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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 Institution of Royal Engineers, the professional institution of the Corps of Royal Engineers, was established in 1875 and in 1923 it was granted its Royal Charter by King George V. The Institution is collocated with the Royal Engineers Museum, within the grounds of the Royal School of Military Engineering at Brompton in Chatham, Kent.
1st Cheshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers) (part) 2nd Welsh Field Company 2nd Cheshire (Railway) Royal Engineers (Volunteers) Cheshire Railway Battalion Cornwall Raised 1908: Cornwall (Fortress) Royal Engineers (No.1 Electric Light Company, Nos. 2 and 3 Works Companies) Devonshire 1st Devonshire and Somersetshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers) (part)
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
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.
Blue plaque at Clifford's Fort, North Shields, marking the HQ of the Tyne Division Submarine Miners (Volunteers).. The Submarine Mining Service was a branch of the Royal Engineers (RE) tasked with defending Britain's dockyards using fixed mines (also known as 'torpedoes' in the early days) and later electric searchlights.
The 36 Engineer Regiment is a regiment of the Corps of Royal Engineers within the British Army. The regiment trace their history back to before World War II as 36 Army Engineer Regiment. The regiment today is a general support engineer regiment provided force support within 12 (Force Support) Engineer Group.
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 .