| Name |
Dates |
Career highlights |
|
Sir
Bindon BLOOD |
1842-1940 |
General
First modern day Chief Royal Engineer (1936-40),
inventor of the 'Blood Pontoon' (1870), GOC Meerut
Division (1898-1900), CinC Punjab (1901-07). Saw
active service during the Zulu war (1978), on the
North West Frontier and Anglo-Boer war (1901)
- see also Blood's
Pontoon |
|
Sir
John Fox BURGOYNE |
1782-1871 |
Field Marshal
Engineer at every battle and siege of the Peninsular
war (1809-1814), Chairman of a Board of Public Works,
Ireland (1831), Inspector General of Fortifications
(1845), Served on General Staff at the Crimea (1854)
- see also Engineers
and the early Victorian Wars (1853-1880)
- see also Corps
Amalgamation and Coastal Defence (1855-1905)
- see also and campaign history of engineers during
the
Peninsular War (1808-14) |
|
John
BY |
1781-1836 |
Lieutenant Colonel
Builder of the Rideau Canal, Canada (1826)
- see also Engineers
in a Civic Role |
|
James Michael CALVERT |
1913-1998 |
Brigadier
Chindit Commander (1943-4)
Founder of the Malayan Scouts (later SAS)
- see also The
Corps and the Second World War (1939-1945) |
|
John Rouse Merriott CHARD VC |
1847-1897 |
Colonel
Defender of Rorke's Drift, Zulu War (1879), an action
that earned him the Victoria Cross
- see also campaign history of Royal Engineers during
Zulu
War
Corps History - Engineers
and the early Victorian Wars (1853-1880) |
|
Samuel
COLE |
1832-1913 |
Captain (Quartermaster)
Served as Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) in the
Baltic (1854) and at the Crimea (1854-56) awarded
the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM).
- see also Engineers
and the early Victorian Wars (1853-1880) |
|
Sir William George Shedden DOBBIE |
1879-1964 |
Lieutenant General
Served in the Anglo-Boer war (1899-1902), First
World War (1914-18) and Second World War (1939-45)
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta during
the historic siege (1940-42)
- see also The
Corps and the Second World War (1939-1945) |
|
Anthony
William DURNFORD |
1830-1879 |
Lieutenant Colonel
Commander of Natal Native Contingent at the battle
of Isandlwana (1879)
- see also campaign history of Royal Engineers during
Zulu
War
- see also Engineers
and the early Victorian Wars (1853-1880) |
|
Sir
Richard FLETCHER |
1768-1813 |
Lieutenant Colonel
Wellington's Commanding Royal Engineer (1809-13)
Architect of the Lines of Torres Vedras (1809-10)
- see also Global
Wars and a third Corps (1756-1815) and campaign
history of engineers during the
Peninsular War (1808-14) |
|
Francis
FOWKE |
1823-1865 |
Captain
Architect and designer of the Raglan Barracks (Devonport),
Prince Consort's Library (Aldershot), Museum of
Science and Art (Edinburgh), South Kensington Museum
(London) and Royal Albert Hall (London).
- see also Engineers
in a Civic Role |
|
Sir
John Bagot GLUBB |
1897-1986 |
Lieutenant General
Commander of the Arab Legion (1930-50's) |
|
Charles
George GORDON |
1833-1885 |
Major General
Commander of the 'Ever Victorious Army', China (1860's),
Founder of the Gordon Boys School, Anti-Slavery
campaigner, Victorian and Imperial icon
- see also Engineers
and the early Victorian Wars (1853-1880)
- see also The
Corps and the late Victorian Wars (1882-1902) |
|
Sir
Percy Cleghorn Stanley HOBART |
1885-1967 |
Major General
Forward thinker of modern armoured warfare.
Instigator of the "Hobart Funnies" (Assault
Engineers 1943-45) used during Operation Overlord.
- see also The
Corps and the Second World War (1939-1945)
- see also campaign history of Royal Engineers during
Operation
Overlord |
|
Earl
Herbert Horatio KITCHENER |
1850-1916 |
Field Marshal
Surveying Palestine and Cyprus (1870's), Victor
of the battle of Omdurman (1898), Secretary of State
for War (1914-16)
Earl of Khartoum and Broome
- see also The
Corps and the late Victorian Wars (1882-1902) |
|
Lord
Robert Cornelius NAPIER |
1810-1890 |
Field Marshal
Commander of the Abyssinian Expedition (1867-8)
Lord of Magdala
- see also Engineers
and the early Victorian Wars (1853-1880) |
|
Lord
William Gustavus NICHOLSON |
1845-1918 |
Field Marshal
Civic and military engineering activities in India,
Chief of General Staff (1908)
Lord of Roundhay
- see also The
Corps and Army Reforms (1902-1913) |
|
Sir
John NORTON-GRIFFITHS |
1871-1930 |
Lieutenant Colonel
Developed the use of Tunnel mining during the First
World War (1915-1918).
- see also The
Corps and the First World War |
|
Sir
Charles William PASLEY |
1780-1861 |
General
Founder of the School of Military Engineering (1812),
Railway Inspector, Inventor
- see also Royal
Engineer Establishment |
|
Charles
John ROBSON |
1854-1933 |
Driver
Lieutenant Chard's VC batman at Rorke's Drift (1879)
- see also campaign history of Royal Engineers during
Zulu
War |
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William
ROY |
1726-1790 |
Major General
Developer of Ordnance Survey (1740's) |
|
Sir
John Lintorn Arabin SIMMONS |
1821-1903 |
Field Marshal
British Commissioner with the Turks (1854-6), Lieutenant
Governor, Royal Military Academy, Inspector General
of Fortifications, Governor of Malta |
