Formed in 1716, the Royal Engineers’ role was to keep the British Army in the field by providing engineering and technical support. During the First World War, its duties included tunnelling, trench-building, forestry, quarrying, gas warfare, inland water transport, aerial survey, topographical photography and camouflaging techniques.

The complement of the Royal Engineers expanded from about 25,000 men at the start of the conflict to 315,000 in 1918.

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Commonwealth War Graves

Banwell, Sapper Oliver (d1919, aged 37, illness)

Bartraham, Serjeant George (d1916, aged 47, illness)

Bayliss, Lance Corporal Charles (d1917, aged 58, illness)

Bennett, Lance Corporal Ernest (d1919, aged 28, illness)

Biss, Lance Corporal Albert (d1920, aged 32, illness)

Blackwell, Sapper Ronald (d1920, aged 30, illness)

Britton, Sapper Edward (d1918, aged 48, drowned)

Burleton, Sapper Percy (d1918, aged 32, illness)

Burroughs, Pioneer George (d1917, aged 18, illness)

Bush, Sapper George (d1917, aged 28, illness)

Carey, Lance Corporal George (d1916, aged 39, accident)

Carpenter, Serjeant George (d1920, aged 39, illness)

Caston, Sergeant Major Hugh (d1917, aged 36, cause unknown)

Channing, Lance Corporal Frederick (d1920, aged 49, illness)

Chapman, Sapper John (d1916, aged 23, illness)

Churchill, Pioneer Charles (d1919, aged 36, illness)

Clark, Quartermaster Thomas (d1916, aged 63, cause unknown)

Clark, Sapper Walter (d1920, aged 37, cause of death unknown)

Colston, Sapper Albert (d1917, aged 30, cause of death unknown)

Coward, Sapper Arthur (d1918, aged 30, illness)

Cowley, Captain Frank (d1919, aged 41, cause of death unknown)

Craven, Pioneer Patrick (d1917, aged 19, accident)

Crook, Pioneer Richard (d1917, aged 34, illness)

Dando, Sapper Ernest (d1917, aged 32, illness)

Dove, Sapper William (d1921, aged 39, illness)

Dyer, Pioneer Herbert (d1918, aged 28, illness)

Dyer, Sapper John (d1919, aged 23, illness)

Francis, Sapper Leonard (d1915, aged 19, wounded in action)

Gage, Sapper John (d1919, age and cause of death unknown)

Gilbert, Sapper Frank (d1921 aged 38, suicide)

Greedy, Sapper Walter (d1918, aged 29, illness)

Hagger, Driver William (d1918, aged 33, illness)

Hain, Lance Corporal (d1921, aged 39, illness)

Hamilton, Pioneer William (d1917, aged 47, drowned)

Hawkins, Sapper Francis (d1915, aged 19, illness)

Headington, Sapper Albert (d1915, aged 38, illness)

Heard, Serjeant Arthur (d1918, aged 33, illness)

Henley, Pioneer Albert (d1918, aged 43, illness)

Hoskins, Driver Sidney (d1917, aged 25, illness)

Hunt, Sapper Percy (d1920, aged 27, cause of death unknown)

Hussey, Sapper Frank (d1920, aged 49, illness)

Langford, Driver Reginald (d1920, aged 21 illness)

Langley, Corporal Richard (d1918, aged 21, illness)

Lock, Sapper William (d1919, aged 23, illness)

Locke, Sapper William (d1918, aged 34, illness)

Mably, Sapper John (d1918, aged 19, cause unknown)

Macey, Sapper Frederick (d1915, aged 18, wounded in action)

MacRae, Driver Matthew (d1919, aged 27, cause of death unknown)

Maguire, Pioneer Joseph (d1918, aged 40, cause of death unknown)

Maple, Private Frederick (d1918, aged 22, cause of death unknown)

Mattick, Sapper Harold (d1917, aged 22, wounded in action)

McDowell, Pioneer James (d1919, aged 56, accidental drowning)

Merrifield, Sapper William (d1920, aged 26, cause of death unknown)

Moore, 2nd Corporal Harry (d1918, aged 41, illness)

Moore, Driver William (d1915, aged 32, illness)

Myers, Serjeant Thomas (d1918, age and cause of death unknown)

Naile, Sapper Arthur (d1918, aged 30, illness)

Osborne, Sapper James (d1917, aged 30, suicide)

Parker, Corporal John (d1919, aged 32, accidental death)

Paterson, Sapper Harry (d1918, aged 34, illness)

Pook, Pioneer William (d1916, aged 47, cause of death unknown)

Pullinger, Sapper Edward (d1921, aged 23, illness)

Rendell, Sergeant Herbert (d1919, aged 32, illness)

Renouf, Sapper John (d1919, aged 44, cause of death unknown)

Rich, Corporal Francis (d1918, aged 22, cause of death unknown)

Ridge, Sapper Herbert (d1918, aged 31 illness)

Romain, Sergeant Albert (d1918, aged 30, illness)

Rowe, Sergeant Henry (d1918, aged 49, illness)

Scott, Sapper Abraham (d1920, aged 26, illness)

Selley, Musician Henry (d1921, aged 45, illness)

Spry, Sapper John (d1918, aged 45, illness)

Stapleton, Lance Corporal Albert (d1918, aged 25, illness)

Stone, Sapper Walter (d1917, aged 36, illness)

Syms, Serjeant William (d1915, aged 26, wounded in action)

Tabor, Sapper Henry (d1917, aged 40, illness)

Tod, Sapper James (d1918, aged 27, illness)

Toop, Lance Corporal James (d1918, aged 39, cause of death unknown)

Vowden, Sapper Fred (d1918, aged 28, illness)

Wickens, Serjeant Frederick (d1921, aged 31, cause of death unknown)

Wigginton, Sapper Walter (d1916, aged 37, illness)

Wilcox, Driver Edgar (d1916, aged 31, suicide)

Wilson, Major Cyril (d1918, aged 35, illness)

Woodham, Sapper William (d1916, aged 36, illness)