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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 1895
Died 1915
Royal Navy 1209 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1890
Died 1915
Royal Navy 18 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1889
Died 1972
Royal Navy 27 Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1895
Died 1916
Royal Navy 5407 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1894
Died 1917
British Army 207881 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 248th Field co.
Royal Navy S/392 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal
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Born 1896
Died 1916
Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman RNVR
Royal Navy 5262 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1889
Died 1915
Royal Navy 1124 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1889
Royal Navy 327 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1916
Royal Navy 302 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
British Army 302 sapper Royal Naval Division Deal battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
Royal Navy 1264 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
More about George Edmund Hornessham White -
Born 1896
Royal Navy Clyde 3517 RNVR
British Army 235974 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co
Royal Navy 1372 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1895
Royal Navy 128 Lance Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 207689 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 146th Siege Battery
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Born 1880
British Army 207196 Sapper Royal Engineers
Royal Navy 5541 Sapper royal naval division Deal battalion (engineers)
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Born 1892
Died 1915
Royal Navy 464 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
Royal Navy 464 2nd Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
More about John Francis Webster -
Born 1882
Royal Navy 1354 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 207513 Sapper Royal Engineers
More about Ernest Philip Skellorn -
Born 1883
Died 1946
Royal Navy 60 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers
More about Samuel Mcintyre Saunders -
Born 1880
Royal Navy Deal/155/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
British Army Major Royal Engineers
Royal Navy Acting Major Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
More about John Scott Marshall -
Born 1888
Royal Navy 672 Sargeant Major Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
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Born 1892
Royal Navy 5012 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal
British Army 208002 Sapper Royal Engineers 248th Field co.
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Born 1892
Died 1916
Royal Navy 1010 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal
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