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Royal Marine Divisional Engineers - Deal Battalion
Royal Marine Divisional Engineers - Deal Battalion
For the unsung engineers of the Royal Naval Division. When the Royal Naval Division (RND) was formed at the beginning of the war, it went into battle as a naval ground force without the adequate supporting units. One of the ancillary battalions then formed was the Deal Battalion, also termed the Royal Marine Divisional Engineers. These men served with the RND at Gallipoli before being transported to France in 1916 where they supported the RND on the Somme and in particular at the battle of the Ancre, the final battle of that campaign. The Deal battalion was then broken up and re-designated as - 247th Field Company Royal Engineers (63rd Royal Naval Division), 248th Field Company Royal Engineers (63rd Royal Naval Division) and the 249th Field Company Royal Engineers (63rd Royal Naval Division). They continued to support the RND in the major engagements of 1917 (3rd Ypres) as well as 1918 (the 100 day offensive). Because of the naming complexities - 'Deal', 'Royal Marine Divisional Engineers', 'Royal Engineers' etc. and the fact that they joined the navy but ended categorised as army, their records are quite scattered across this site! Also, books on the Royal Naval Division typically focus on the well known fighting units (Hood, Anson etc) with little mention of their supporting battalions. The aim of this community is to group together those engineers that supported the RND and better understand their war experiences, contributions and sacrifices to assist present day family members and any interested researchers.
Created by: Miles125599
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British Army 207993 Sapper Royal Engineers
Royal Navy 797 Sapper Royal Naval Division Deal Battalion (engineers)
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British Army S/417 Sapper Royal Engineers
British Army 207992 Sapper Royal Engineers
British Army 207992 Engineer Lieutenant Royal Naval Division
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British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
More about Robert Forbes Meff -
Born 1878
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers
Royal Navy 419 Lance Corporal Royal Naval Division: Engineers Deal battalion
More about Louis Arthur Skinner -
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army S/1473 Sapper Naval Forces
British Army S/1473 Acting Serjeant 63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve
Royal Navy 1473 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
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More about Stewart Patrick Brown -
Born 1986
Died 1973
British Army Lieutenant 3rd Field Company
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
Royal Navy 701/S Sgt royal naval division Deal battalion
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More about Reginald St Aubyn Griffiths -
Born 1892
Died 1975
British Army 829 Sapper Royal Engineers
Royal Navy Deal/829/S Sapper Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Engineers) Deal Battalion
British Army 207994 Sapper Royal Engineers 248th Field Company
More about Arthur Frederick Bingham -
Born 1878
Died 1916
Royal Navy 1093 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
More about William Pegden -
Born 1890
Died 1970
British Army 207855 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers
British Army Acting Captain Royal Engineers
British Army Captain Royal Engineers (Retired)
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More about Stuart Ainsworth -
Born 1893
Royal Navy 1457 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
More about Thomas Bone -
Born 1894
Died 1954
British Army 208022 Sapper Royal Engineers
Royal Navy Deal/5356/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about Charles Edward Henry Foord -
Born 1890
Royal Navy 5368 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about Robert Hawman -
Born 1889
Royal Navy 156 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 207685 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers
More about Francis John Walker -
Born 1896
Died 1974
Royal Navy 211 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 199887 Royal Engineers
British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery
More about John Hawkes Walker -
Born 1879
Died 1915
Royal Navy 590 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about Arthur James Munday -
Born 1895
British Army 207193 Sapper Royal Engineers
Royal Navy 5723 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about Ernest Samuel Broughton -
Born 1882
Died 1917
Royal Navy 5118 2nd Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about Thomas Alfred Wing -
Born 1885
Royal Navy 812 2nd corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about Cornelius Walker -
Born 1877
Died 1942
Royal Navy 822 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 235988 Sapper Royal Engineers
More about Samuel Charles Goodchild -
Born 1887
Died 1974
Royal Navy Deal/1422/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
British Army 207531 Sapper Royal Engineers
More about William Charles Evershed