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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.
The Victoria Cross This is a list of Royal Engineers recipients of the Victoria Cross.The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration that may be bestowed upon members of the British or Commonwealth armed forces for acts of valour or gallantry performed in the face of the enemy. Within the British honours system and those of many Commonwealth nations it is the highest award a soldier can ...
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.
In 2015 the Engineer and Logistic Staff Corps, together with the General Service Corps, were incorporated into the 77th Brigade. [3] Both the Staff Corps and the General Service Corps have been expanded and now provide not only a body of board level leaders in engineering, logistics, data & digital, finance & commerce but also a cohort of senior managers in communications, advertising ...
II Corps Troops, Royal Engineers (II CTRE) was a battalion-sized unit of Royal Engineers (RE) attached to the British II Corps Headquarters in World War II. It served with the British Expeditionary Force in the Battle of France and Dunkirk evacuation, and later in Home Defence until disbandment in 1943.
24441297 Lance Corporal Paul Thompson, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. 22999484 Warrant Officer Class 2 James Walkden, B.E.M., Special Air Service Regiment; Captain John Frederick Wheeley (490570), Corps of Royal Engineers. Captain Paul Williamson (499644), Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
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
Major General Daniel Bolton (1793 – 1860) was an English military engineer of the Corps of Royal Engineers, [2] who served in the Peninsular War (1813–1814), Netherlands Campaign (1814–1815), army of occupation in France (1815–1818), in Canada (1823–1843), particularly as superintending engineer in the construction of the Rideau Canal (1832–1843) [15] and as Commanding Royal ...