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A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf
Steamer Point, Aden, Yemen - Bathing Pool at the Lido - Sappers Bay. Date: circa 1940s
The Battle of the Roer Triangle; Second World War, 1945Sketch showing the Allied Second Army crossing the Vloed Beek in Holland during a night attack on the 17th January 1945. On the left of the image one can see sappers constructing an improvised
Mine and Countermine by Heath RobinsonA tunnelling stand off between a British and German soldier with the German soldier eventually burrowing so deeply he falls out of the other side of the world. Date: 1915
Sappers & Miners / Hill 60Sappers and miners of the Royal Engineers drive a tunnel under Hill 60 at Ypres, obliterated by a mine fired by the British in April 1915
Sappers tunnelling at Hill 60, Ypres, - WW1Sappers tunnelling at Hill 60, Ypres, during the First World War
Sappers, miners and engineers in the Imperial ArmySappers, miners and engineers in the German (Holy Roman Empire) Imperial Army, 19th century. Zappatori, Minatori, Guastatori e Pontonieri
Lancers or Uhlan light cavalry in the Imperial ArmyLancers or Uhlan light cavalry in the (German) Imperial Army, 19th century. Ulani. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient
Roman siege engines: shelter for sappers digging a tunnel, Vineae 1, semi-circular shelter Pluteus 2, shelter Testudo with battering ram Aries 3, shelter on rolling cylinders Musculus 4
BRITISH SAPPERS 1854Sappers and Miners in working dress Date: 1854
BRITISH SAPPERS 1832Sappers and Miners in uniform Date: 1832
SAPPERS & MINERS 1813 SAPPERS & MINERS 1813Sappers and miners in uniform Date: 1813
Royal Sappers and Miners 1843Royal Sappers and Miners in uniform Date: 1843
Durham miners as sappers, WW1Durham miners who had enlisted in the army preparing a practice sap. Many miners served as tunnellers in the Royal Engineers during the First World War. Date: 1915
British Sappers 1823Sappers and Miners in uniform
British 19C Sappers 1825Sappers and Miners in uniform and working dress
The Sappers Bay, AdenThe Sappers Bay, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1930
General Prendergast winning the Victoria Cross at BetwahGeneral Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast (1834-1913) winning the Victoria Cross for his actions at Mundisore (where he saved the life of Lieutenant Dew) and at Betwah (Betwa)
1857 Mutiny / SappersSappers working in the batteries at Lucknow. Date: 1857 - 1858
Indian troops in Mesopotamia during World War IIndian sappers laying telephone cables in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1918
Indian sappers in a mine holeSappers, probably of the British Indian Army, in a mine hole. Date: circa 1890s
French sappers undermining a German trench - WWI Date: circa 1916
Bridge of Thorigny-sur-Marne - destroyed by French EngineersIron Bridge of Thorigny-sur-Marne, France - destroyed by French Engineers during World War One. Date: circa 1919
Samuel Cody at Aldershot with his first Kite Operating Squad made up of Sappers of the RE. These men were the first Air Contingent of the British Army
Lebanon - Beirut - French Army BarracksThe barracks of the French 43rd Battalion of Telegraph Sappers at Beirut, Lebanon Date: circa 1910
Sappers and miners working on a tunnel, WW1Sappers and miners working on a tunnel during the First World War. Date: 1916
Sappers & Miners 1802Royal sappers and miners Date: 1802
Locating sappers by earIllustration showing British soldiers crawling close to the ground at night in No-Mans Land, in a bid to locate enemy sappers by ear
French Laying MinesFrench sappers laying mines, tunneling towards the enemy lines where they will plant mines which when detonated should destroy the enemys defences
Russian Pontoon BridgeSoviet Sappers build a pontoon bridge whilst under fire on the outskirts of Kyiv (Kiev)
Derelict Tank at PeronneSappers, or Royal Engineers, remove a derelict tank obstructing the road near Peronne in France during World War I