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Albert
Medal - Royal Engineer Recipients - The Albert Medal
was instituted by a Royal Warrant on 7 March 1866 in memory
of Prince Albert and discontinued in 1971. Awarded to
recognize saving life at sea or on land. Fifteen Royal
Engineers and three Bengal Sappers and Miners were recipients
of the medal. There were two classes of medal; First Class
(Gold) and Second Class (Bronze), with the exception of
the First Class medal awarded to Lieutenant Henry Higgs,
Royal Engineers in 1916 all the Albert Medals awarded
to members of the Corps were Second Class (Bronze) medals.
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27 Feb 10 |
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Assault
Bridging and Equipment - the development of assault
bridging from the First World War (1914-18) to the present
day. Includes: Canal Lock Bridge, Armoured Vehicle Royal
Engineers (AVRE), Scissor Assault Bridge and ARK (armoured
ramp carrier). |
8 Dec 06 |
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Bindon
Blood's Pontoon - A short history on the development
of the pontoon designed by Major (later General Sir) Bindon
Blood - 1870-89 |
14 Apr 06 |
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Essex
and North Kent 'Palmerston Forts' (pdf 204) - Notes
by Major Vic Freeman on the 'Palmerston Forts' constructed
by the Royal Engineers on the Essex and North Kent coasts
between Harwich and London. Forts include: Grain, Garrison
Point, Slough, Cliffe, Coalhouse, Shornemead, Tilbury
and New Tavern. |
25 Feb 08 |
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Institution
of the Royal Engineers - A short article on the founding
of the Institution in 1875. The article includes historical
information about the Royal Engineers Journal
and The Sapper magazine, both
of which are published by the Institution. |
19 Jan 06 |
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Post-war
Medals - British, United Nations and NATO (pdf 4.7MB)
Campaign
and War Medals - Anglo-Boer War, WWI and WW2 (pdf
4.0MB)
Long
Service Medals - Regular, Volunteer, Territorial,
Reserve and Militia (pdf 9.4MB)
Captain John Borer's medal articles published in the Royal
Engineers Journal between December 2006
and August 2007. |
6 Feb 08 |
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Military
Bridging - A short article on the development of
military bridging from the 19th century to the present
day; including Pontoon, Inglis and Bailey bridges. |
7 Jun 06 |
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Royal
Engineers Association - A short article on the creation
of the Royal Engineers Association, a history that started
in 1869 |
19 Jan 06 |
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Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich - A short history of RMA
Woolwich (the Shop), which was the training college for
Royal Engineer officers from 1741 to 1939. |
19 Jan 06 |
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Origins
of the term "Sapper" - A short article describing
the process of 'sapping', a technique of siege-craft used
from the 12th to 19th century. The term "sapping"
led to the coining of the name 'Sapper'. The article also
includes Captain TWC Connolly's 1857 description of a
Sapper and an excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's poem Sapper. |
19 Jan 06 |
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When
the Sappers won the FA Cup, in 1875 - A short history
of the Royal Engineers participation in the Football Association
competition culminating with their winning the FA cup
in 1875. |
6 Mar 06 |
