Lieutenant Robert Davies' company of the British Royal Engineers successfully removed an unexploded one-ton bomb from the southwestern corner of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom and then brought it to the countryside to detonate it. Davies and fellow sapper George Wylie wer...
Thread Royal Engineers in Italy I am trying to pin down which Brigade, Division, Corps or Army these soldiers served in during their time in Italy. Does anyone recognise the... Thread by: minden1759, Dec 2, 2024, 2 replies, in forum: Italy Thread 14365129 Sapper Francis GORMLEY, RE:...
rear. Patrols of four to eight highly skilled men used below-ground Operational Bases (OBs) in remote locations to avoid detection. No official records are released, but OBs were 'Mark I', enlarged deer setts, smuggler caves, etc., and Mark II, prefabricated designs by the Royal Engineers...
/records/22316064 In addition, as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force (NZPAF) was preparing to transition independently from the army and become the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) in 1937, Major King of the NZ Army developed a new system for managing stores specifically for the RNZAF ...
The naval gun battery comprised two 152 mm (6 in) guns detached from the Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery. It was defended by the 35th Fortress Company of Royal Engineers, at Kuching, about 1,050 men. The Sarawak Rangers comprised about 1,515 men, mainly trained and equipped Iban and ...
Royal Engineers Royal Signals RAC & RTR RAMC RASC REME/RAOC SOE & OSS Special Forces Allied Units - Others Australian Indian Army Canadian New Zealand South African US Units Axis Units Latest:7915539 Cpl Ewart BLACKWELL, 45th RTR (Leeds Rifles): 26/10/1942 - looking for photosTony258,Yeste...
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1938-1940) Armored Car – 14 Purchased Pantserwagen M-38 was the name used by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Landmacht (English: Royal Netherlands Army) to refer to the 14 Swedish Landsverk 180 armored cars it had purchased in 1937. They were organized into an ...
On board each glider were 15 specially trained Royal Engineers, and two pilots. Their top-secret mission, code-named Operation Freshman, was to destroy the heavy water-producing facility at the Norsk Hydro industrial complex near Vemork, Norway. This facility was a crucial part of Nazi ...
Hi, I was researching Harry's WW1 service, where he ended as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers , when I came across a newspaper article about his...
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