291 Army Troops Company Royal Engineers 1941

1. 291 AT Coy RE was part of the Beauman Div at the end of May 1940. The disposition of the division at this time was in three brigade sectors. The left sector was held by A Brigade which consisted of 271 Field Company from the coast at Dieppe to St. Vaast. The centre sector was held by B Brigade which consisted of P Anti-Tank Battery and 291 Army Troops Company from St. Vaast and followed the line of the River Bethune to Forges. The right sector was held by C Brigade which consisted of Q Anti-Tank Battery and 212 Army Troops Company following the River Andelle to the point where it meets the River Seine at Pont St Pierre. The line defended by the division was around 58 miles long and as a result AT Mines were used in large numbers between Bethune and Andelle and troops were placed at obvious crossing points like bridges etc.
2. 291st Army Field Company
The company was mobilised at Walsall and went to France with the BEF as 291st (South Staffordshire) Army Troops Company. After Dunkirk it was assigned to Northern Command, and then to London District (as part of the War Office Reserve) in December 1941. It went to Tunisia with First Army in December 1942, and then joined AFHQ in February 1943. It served in Italy in 1943–45.