{"id":1283,"date":"2025-03-02T13:19:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/?page_id=1283"},"modified":"2025-03-02T13:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:19:43","slug":"royal-engineer-soldier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/?page_id=1283","title":{"rendered":"Royal Engineer Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has been a number of times where I&#8217;ve had to provide support to living history events as an Enlisted Soldier of the Royal Engineers.  Due to my age I find it appropriate to be that of a Warrant Officer Class 2 or a Senior NCO.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c28c0-133a36_d7cfba8be00c4676ba222e998611cc7amv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c28c0-133a36_d7cfba8be00c4676ba222e998611cc7amv2.jpg 204w, https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/c28c0-133a36_d7cfba8be00c4676ba222e998611cc7amv2-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WO2 of a Mounted RE Unit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Summer 2017 this involved taking on the role of being in charge of a team of sappers and labourers for the construction of a Pillbox at the trench system at the Great Dorset Steam Fair.  This was done over the period of 5 days and used the equipment and techniques that would have been used during the late war period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21272458_10214813383835159_4005142197919722892_n-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21272458_10214813383835159_4005142197919722892_n-copy.jpg 960w, https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21272458_10214813383835159_4005142197919722892_n-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21272458_10214813383835159_4005142197919722892_n-copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Work in progress on a Pill box for a Machine Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21077312_112491756130727_585536760706846060_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21077312_112491756130727_585536760706846060_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21077312_112491756130727_585536760706846060_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RE SNCO incharge of a Working Party <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Autumn 2018 I provided support to the Army Battlefield Study.  The first part of the study involved the provision of briefs and displays on the Logistics required during the War.  As such I was on site as a Warrant Officer\/ Sergeant Major of a Mounted RE Unit and spoke about the wide variety of Engineer roles that were being undertaken  by the Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a number of times where I&#8217;ve had to provide support to living&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1284,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1283\/revisions\/1284"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsebacksapper.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}