Tag Archives: Royal Engineers
The Signals Telegraph Cable Saddle
Several years ago when I started to learn about the various types of military saddles I would try and find as many images of British Military saddles as I could. Eventually I had built up a fair collection of images … Continue reading
Signals Equipment and the UP Saddle
During the Great War, signals was an element of Royal Engineers with some parts devolved or shared out to different cap badges including the Cavalry. Now signals are not a particular interest of mine but they do have some very … Continue reading
Meeting the need for water in the 1917 Desert Campaign
I’ve always been interested in the Campaigns in the Middle East, probably due to films such as “Gallipoli” and “The Light Horsemen”. When I started to really dig into the RE Mounted History an area that does offer a lot … Continue reading
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
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