Engineers Collection (page 15)

Neuve Chapelle 1915
La Bassee Estaires Road repaired by the Territorial Engineers for the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the Western Front in France during World War I on 10th March 1915

Royal Engineers Working Party coming down the railway line from Ypres on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 7th January 1918

Lowering a large railway shaft
A large central rotational shaft is lowered into position by a team of railway engineers. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Making a jeep railroad - Burma
Making a jeep railroad. A supply line constructed by Indian engineers to run to Mandalay in readiness for expansion further south into Burma

For Valour : British Officers and N. C. Os who have been aw
From top left: 2nd Lieut David Nelson V.C. ( L Battery, R.H.A); Capt Theodore Wright. (Royal Engineers); Capt H.S. Ranken (Royal Army Medical Corps); Capt F.O. Grenfell (9th Lancers); Lieut J.H.S

American Troops crossing the Rhine, Second World War, 1945
Photograph showing American troops and vehicles crossing a pontoon bridge built by American engineers on the River Rhine, 1945. This bridge was built in a record time of six and a half hours

British Soldiers playing Bounce the Beecham, Hong Kong, 19
Series of photographs showing members of the 25th and 40th Companies of the Royal Engineers playing the Bounce the Beecham game invented by William Heath Robinson, Hong Kong, 1910

British Tanks crossing a Bailey Bridge, Holland; Second Worl
Photograph showing British tanks and self-propelled guns crossing a Bailey bridge, Holland, 1944. This bridge had been built by British engineers over a canal during Operation Market Garden

Subterranean warfare
Two French engineers are illustrated constructing a mine gallery. During the war tunnels were dug beneath enemy lines and mines placed to destroy enemy positions above

Repairing Red Army Gun
Engineers of the Red Armys 24th Division repair a gun in a workshop installed on a train, enabling it to be moved to where it is needed

Damaged Concrete Wall, France; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the damage caused to a reinforced concrete wall by a Flying Dustbin explosive charge, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers)

Amphibious Car, France, 1909
Photograph of a Canot-Automobile Ravailler amphibious car taking to the water, France, 1909. The car had a 14-hp engine, capable of 40km per hour on land and 10km per hour on the water

American Indians. The Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Explorin
In the expedition party were 14 Iroquois Indians, 2 French Canadians and various geologists, civil engineers, suveyors and draughtsmen. Here the party is seen carrying a canoe between lakes and rivers

Churchill AVRE Tank entering Geilenkirchen; Second World War
Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank entering the town of Geilenkirchen in late 1944

Point de Galle Lighthouse, Ceylon, 1847
Engraving of a lighthouse intended for the Point de Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The lighthouse was built out of cast-iron plates, secured by nuts, bolts and iron cement

Troops of the Royal Canadian Engineers, Italy; Second World
Photograph showing men of the Royal Canadian Engineers, carrying mine-detectors, moving west of Ortona, Italy, during December 1943

Armstrongs hydro-electric machine
Hydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s

Ayrton and Perry
Portrait engravings of Professor William Ayrton and Professor John Perry, electrical engineers. Ayrton held the post of Professor of Natural Philosophy

Testing the recovered Atlantic telegraph cable
Group of engineers testing the recovered 1865 Atlantic cable. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

Crossing the Mincio
The French expeditionary force crosses the Mincio on a makeshift bridge constructed by military engineers

Royal Engineers
ROYAL ENGINEERS

Royal Engineers (Rail)
ROYAL ENGINEERS Railway Battalion

French Defensive Mines
Engineers of the French army laying defensive mines to hamper an enemy attack

Building a Bridge
French engineers construct a temporary bridge to enable troops to advance across a river

Temporary Pile Bridge
A temporary bridge is built by French engineers, utilising planks laid on piles embedded in the river bed, a more solid and reliable method than laying them on boats

French Lay a Railway
French engineers lay a railway to facilitate the transport of men, supplies, guns and ammunition

Pontoon Bridge
A temporary bridge is built by French engineers, utilising planks laid on boats, enabling troops to cross without getting their feet wet

Crossing a River
When a river is too wide to be bridged, boats must be used : French engineers launch a boat to carry troops across a river

Lesseps and Engineers
Ferdinand de Lesseps with his team of engineers during the early days of the French project, which collapses for financial and other reasons

Grappling Broken Cable
Crew and engineers cluster in the bows of the Great Eastern as a final attempt is made to grapple the broken cable from the sea-bed

French Work at Panama
French operations - giving some idea of the enormous task challenging the engineers : later this year the French will abandon the project

Wwi Repairing Railways
British army engineers repair light railways near Hangard, damaged by shell-fire during the struggle for Amiens

Mining Messines Ridge
Royal Engineers mine the Messines Ridge under German lines, and place explosives, which when detonated on 7 June 1917, assist the British in taking Ypres

Derelict Tank at Peronne
Sappers, or Royal Engineers, remove a derelict tank obstructing the road near Peronne in France during World War I

Needle Ready to Travel
Engineers shifting the obelisk to a position parallel with the beach at Alexandria, Egypt

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