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Background imageEngineers Collection: Royal Engineers Annual Reunion Dinner, 1925

Royal Engineers Annual Reunion Dinner, 1925
Members of the Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers Annual Reunion Dinner in 1925. Date: 1925

Background imageEngineers Collection: Royal Engineers officer and dog, WWI

Royal Engineers officer and dog, WWI
Lieutenant Cuthbert Grasemann (1890-1962), officer in the Royal Engineers during the First World War (Railway Operations)

Background imageEngineers Collection: British Forces in Bosnia

British Forces in Bosnia
One of 63 colour photographs relating to British Forces in Bosnia, 1992-1994. Date: 1992

Background imageEngineers Collection: Indian soldiers inside barracks

Indian soldiers inside barracks
Photograph showing Indian soldiers inside barracks; from 108 photographs collected by Maj Percy Cecil Oxenham, Royal Engineers and Royal Indian Engineers, 1920-1945. Date: 1945

Background imageEngineers Collection: Carpenter?s repair shop of the Electrical and Mechanical Eng

Carpenter?s repair shop of the Electrical and Mechanical Eng
Lantern slide showing the carpenter?s repair shop of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 8th Army, Italy 1943; pictured are Corporal E B Heap, of Manchester, and Craftsman T E Jenkinson

Background imageEngineers Collection: Railway Workers - Switzerland

Railway Workers - Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEngineers Collection: Telegraph map of Upper Egypt

Telegraph map of Upper Egypt 1882, compiled by the Intelligence Branch, War Office; scale 1:4 000 000; one of five maps, probably belonging to Capt George Frederick Wilson, Royal Engineers

Background imageEngineers Collection: WW1 Recruitment poster, Sam Brierley

WW1 Recruitment poster, Sam Brierley
Recruitment poster for British or Canadian Army, 2nd Corporal RE Sam Brierley of the National Union of Railwaymen writes from France, original War Savings poster. 1918

Background imageEngineers Collection: Divers with underwater house off the coast of Malta

Divers with underwater house off the coast of Malta
Divers attempt to anchor an Underwater House to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. The inflatable house was equipped with lighting

Background imageEngineers Collection: Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta

Diver with underwater house off the coast of Malta
Diver attempts to anchor an Underwater House to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta. The inflatable house was equipped with lighting

Background imageEngineers Collection: Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to Russian General Eduard Ivan

Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to Russian General Eduard Ivan
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument (1909) to Russian General Eduard Ivanovich Totleben (1818-1884) and defenders of the city during the Crimean War. Crimean Peninsula

Background imageEngineers Collection: Bridging a Mine Crater

Bridging a Mine Crater
German engineers bridging over a mine crater at St. Quentin and Ham, France. A German medical company marches past in the background. Date: 1918

Background imageEngineers Collection: Antoine Chabaud

Antoine Chabaud
ANTOINE CHABAUD French colonel of engineers - he lived, he died, without a word of reproach. Date: 1727 - 1791

Background imageEngineers Collection: A Hole through the Earth

A Hole through the Earth
The immense works at the drilling site as the engineers work their way to the Antipodes. Date: circa 1900

Background imageEngineers Collection: French Canal Operations

French Canal Operations
French engineers making a cutting at Matachin : but this year they will be forced to abandon the project, leaving it for the Americans to complete. 1889

Background imageEngineers Collection: Conference of Engineers

Conference of Engineers
A conference of engineers for Britannia Bridge, including Robert Stephenson and I.K.Brunel

Background imageEngineers Collection: The Kings Christmas Speech, 1933

The Kings Christmas Speech, 1933
A page from The Sphere December 1933, entitled, The Kings Christmas Speech - how it will be broadcast to the world". Pictured are engineers

Background imageEngineers Collection: Abandoned French Car

Abandoned French Car
When the French gave up the project in 1889, they left their equipment behind : a tree has grown inside this abandoned car, found by American engineers Date: circa 1913

Background imageEngineers Collection: Locomotive manufacture - Great Western Railway, Swindon

Locomotive manufacture - Great Western Railway, Swindon
Steam locomotive manufacturing processes in the works of the Great Western Railway (GWR), Swindon Date: 1854

Background imageEngineers Collection: Paris Exhibition - Civil Engineers 1900

Paris Exhibition - Civil Engineers 1900
The Palace of the Civil Engineers. This building was one of the three great structures surrounding the Champ de Mars. Modern means of transport are here coupled with civil engineering. Date: 1900

Background imageEngineers Collection: Lightship in dry dock, Cornwall

Lightship in dry dock, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageEngineers Collection: New Caisson for the East and West India Dock Company

New Caisson for the East and West India Dock Company - intended to divide the East and West India Export Dock from the basin - built by Messrs

Background imageEngineers Collection: Royal Engineers group photo, France, WW1

Royal Engineers group photo, France, WW1
Royal Engineers group photo of sergeants and a corporal, in France during the First World War, relaxing and reading a French newspaper, the Telegramme. Date: 1918

Background imageEngineers Collection: Leaflet, Crimson Tide vs Fighting Irish

Leaflet, Crimson Tide vs Fighting Irish
Leaflet advertising an American Football event, Crimson Tide (University of Alabama Field Artillery) vs Fighting Irish (Notre Dame Engineers), on 8 May 1943 at the White City Stadium, West London

Background imageEngineers Collection: Engineers Arms, Latchingdon, Maldon, England

Engineers Arms, Latchingdon, Maldon, England
Engineers Arms, Latchingdon, Maldon, near South Woodham Ferrers/Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England. Date: 1917

Background imageEngineers Collection: WW1 Royal Engineers - Silk Embroidered Greetings Card

WW1 Royal Engineers - Silk Embroidered Greetings Card
World War 1 Royal Engineers - Silk Embroidered Greetings Card, France. Date: 1910s

Background imageEngineers Collection: Engineers & Drilling Rig, Storrington, Sussex

Engineers & Drilling Rig, Storrington, Sussex, England. Where Storringtons Water is Coming From Date: 1900s

Background imageEngineers Collection: Listening for counter-mining in the First World War

Listening for counter-mining in the First World War
A French officer of engineers in a mine-gallery, listening for German counter-mining with special drums and microphones. A very delicate operation. Date: 1917

Background imageEngineers Collection: History of Wells in silhouette by H. L. Oakley

History of Wells in silhouette by H. L. Oakley -- second page (entitled THEN) of a leaflet published by LeGrand Sutcliff & Gell Ltd, Artesian Well & Hydraulic Engineers of Southall, West London

Background imageEngineers Collection: Zeppelin engine gondola

Zeppelin engine gondola
A scene in the rear gondola of a German Zeppelin airship. In the centre, two engineers are tending the powerful Maibach motors

Background imageEngineers Collection: WW2 Poster -- What are you doing about Education?

WW2 Poster -- What are you doing about Education?
What are YOU doing about EDUCATION Army Education Poster, by Sgt H F (Fred) Darking (1911-1999), Royal Engineers. Date: 1945

Background imageEngineers Collection: Magirus patent turntable ladder fire escape

Magirus patent turntable ladder fire escape
Details of the Magirus-Leiter patent turntable ladder fire escape, a prize-winning vehicle exhibited at various trade fairs in Paris (1900), Berlin (1901) and London (1903)

Background imageEngineers Collection: Shand Mason Horsed Steamer, Bishopsgate, London

Shand Mason Horsed Steamer, Bishopsgate, London
A Shand Mason Horsed Steamer at Bishopsgate, London. Date: 1906

Background imageEngineers Collection: Women wanted for War Work, WW1

Women wanted for War Work, WW1
Advertisement by the Motor Drivers Licensed Employment Bureau calling for women to train as engineers during the First World War. Full training in machinery and car repairs offered. Date: 1918

Background imageEngineers Collection: British 18 pounder shell case - an Army Service cap

British 18 pounder shell case - an Army Service cap
A British 18 pounder shell case base made into an Army Service cap with the badge of the Royal Engineers. Trench Art

Background imageEngineers Collection: War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough

War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough
Folio of 12 drawings showing War Work at Westwood Works, Peterborough, incorporating Perkins Engineers Limited and Joseph Baker and Sons Limited. Rudolph Ihlee, Neac, (1883-1968), Exhib. 1910-1955

Background imageEngineers Collection: Silk embroidered badge of the Royal Engineers on card

Silk embroidered badge of the Royal Engineers on card. Inscribed on reverse. Commemorative Art

Background imageEngineers Collection: Photo frame - printed coloured badge of Royal Engineers

Photo frame - printed coloured badge of Royal Engineers
Photo frame with a printed coloured badge of the Royal Engineers and the name of 140530 Sapper A. Tanner. 219th Field Company, Royal Engineers, 32nd Division, B.E.F. France. Trench Art

Background imageEngineers Collection: G Stokes, Shropshire Light Infantry and Royal Engineers

G Stokes, Shropshire Light Infantry and Royal Engineers
G. Stokes, Shropshire Light Infantry and Royal Engineers, 1914-1918, sitting on a rather large cart horse. Photograph

Background imageEngineers Collection: 2nd Cpl D McArthur reconnoitering craters - Givenchy Ridge

2nd Cpl D McArthur reconnoitering craters - Givenchy Ridge
2nd Corporal D. McArthur (176th Company, Royal Engineers) and his Officer returning from reconnoitering mine craters around the Givenchy Ridge - October 13th 1915

Background imageEngineers Collection: Ink-stand with inkwell - Badge of the Royal Engineers

Ink-stand with inkwell - Badge of the Royal Engineers
A commercially made ink-stand with inkwell and nib drawer by RB Limited. The lid to the inkwell shows the badge of the Royal Engineers. Trench Art

Background imageEngineers Collection: The defences of the village of Caestre

The defences of the village of Caestre
Scale 1/2500 of the defences of the village of Caestre - April 1918, showing 11 machine gun positions, trenches and barbed wire produced by 286681, E. North, 90th Field Coy, Royal Engineers

Background imageEngineers Collection: Copper cigarette box with Royal Engineers badge, WW1

Copper cigarette box with Royal Engineers badge, WW1
Copper cigarette box embossed and engraved with the badge of the Royal Engineers, with initials JWB. Trench Art

Background imageEngineers Collection: Royal Engineers badge, Signal Company Despatch Rider

Royal Engineers badge, Signal Company Despatch Rider
Motorbike badge, Royal Engineers 1914-1918 Signal Company Despatch Rider. Commemorative Ware. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageEngineers Collection: Monchy-les-Preux, WW1

Monchy-les-Preux, WW1
Monchy-les-Preux, by Lieutenant Morris Meredith Williams, Royal Engineers (b. 1881), commissioned 1.7.17. Date: circa 1917

Background imageEngineers Collection: Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, WW1

Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, WW1
Calonne, near Loos - British troops in their trenches, by Lieutenant Morris Meredith Williams, Royal Engineers (b.1881), commissioned 1.7.17. Date: circa 1917

Background imageEngineers Collection: Men and women fighting for Great Britain in WWI

Men and women fighting for Great Britain in WWI
Fighting for Great Britain in the First World War by land, sea and air - regulars, territorials, volunteers and colonials

Background imageEngineers Collection: Soldiers sorting military post, WW1

Soldiers sorting military post, WW1
Men of the Royal Engineers sorting out letters at the G.P.O in 1915. The ever-increasing volume of letters and parcels to troops in various parts of the world necessitated experienced men who



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