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King's Royal Rifles Corps.20th (Service) Battalion (British Empire League Pioneers)
Formed in London on 20 August 1915 by the BEL. Moved to Wellingborough in February 1916.
30 March 1916 : landed at Le Havre.
19 May 1916 : came under orders of 3rd Division as Pioneer Battalion.
Pioneers were employed to perform engineering & construction tasks.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_%28military%293rd Division Battles and Engagements
1916
The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters (local operations 1916)
The Battle of Albert*
The Battle of Bazentin* in which the Division helped capture Longueval
The Battle of Delville Wood*
The Battle of the Ancre*
The battles marked * are phases of the Battles of the Somme 1916
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe**
The Second Battle of the Scarpe**
The Battle of Arleux**
The Third Battle of the Scarpe** in which the Division helped capture Roeux
The battles marked ** are phases of the Battles of Arras 1917
The Battle of the Menin Road***
The Battle of Polygon Wood***
The battles marked *** are phases of the Third Battle of Ypres
The Battle of Cambrai 1917
1918
The Battle of St Quentin****
The Battle of Bapaume****
The First Battle of Arras 1918****
The battles marked **** are phases of the First Battles of the Somme 1918
The Battle of Estaires+
The Battle of Hazebrouck+
The Battle of Bethune+
The battles marked + are phases of the Battles of the Lys
The Battle of Albert++
The Second Battle of Bapaume++
The battles marked ++ are phases of the Second Battles of the Somme 1918
The Battle of the Canal du Nord^
The Battle of Cambrai 1918^
The battles marked ^ are phases of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line
The Battle of the Selle
The Division was selected to advance into Germany and form part of the Occupation Force.
