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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.
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Born 1876
Died 1959
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Born 1874
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Royal Navy 541 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1884
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
British Army Major Royal Engineers Officer Commanding 248th Field Company, 189th Inf Bde
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Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy 1465 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal battalion
British Army 207954 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 248th Field Company
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Born 1883
Royal Navy 794 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
More about William Walker -
Born 1880
British Army 207196 Sapper Royal Engineers
Royal Navy 5541 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1885
Royal Navy 44 2nd Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 236166 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers
More about Charles Albert Walker -
Born 1893
Royal Navy 1246 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about Henry Smith -
Born 1886
Royal Navy 432 Sargeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
More about Charles Samuel Blake -
Born 1891
Died 1915
Royal Navy 378 Lance Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal 2nd Field Company
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Born 1886
Died 1918
Royal Navy 226 Captain Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 296th Brigade
British Army Corporal Royal Engineers
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Born 1879
Died 1927
Royal Navy 492 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about Ernest Robert Hillman -
Born 1896
Royal Navy 5568 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 236288 Sapper Royal Engineers 248th Field Co
More about Edward Henry Drew -
Born 1888
Royal Navy 1381 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1966
Royal Navy 51 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 199864 Sergeant Royal Engineers Signal corps
More about John Hillary Pyne Burchett -
Born 1896
Died 1957
Royal Navy 5247 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
British Army 207189 Sapper Royal Engineers
More about Ernest Louis Bosworth -
Born 1889
Died 1915
Royal Navy 101 Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal Battalion
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Born 1884
Died 1942
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers
Royal Navy Captain and Major Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines
More about Reginald Godfrey Aston -
Born 1895
Died 1916
Royal Navy Z/883 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy 5151 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal Deal
More about Arthur Loveys -
Born 1886
Royal Navy 809 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 207654 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers
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