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The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army.It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is headed by the Chief Royal Engineer.
I Corps Troops, Royal Engineers (I CTRE) was a battalion-sized unit of Royal Engineers (RE) attached to the British I Corps Headquarters in World War II.It served with the British Expeditionary Force in the Battle of France and Dunkirk evacuation, and later with 21st Army Group during the campaign in North West Europe 1944–45 from D Day until the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath.
Major General Thomas Bernard Collinson (17 November 1821 – 1 May 1902) was an English military engineer of the Corps of Royal Engineers who carried out the earliest British surveys of Hong Kong, and planned roads and other early military and civil engineering works in New Zealand.
Below is a list of the regiments of the Royal Engineers. [11]See RSME for 1 RSME Regiment and 3 RSME Regiment; 21 Engineer Regiment, at Claro Barracks, Ripon [12]. Regimental Headquarters
VIII Corps Troops, Royal Engineers (VIII CTRE) was a battalion-sized unit of Royal Engineers (RE) attached to the British Army's VIII Corps Headquarters in World War II. It served with 21st Army Group during the campaign in North West Europe 1944–45.
As part of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review, a new Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Regiment was formed based at RAF Honington and saw the 1st Royal Tank Regiment dispersed. As part of this change, A Squadron moved to Harman Lines [ 4 ] as part of the new unit under the Combined Arms Training Centre. [ 5 ]
Centurion AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) The 'Ravelin Building', which was designed by Major E.C.S. Moore, Royal Engineers and was completed in 1905 at a cost £40,000, [1] was originally used as electrical engineers' school before becoming the home of the museum in 1987. [2] It was classed as Grade II listed on 5 December 1996. [2]
21 Engineer Regiment is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Engineers. It is currently based at Claro Barracks, Ripon, North Yorkshire. 21 Engineer Regiment will move from Claro Barracks to Marne Barracks, Catterick in 2025. [2]