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Fortress Engineers found three field companies, while the remainder of the unit continued to be employed around the Tyne Garrison. These companies were numbered 1st to 3rd (or formally 1/1st to 1/3rd, since they were composed of '1st-Line' Territorials who had volunteered for overseas
442:(in exchange for a Highland Field Company) and served with it on the Western Front until November 1917 when the division was transferred to the Italian front. 7th Division then served in Italy until the end of the war. It was renumbered 528th (Durham) Field Company, RE, in February 1917.
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Electrical Engineers' lineage. These included 132 Field Engineer Regiment, RE, which was considered to be the successor of the Durham Fortress Engineers, with the following organisation:
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January and June 1915, it became clear that a fullscale German invasion of Britain was unlikely, while the armies in the field required large numbers of engineers. The Fortress Engineer units therefore began organising field companies for overseas service.
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Fortress Engineers took up their places in the North Eastern Coastal Defences. At first they were employed on constructing field defences, erecting hutted camps,
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Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet of Grinkle Park, retired from the unit in 1888 with the rank of Colonel. The same year, the 1st Newcastle & Durham was split into three separate units: the
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Fortress Engineers and the three field companies who served in the First World War was unveiled in Jarrow Drill Hall in 1928. An additional inscription to
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Newcastle EV (1 company) were united into the 1st Durham Administrative Battalion EV, consolidated in 1880 as the
422:. 5th Division returned to the Western Front in April 1918 and fought there until the end of the war. It was renumbered 527th (Durham) Field Company, RE, in February 1917.
168:, at other times it formed an independent unit. Although its main role was defence of the North East Coast of England, the unit sent detachments on active service to the
254:(RE) in railway construction for the British force engaged there. The detachment of 40 men was drawn from the 1st Newcastle & Durham EV and the 1st Lancashire EV.
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in France on 20 September 1915 and served with it on the Western Front until November 1917, when the division was transferred to the
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to the end of the war. It was renumbered 526th (Durham) Field Company, RE, in February 1917.
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Maj O.M. Short, Maj H. Sherlock, Capt L.E.C.M. Perowne and Lt M.A. Fraser,
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The History of the Tyne Electrical Engineers, Royal Engineers, 1884–1933
552:. The memorial is now in the RE TA Centre at Debdon Gardens, Gateshead.
272:, with Palmer as Honorary Commandant of both units, together with a new
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1215:, Vol III, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, reprint 1954.
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In 1868 a new unit of Engineer Volunteers (EV) was formed at
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105 Construction Regiment (Tyne Electrical Engineers)
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transferred to 118 Construction Regiment, RE, in 1950
289:in 1900, and a second section the following year.
238:In 1885, the Inspector-General of Fortifications,
32:Tunic button of the 1st Durham Engineer Volunteers
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434:on 19 September, during the latter part of the
1310:Military units and formations in County Durham
921:"Discussion of RE TF units at Great War Forum"
499:426th (Durham) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
361:Shoulder title of Durham Territorial Engineers
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739:"1/2nd Durham Fd Coy RE at Great War Forum"
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946:RE Museum list of WWI unit war diaries.
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477:redesignated 608 Field Squadron in 1953
438:. On 30 January 1916 it transferred to
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1235:Royal Engineers (Volunteers) 1859–1908
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1010:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 28 & 35.
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265:Tyne Division RE (V), Submarine Miners
1096:Engineer Gps at British Army 1945 on.
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218:Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
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467:132 Field Engineer Regiment, RE (TA)
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240:Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Clarke
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1145:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
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1315:Military history of Tyne and Wear
881:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 62, 69.
1285:North East War Memorials Project
1237:, Wembley: R.A. Westlake, 1983,
537:A memorial plaque was set up in
414:2nd Durham Field Company joined
398:1st Durham Field Company joined
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1077:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 304.
1063:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 297.
328:Durham Fortress Engineers, RE
321:(formerly Submarine Miners).
983:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 28.
965:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 27.
850:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 12.
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339:No 2 Works Company at Jarrow
336:No 1 Works Company at Jarrow
275:1st Newcastle-on-Tyne RE (V)
212:was raised and commanded by
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506:132 Corps Engineer Regiment
301:were subsumed into the new
117:Italian Front (World War I)
113:Western Front (World War I)
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333:HQ at Western Road, Jarrow
260:1st Durham RE (Volunteers)
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216:(1822–1907), founder of
974:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 65–71.
956:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 57–63.
490:336 Field Park Squadron
1048:March 3, 2016, at the
992:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 81–7.
548:, was added after the
526:Sir Charles Palmer, Bt
362:
342:No 3 Works Company at
250:to assist the Regular
134:Sir Charles Palmer, Bt
1209:Sir Charles M. Watson
1001:Becke, Pt 2a, p. 103.
546:233 Field Company, RE
484:335 Field Squadron –
475:333 Field Squadron –
458:Post-Second World War
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311:Northumbrian Division
262:, at Jarrow, and the
1280:The Long, Long Trail
576:Beckett, Appendix IX
222:Member of Parliament
146:1st Durham Engineers
21:1st Durham Engineers
927:on 22 December 2015
436:Battle of the Somme
1266:2015-10-23 at the
1141:Ian F.W. Beckett,
795:, 14 October 1910.
745:on 9 February 2015
665:Official Army List
589:Official Army List
481:334 Field Squadron
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226:Lieutenant-Colonel
863:, pp. 44, 52, 56.
819:Monthly Army List
723:Watson, pp. 42–3.
303:Territorial Force
293:Territorial Force
170:Suakin Expedition
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680:, pp. 4–5.
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206:River Tyne
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130:commanders
123:Commanders
1295:RE Museum
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