Category Archives: History
Correcting the Corps History – RE Field Sqn Manning
This will be the first of a number of blog posts over time that will look to correct some of the incorrect details and negative views put forward in The Royal Engineers History, Volume 51. So what’s my problem with … Continue reading
The First RE Casualties of the Great War
Firstly I must give an apology for the lack of posts. however I have not been idle, there has been a lot of digging into archives and war diaries and planning for the coming spring and summer while I am … Continue reading
Blowing the Bridges at Mons 23/24 Aug 1914
Introduction Having now arrived and settled into Mons, it has been a case of get out and look at the Great War History on my doorstep and it is pretty much on my door step. There is a lot about … Continue reading
The Origin of the Garrison Engineer
As many of you know I am a Garrison Engineer (Construction), which is basically a commissioned Clerk of Works (Construction). But what is the origin of the Garrison Engineer? The general practise of the 1700s and early 1800s was to … Continue reading