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1/2nd Northumbrian Field Company, Royal Engineers



   2nd Northumbrian (Newcastle) Field Company, Royal Engineers was a unit of the Territorial Force with its HQ at Barras Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It was later renamed 449th (2nd Northumbrian) Field Company.

19th of April 1915 Establishing HQs

22nd of April 1915 Germans Attack

22nd of April 1915 Standing by

23rd of April 1915 Under attack

23rd of April 1915 Northunberlands Transferred

23rd of April 1915 Divisional Movements

24th of April 1915 Units in position

24th of April 1915 Positions of Northumberland Division  location map

3rd of May 1915 Divisional Area Allotted

3rd of May 1915 Orders

3rd of May 1915 Engineers rejoin Division

12th May 1915 Operation Order No. 12  location map

25th of June 1915 On the Move

25th of June 1915 Arrival in Dranoutre

24th September 1915 Programme

25th September 1915 Orders  location map

26th September 1915 Reliefs Complete

26th September 1915 Work

27th September 1915 Shelling

2nd October 1915 Report

9th October 1915 Orders  location map

16th October 1915 Orders

23rd October 1915 Work Done  location map

30th October 1915 Work Done

1st November 1915 Warnings

4th November 1915 Training Programme

6th November 1915 Work Done

6th November 1915 Allotment

7th November 1915 Orders Issued

7th November 1915 Reliefs

12th November 1915 On the Move

13th November 1915 Training Programme

5th December 1915 Orders

6th December 1915 On the Move

7th December 1915 On the Move

11th December 1915 Orders

13th December 1915 On the Move  location map

13th December 1915 Reliefs  location map

13th December 1915 Orders  location map

13th December 1915 Order  location map

13st December 1915 Orders  location map

13th December 1915 Reliefs  location map

13th December 1915 Orders  location map

15th December 1915 Advance Parties

16th January 1916 Visit

16th January 1916 Reorganisation  location map

27th January 1916 Snipers, Sausages and Whizz-bangs  location map

29th of January 1916 Machine Gun Emplacements  location map

29th January 1916 Machine Guns  location map

30th January 1916 Snipers  location map

31st January 1916 Enemy Lines  location map

2nd February 1916 Aeroplane Photographs  location map

4th February 1916 Enemy Guns

4th February 1916 Enemy Artillery  location map

5th February 1916 Shelling

5th February 1916 Shelling  location map

5th February 1916 Snipers

5th February 1916 Uniforms

7th February 1916 Shelling  location map

7th February 1916 Artillery Active  location map

9th February 1916 Artillery Active  location map

10th February 1916 Artillery in Action  location map

11th February 1916 Warning

11th February 1916 Enemy Active  location map

12th February 1916 Gas Alert  location map

12th February 1916 Quieter  location map

21st February 1916 Snow

22nd February 1916 Gas

22nd of February 1916 Machine Guns  location map

23rd February 1916 Warning

25th February 1916 Dangerous Wind

26th February 1916 Hostile Artillery  location map

28th February 1916 Dummys

28th February 1916 Orders  location map

29th February 1916 Report

1st of March 1916 Bombardment  location map

7th of March 1916 Orders  location map

7th of March 1916 Orders

8th of March 1916 Mining  location map

10th of March 1916 Reliefs Completed  location map

10th of March 1916 Orders  location map

18th of March 1916 Orders  location map

20th of March 1916 Orders  location map

23rd of March 1916 Reliefs  location map

25th of March 1916 Trench Work

31st of March 1916 Orders  location map

1st of April 1916 Orders  location map

30th of April 1916 Stand To

30th of April 1916 At Rest  location map

14th of May 1916 Training & Sport

18th of May 1916 Orders

20th of May 1916 Orders  location map

14th of June 1916 Tinme

1st of August 1916 Gas

2nd of August 1916 Alert

1st of September 1916 Locations

1st Sep 1916 Flies  location map

2nd Sep 1916 Wet Day  location map

7th Sep 1916 Conference  location map

8th Sep 1916 Water Treatment  location map

9th Sep 1916 Arrangements Made  location map

10th Sep 1916 Moves  location map

11th Sep 1916 Return to Duty  location map

13th of September 1916 Instructions  location map

13th of September 1916 Orders  location map

21st Sep 1916 Poor Sanitation  location map

24th of September 1916 Reliefs  location map

24th of September 1916 Orders  location map

25th of September 1916 Attacks  location map

27th of September 1916 Instructions

29th of September 1916 Orders  location map

3rd of October 1916 Reliefs  location map

3rd of October 1916 Congratulations

9th of October 1916 Working Parties

19th of October 1916 Orders  location map

22nd of October 1916 Situation

22nd of October 1916 Orders  location map

22nd of October 1916 Signals

23rd of October 1916 Orders

26th of October 1916 Orders  location map

26th of October 1916 Orders

28th of October 1916 Orders

28th of October 1916 Artillery in Action  location map

30th of October 1916 Enemy Aircraft  location map

30th of October 1916 Orders  location map

31st of October 1916 Orders

31st of October 1916 Orders  location map

1st of November 1916 Thick Mud  location map

1st of November 1916 Enemy Active  location map

2nd of November 1916 Instructions

2nd of November 1916 Orders  location map

2nd of November 1916 Shelling  location map

3rd of November 1916 Orders  location map

3rd of November 1916 Orders  location map

4th of November 1916 Secret  location map

5th of November 1916 Hostile Barrage  location map

2nd of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

3rd of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

3rd of September 1917 Intelligence

4th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

5th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

6th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

7th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

8th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

9th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

9th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

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16th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

17th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

18th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

19th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

20th of September 1917 Intelligence  location map

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28th of September 1917 Intelligence

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1st of October 1917 Intelligence  location map

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27th of October 1917 Intelligence  location map

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18th of December 1917 Intelligence  location map

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25th of December 1917 Intelligence  location map

26th of December 1917 Intelligence  location map

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