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First Name: | Richard Ernest | Last Name: | JULIAN |
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Date of Death: | 18/08/1917 | Lived/Born In: | Hendon | |
Rank: | Sapper | Unit: | Royal Engineers 212th Field Company | |
Memorial Site: | Hendon Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-41 Brent Cottage, Broadway, West Hendon Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium
The First World War saw an enormous growth in the size of the British army, not just in the infantry and artillery but also in all of the other branches including the Royal Engineers, without whom the war could not have been fought. The engineers were responsible for the maintenance of all the supply routes to the front line including roads, bridges, canals, railways. They looked after the telephones and the embryonic wireless system and they made sure that there was a water supply. They designed and built the fortifications both in the front line and further back, including gun emplacements and they were responsible for all tunnelling and mining work. Each division usually had three Field Companies attached to them and when an attack went in so did the engineers to help consolidate any gains made. Richard Julian was killed on 18th August, 1917. 212th (Tottenham) Field Company of the Royal Engineers were attached to 33rd Division which in the summer of 1917 were involved in Operation Hush. |
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