Last weekend I had the privilege of delivering a talk at the Royal Engineers Reserves…
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Royal Engineers Historical Society Study Day
Last week saw me in Ripon at Claro Barracks providing support for the Royal Engineer…
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Researching the Sappers in Mesopotamia
Over the last few months I have been researching the Mesopotamia campaign, 1914 through to…
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1st July, The Somme Offensive – a personal take
This is a very short post but it would be remiss not to take the…
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Sapper preparations for Beersheba 31 Oct 1917 (Third Battle of Gaza)
In 1917 things were picking up pace in the Middle East against the Ottomans. The…