Unit / Ship / Establishment:


172 Tunnelling Coy RE

  Detail :

 First employed in the Bluff/St Eloi areas at Ypres. Focused on the Bluff when 175th Company extended its area to Hill 60 in July 1915. Relieved 181st Company in Rue du Bois area in March 1916, but soon moved back to the Bluff. Moved to Neuville St Vaast/Vimy in April 1916. March 1918 saw the Company working on a new defensive line on the Somme, near Bray St Christophe. It fought as emergency infantry near Villecholles, and carried out a fighting retreat. In April 1918, troops of the Company fought a large fire in Amiens.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 2Lt H. CARR  23-01-1916 Bernard Gilpin No.3076

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