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You can learn some of the story of the Royal In fact, on that day No.1 Company went across to During the First World War the Regiment provided Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) and southern Ireland to strengthen coastal defences. 73 officers and 2113 men for service on the Western their engagement in World War One by walking However, two months later it left Ireland for France. Front, and also in Gallipoli, the Middle East, and Italy. the Poppy Trail. That was a sterner journey, with the troop train racing They made up four Siege Companies, two Railway through Newport station - to the disappointment Companies and two Army Troops Companies, while of relatives, who had gathered there in the hope of a Depot Company in Monmouth recruited and briefly seeing their menfolk. trained new men. Siege Companies concentrated on On 2nd August 1914, continental Europe finally fortifications, and Railway Companies ran a narrow By the end of 1914, four Companies of Monmouth’s blundered into war - and two days later Britain was gauge network in the conflict zone. (Rail was the regiment were in France - and another was in training also dragged in - and was thus at war with Germany main mode of transport - and many of the trains (to go later to Gallipoli). (and Austria and Hungary). were hauled by mules!) The Army Troops Companies assisted the forward passage of supplies. Britain’s army had already been mobilised and DOVER

WESTERN ENGLAND BATTLE OF YPRES FOLKSTONE DUNKERQUE April 1915 on 6th August No.1 Siege Company of the Royal CALAIS YPRES Medals awarded to the RMRE in World War One Monmouthshire Royal Engineers marched from its BOULOGNE BELGIUM Headquarters at Monmouth Castle to Troy Station, to LILLE included 5 Distinguished Service Orders play a part for Monmouth. ENGLISH CHANNEL LENS

ARRAS 14 Distinguished Conduct Medals ABBEVILLE BATTLE OF SOMME The Poppy Trail commemorates that short, significant Jun - Nov 1915 9 Military Crosses ALBERT march. 8 Meritorious Service Medals AMIENS 16 Military Medals. Many local people turned out to wave them off. LE HAVRE

ROUEN Children, caught up in the excitement of the great FRANCE COMPIEGNE 145 members of the Regiment lost their lives. More than a adventure, slipped out of school to see off their THE WESTERN FRONT SOISSONS third of the deaths were in the final month. This is the usual BELGIAN TROOPS - Approx 100,000 REIMS fathers, uncles and brothers. Some of the soldiers BRITISH TROOPS - Approx 600,000 pattern for the Royal Engineers, who have to pave the way FRENCH TROOPS - Approx 1,400,000

GERMAN TROOPS - Approx 1,750,000 PARIS would never return. WESTERN FRONT to enable the Army to make the final advance.