On 11 December 1914 the 3rd Field Company arrived at Mena training camp close to the pyramids.


After almost four months at Camp Mena the Company sailed from Alexandria to Mudros Bay on the Greek island of Lemnos.
This was the staging post for Gallipoli, 100 km to the north-east.
Here they constructed sledges for conveying materials ashore.
They took on board casks of water, timber, shovels and barbed wire.
Their ship arrived off Anzac Cove before dawn on 25 April 1915, and the company landed early that morning.

Company diaries show the Engineers (also called sappers) digging firing line and communication trenches, sniping posts, machine gun pits and a well.
They created barbed wire barriers, prepared maps of the Turkish trenches and made hand grenades.
Where trenches would be overlooked by the Turkish forces, tunnels were constructed.

Savage progressed rapidly through the ranks.
He was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1915, and Captain at ANZAC Cove five months later on 26 July 1915.
From September 1915 on, he wrote the Company's official diary.
On 11 November 1915, shortly after Savage's 21st birthday, the 3rd Field Company Engineers withdrew from Gallipoli back to Egypt.

On 19 March 1916, while stationed in Serapeum, Egypt, they were inspected by the Prince of Wales.
On 11 December 1914 the 3rd Field Company arrived at Mena training camp close to the pyramids.

After almost four months at Camp Mena the Company sailed from Alexandria to Mudros Bay on the Greek island of Lemnos. This was the staging post for Gallipoli, 100 km to the north-east. Here they constructed sledges for conveying materials ashore. They took on board casks of water, timber, shovels and barbed wire. Their ship arrived off Anzac Cove before dawn on 25 April 1915, and the company landed early that morning.
Company diaries show the Engineers (also called sappers) digging firing line and communication trenches, sniping posts, machine gun pits and a well. They created barbed wire barriers, prepared maps of the Turkish trenches and made hand grenades. Where trenches would be overlooked by the Turkish forces, tunnels were constructed.
Savage progressed rapidly through the ranks. He was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1915, and Captain at ANZAC Cove five months later on 26 July 1915. From September 1915 on, he wrote the Company's official diary. On 11 November 1915, shortly after Savage's 21st birthday, the 3rd Field Company Engineers withdrew from Gallipoli back to Egypt.
On 19 March 1916, while stationed in Serapeum, Egypt, they were inspected by the Prince of Wales.
Percival Savage