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The main objectives of the Royal Engineers Museum & Library are the preservation, presentation and provision of access to our Designated Collection.
To this end the Museum and Library ensure that all
items of their collection are available for public viewing,
whether in the gallery displays or by appointment in
our Reading Rooms. We are open to the public 6 days
a week, 51weeks of the year (see Visiting
page for opening times).
The Museum and Library offer a public enquiries service
which focuses on providing access to information and
material unique to our Collection via our two Reading
Room facilities. General advice is also given on how
to go about researching the history of the Corps of
Royal Engineers, general military history and military
records for family history.
The Royal Engineers Museum and Library are not official archives. This means that the information they hold has been collected largely by chance and not under an official government release programme. As a result we are unable to provide information on the following:
- Full service histories of officers and other ranks of the Corps.
- Details of campaign medals awarded to Royal Engineers, Royal Military Artificers
and Royal Sappers and Miners.
- Citations for Military Crosses (MC) or Military Medals (MM) awarded to Royal
Engineers.
- Graves and memorial locations for Royal Engineers killed in World War One and Two.
The Royal Engineers Museum and Library does, however, hold over 500, 000 objects relating to the history of the Corps of Royal Engineers and the development of military engineering.
Items within our archives, photographic and object
collections can be extremely useful to researchers covering
topics as varied as the life of General Gordon, engineering
in the Peninsular War, tunnelling and chemical warfare
in World War One, postal activities and Mulberry Harbour
in World War Two.
Viewings of specific items can be arranged and general information on a number of topics can be provided.
A photographic reproduction service for personal, education or commercial use is also provided by the Museum and Library. See Research Section - Reproduction Services page for details
The collections of the Museum and Library are at present housed in separate buildings, so the researcher needs to consider these as two separate entities when enquiring about the collections, or making arrangements to visit.
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