23rd of August 1918  Division Attacks   24th of August 1918  5th Division Co-operates   25th of August 1918 Brigades Move   26th of August 1918  Enemy Retreats   27th of August 1918 Quiet   28th of August 1918   Situation Unchanged   30th of August 1918  Advance Continues   31st of August 1918  Counter-Attack   1st of September 1918  Attack Sucessful   2nd of September 1918 Strongly Defended 3rd of September 1918  Enemy Withdraws   4th of September 1918 Divisional Relief 5th of September 1918 Rest and Training 8th of September 1918  Rest and Training   17th of September 1918 Back Areas Bombed   18th of September 1918 Attack Commences   19th of September 1918 Enemy Guns Quiet   20th of September 1918  Quiet Time   22nd of September 1918 Field Guns Active   30th of September 1918  Divisional Relief   8th of October 1918 New Area   9th of October 1918  On the Move    10th of October 1918 On the Move   11th of November 1918 Armistice and a Report   13th of November 1918 Resting 4th of December 1918 Orders Issued   10th of January 1919  Locations 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 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers during the Great War 1914-1918. Ashby Albert. Spr. (d.29th Oct1918) Bates Robert. A/Sgt. (d.20th July 1916) Cloutman VC.. Brett Mackay. A/Mjr. Croucher MM. William Henry. Cpl. Harrington Walter. Spr. James MM.. Frederick John. A/Sgt. Pearce Thomas. L/Cpl. 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 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers from other sources. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. 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. 1206072 Spr. Albert Ashby 59th Field Coy. Royal Engineers (d.29th Oct1918) Albert Ashby died on the 29th of October 1918 and is buried in the Etaples Military cemetery in France. He was the son of Arthur and Hannah Ashby. Native of Birmingham s flynn Add to this record. 263395 Spr. Walter Harrington 59th Field Coy. Royal Engineers Walter Harrington was mobilized at the Curragh on 6th August 1914. He had first joined the RE in 1907. He was reported missing on 30th August 1914 after having been taken captive. He spent the war years in Munster III POW camp and was repatriated via Hull on 27th November 1918. Add to this record. 253724 A/Sgt. Frederick John James MM. 59th Field Company Royal Engineers Frederick James joined the Royal Engineers in 1905. He was the son of John and Thomasine James. After serving in Ireland, he came back to England as a reservist. At the outbreak of WW1 he was called to fight. He was awarded the Military Medal, which was announced in the London Gazette on the 12th of March 1917. Frederick suffered a severe shell wound from the Battle of Sanctuary Wood, o n the Ypres Front, on the 20th of October 1917. Transferred to England, he arrived on the 3rd of November 1917 at the University War Hospital in Southampton, then moved to Horton City of London War Hospital. He died aged 45 in 1930. Josephine James Add to this record. 216884 A/Sgt. Robert Bates 59th Field Coy Corps Of Royal Engineers (d.20th July 1916) Robert Bates, the son of Matthew and Catherine Bates, of Newbridge Lodge, Donabate, Co. Dublin died of wounds age 38 and is buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz. S Flynn Add to this record. 1881 A/Mjr. Brett Mackay Cloutman VC. 59th Field Coy. Royal Engineers Acting Major Brett Cloutman was commanding the 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers, when he won his VC, he was 26 years old. His citation reads: "On 6 November 1918, at Pont-sur-Sambre, France, Major Cloutman, after reconnoitring the river crossings, found the Quartes Bridge almost intact but prepared for demolition. Leaving his party under cover he went forward alone, swam across the river and having cut the 'leads' from the charges returned the same way, despite the fact that the bridge and all the approaches were swept by enemy shells and machine-gun fire. Although the bridge was blown up later in the day by other means, the abutments remained intact." This was the last act to win a VC in the First World War. Brett Cloutman later achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served in The Second World War and in 1947 became Senior Chairman of the War Pensions Tribunal. He eventually became His Honour Lieutenant Colonel Sir Brett Cloutman VC MC. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, Kent. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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