on the night of 7/8 january 1916, 52nd division was evacuated from helles and withdrawn to egypt. here the 3rd kent field company transferred to the 29th division, which proceeded to the western front in march. on the first day of the batte of the somme the company was attached to one of the attacking brigades, but continuing work on communications and water supply meant that only a small portion of the company went into action. the company later participated in the battles of arras, 3rd ypres, cambrai, lys, and finally the hundred days offensive. it became 495th (3rd kent) field company on 1 february 1917, and had been disbanded by mid-march 1919.