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  2. Royal Engineers - Wikipedia

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    Citizen Soldiers of the Royal Engineers Transportation and Movements and the Royal Army Service Corps, 1859 to 1965. Institution of the Royal Corps of Transport. Wolfe, Celia (1997). Summon up the Blood. The war diary of Corporal J A Womack, Royal Engineers. Leo Cooper. ISBN 978-0-85052-537-3. Younger, Major General Tony (2004). Blowing Our ...

  3. Uniforms of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Soldiers of 24 Commando (Engineer) Regiment wear the Royal Engineer cap badge on a green Commando beret. A regiment or corps cap badge is worn on the beret or other headdress worn in No. 8 dress. The badge is positioned above the left eye when a beret or a caubeen is worn; the badge worn on the Tam O'Shanter sits above the left ear.

  4. Malta Fortress Squadron, Royal Engineers - Wikipedia

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    Soldiers from a living history group wearing WW2-era Khaki drill uniforms and carrying .303 SMLE rifles on a parade in Valletta in 2008. The Malta Fortress Squadron was a locally recruited Royal Engineers unit based on Malta and on the British Army colonial list prior to Malta's independence. Its history is intimately tied to the succession of ...

  5. 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers was a specialised armoured formation of the British Army active in the Second World War.It was formed in mid-1943 and its structure was three assault regiments of the Royal Engineers.

  6. British Army during the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    The British defenders were from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots and the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, with supporting artillery and engineer units.The garrison also included British Indian Army battalions, two Canadian Army battalions and the locally raised Hong Kong Chinese Regiment and the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.

  7. II Corps Troops, Royal Engineers - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Units of the Royal Engineers - Wikipedia

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    23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron, in Sennelager [13] (from 2021 to present part of German-British Engineer Battalion 130 of the German Army) [14] [15] [16] 29 Field Squadron [ 17 ] 22 Engineer Regiment , at Swinton Barracks , Perham Down [ 18 ]

  9. List of nicknames of British Army regiments - Wikipedia

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    The Namurs – Royal Irish Regiment (from their battle honour of 'Namur' gained in 1695, the first such honour granted to a regiment of the British Army) [1] [58] [4] [64] The Nanny Goats – The Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] [58] The Night-Jars – 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment (after the nocturnal bird, for its success in night attacks ...