Royal Engineers, British Army
From Linking experiences of World War One
| Royal Engineers, British Army | |
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| Years active: | – |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Service: | British Army |
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| Type: | Engineering |
| Specific type: | Corps (administrative) |
| Full size: | none |
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| Name1: | Corps of Royal Engineers |
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| Alternate names: | RE, the Sappers |
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| For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. | |
Contents
Record Office
This administrative corps had its own record office which is represented here, not on a separate page.
| Location: | Chatham |
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| Letter code: | RE |
Personal narratives
2nd Lt Alfred Boxall MC RE, 262nd Railway Company, Royal Engineers
A biography of Alfred Boxall on Europeana 1914-1918.
Fred Littler
Diary, postcards and photos of Thomas Fredrick Littler. Served in:
- 1/5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, British Army
- Royal Engineers, British Army (unknown unit)
Related media
The Long, Long Trail website has a page on The RE Railway Construction Companies.
Official Sources
Unit war diaries
None. Administrative organisations did not keep war diaries because they had no operational role.
See descendant unit pages for their war diaries.
