Saturday 16th January 1916: The 1st Field Company, East Anglian Royal Engineers will be on the move tomorrow. For the last eleven days they have been at Locon, north of Béthune. They are constructing defences east of the junction of the Rue du Bois and the Rue de l’Épinette, some way east of the village, as well as in the front line(1).
Source: War Diary of the 1st Field Company, East Anglian Royal Engineers at The National Archives [WO95/1332/1]
(1) Today the D166 and D171 south of Richebourg-l’Avoué.
Source: War Diary of the 1st Field Company, East Anglian Royal Engineers at The National Archives [WO95/1332/1]
(1) Today the D166 and D171 south of Richebourg-l’Avoué.
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