Monthly Archives: November 2023
The Royal Engineer that improved Water Supply in the Middle East
In the Great War the biggest challenge facing operations in the Palestine Theatre of operations was to try and to provide water to the troops and 1916 saw the troops of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force push out into the Sinai … Continue reading
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Tagged beersheba, EEF, Field Tp RE, Gaza, Great War, lift and force pumps, pack horse, pack mule, RE, RE Field Sqn, Royal Engineers, water supply
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Remembrance Day at Maisieres
This morning I represented the British Forces at the Church at Maisieres at Mons. This is the local church to where I live out here in Belgium and I volunteer to lay the wreaths here due to the Royal Engineers … Continue reading