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483rd (East Anglian) Field Company, Royal Engineers    The East Anglian Engineers were part of the Territorial Force, Royal Engineers and had their HQ in Ashburnham Road, Bedford, the unit consisted of the 1st(Bedford) Field Company, the 2nd (Bedford and Luton) Field Company and the East Anglian Signal Company, which was organised as No 1 and No 2 (Norfolk and Suffolk) Sections, No 3 (East Midland) Section and No 4 (Essex) Section. 25th Dec 1914 On the Move  Having sailed from Southampton on Christmas Eve at 6.30 PM 483rd Field Company, Royal Engineers arrived in Harve at 8 am Christmas Day and disembarked in very frosty weather. Being sent to No 2 camp they stayed there until the 29th December. The weather was very wet from the 26th. 21st Jan 1915 Trench Work 22nd Jan 1915 Trench Work 20th Feb 1915 Attack Made  1st East Anglian Engineers report "At 4.40 am an attack made on German trenches in front of Duck's Bill Givenchy to ascertain whether the enemy were mining towards our trenches. After a preliminary bombardment two small columns consisting of parties of Royal Berks, 2nd South Staffs and Glasgow Highlanders and two officers & 32 NCOs & Sappers of our company succeeded in capturing the trench and after investigation it was found that the Enemy were not mining. The trench was evacuated and party returned. Two Sappers Killed, Two Missing, Eight wounded 2nd Lieut C H Humphreys wounded." 20th Feb 1915 Trench Raid 10th Mar 1915 Diversionary attack   10th Mar 1915 Attack Made 4th Apr 1915 East Angian Engineers at work 20th Oct 1915 Reliefs   31st Oct 1915 Working Parties 1st Jun 1917 Working Party   1st Jun 1917 Working Parties 2nd Jun 1917 Working Parties 26th Jun 1917 Sports 27th Nov 1917 Intermittent Shelling   29th Nov 1917 Attack Made   1st Dec 1917 Reliefs   4th Jan 1918 In Reserve 5th Jan 1918 In Reserve 6th Jan 1918 In Reserve 7th Jan 1918 Training 9th Jan 1918 Snow 10th Jan 1918 Snow 11th Jan 1918 Poor Weather 12th Jan 1918 Training 13th Jan 1918 Snow and Frost 14th Jan 1918 Training 15th Jan 1918 Training 16th Jan 1918 Bad Weather 17th Jan 1918 Poor Weather 19th Jan 1918 Orders 20th Jan 1918 Orders 21st Jan 1918 Heavy Rain 24th Jan 1918 In the Line 25th Jan 1918 Artillery Active   26th Jan 1918 Orders   27th Jan 1918 Fog 28th Jan 1918 Artillery Active   29th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 30th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 31st Jan 1918 Thick Mist 1st Feb 1918 Trenches Improved 2nd Feb 1918 Trenches Improved 3rd Feb 1918 Orders 4th Feb 1918 Shelling 5th Feb 1918 Warmer 6th Feb 1918 Orders 7th Feb 1918 Fraternisation 8th Feb 1918 Quiet 9th Feb 1918 Reorganisation 10th Feb 1918 Shelling 10th Feb 1918 Working Parties 11th Feb 1918 Quiet 11th Feb 1918 Working Parties 12th Feb 1918 Quiet 13th Feb 1918 Some Shelling 13th Feb 1918 Working Parties 14th Feb 1918 Patrols   14th Feb 1918 Working Parties 15th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 16th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 17th Feb 1918 Enemy Aircraft   18th Feb 1918 Misty   19th Feb 1918 Quiet   20th Feb 1918 Gas Shells   21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation   22nd Feb 1918 Patrols 23rd Feb 1918 Shelling   24th Feb 1918 Shelling   25th Feb 1918 Shelling   26th Feb 1918 Artillery Active   27th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 28th Feb 1918 Shelling   1st Mar 1918 Raids   2nd Mar 1918 Snow 3rd Mar 1918 Patrols   4th Mar 1918 Quiet   5th Mar 1918 Patrols   6th Mar 1918 Gas   7th Mar 1918 Enemy Active   8th Mar 1918 Enemy Active   9th Mar 1918 Mist 10th Mar 1918 Enemy Active 11th Mar 1918 Gas 12th Mar 1918 Gas 13th Mar 1918 Raids 14th Mar 1918 Artillery Active 15th Mar 1918 Intense Fire 16th Mar 1918 Trench Raid   17th Mar 1918 Patrols   18th Mar 1918 Raids   19th Mar 1918 Patrols 20th Mar 1918 Reliefs 21st Mar 1918 Arrangements   21st Mar 1918 In Action   22nd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   22nd Mar 1918 Messages 23rd Mar 1918 Messages   23rd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   24th Mar 1918 Messages   24th Mar 1918 In Defence   25th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   27th Mar 1918 In Defence   27th Mar 1918 Moves   31st Mar 1918 Shelling If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about the Royal Engineers? There are:8720 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 483rd (East Anglian) Field Company, Royal Engineers during the Great War 1914-1918. Howe C A. Spr. (d.13th March 1917) 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 483rd (East Anglian) Field Company, Royal Engineers from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2023 marks 24 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. 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If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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. 247069 Spr. C A Howe 483rd Field Coy. Royal Engineers (d.13th March 1917) C. A. Howe, born 1893, son of Frank and Annie Howe, served with 483rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. He was killed in action on 13th of March 1917 aged 24 years and is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miramount, France. His younger brother Captain and Adjutant Claude Arthur Howe was reported missing and wounded at Gloucester Road, Epehy on 30 November 1917 and then assumed killed in action on that date. Tragically his parents losing both sons to the War. Caroline Hunt Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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