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Royal Engineers Collection

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Major John Rouse Merriott Chard, VC, 1881

Major John Rouse Merriott Chard, VC, 1881. Chard (1847-1897), then a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, commanded the British defenders at Rorkes Drift, South Africa, in January 1879

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege operations at Chatham: explosion of a mine, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege operations at Chatham: explosion of a mine, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege operations at Chatham: explosion of a mine, 1871. British Army exercises

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: destruction of the stockade by gun-cotton and powder

Siege Operations at Chatham: destruction of the stockade by gun-cotton and powder, 1871. British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: stockade prepared for blowing up with gun-cotton and powder

Siege Operations at Chatham: stockade prepared for blowing up with gun-cotton and powder, 1871. British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Plate given to the Royal Engineers by Indian engineer officers, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Plate given to the Royal Engineers by Indian engineer officers, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Plate given to the Royal Engineers by Indian engineer officers, 1871. 'General Sir John Cheape, in the name of the Engineer officers formerly in the Hon

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Chatham Siege Operations: explosion of mines under the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Chatham Siege Operations: explosion of mines under the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Chatham Siege Operations: explosion of mines under the Medway, 1871. British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Blowing up of the wreck of the Golden Fleece in the Bristol Channel

Blowing up of the wreck of the Golden Fleece in the Bristol Channel, 1870. Engraving of a sketch by Lieutenant C. E. Turner, R.E

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Gen. Scott Moncrieff [i.e. Scott-Montcrieff]

Gen. Scott Moncrieff [i.e. Scott-Montcrieff], between c1915 and c1920. Shows Major General Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff (1855-1924), a Scottish soldier and engineer

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: The Volunteer Review at Windsor: volunteers crossing the pontoon bridge over the Thames

The Volunteer Review at Windsor: volunteers crossing the pontoon bridge over the Thames at Datchet, 1868

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Major-General Edward Charles Frome

Major-General Edward Charles Frome, Inspector-General of the Royal Engineers, 1868. Engraving from a photograph by John Watkins

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871.British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: sappers working behind sap roller, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: sappers working behind sap roller, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: sappers working behind sap roller, 1871. British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: necklace of gun-cotton round a beam, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: necklace of gun-cotton round a beam, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: necklace of gun-cotton round a beam, 1871. British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: lighting the fuse for the powder-bags, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: lighting the fuse for the powder-bags, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: lighting the fuse for the powder-bags, 1871. British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham: festoon of gun-cotton on the stockade, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham: festoon of gun-cotton on the stockade, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: festoon of gun-cotton on the stockade, 1871. British Army training

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Funeral, on Sunday last, of Sergeant Dransfield

Funeral, on Sunday last, of Sergeant Dransfield, R.E

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common, 1865. Illustration of a parade of troops....the line was formed...in full view of the combined fleets anchored at Spithead

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: The Late Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Stewart

The Late Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Stewart, Director-General of the Indo-European Telegraph, 1865

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: R.R. follows British advance, 31 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

R.R. follows British advance, 31 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
R.R. follows British advance, 31 Oct 1918 (date created or published later)

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: British military bridge, Flanders, 5 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

British military bridge, Flanders, 5 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British military bridge, Flanders, 5 Aug 1917

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Military Bazaar at Chatham, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Military Bazaar at Chatham, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Military Bazaar at Chatham, [in Kent], 1858

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Electric Telegraph for the Seat of War - Plough for Laying the Wire

Electric Telegraph for the Seat of War - Plough for Laying the Wire, 1854. Crimean War

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: The Siege of Sebastopol - Gordon's Attack with a Lancaster Gun, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The Siege of Sebastopol - Gordon's Attack with a Lancaster Gun, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Sebastopol - Gordon's Attack with a Lancaster Gun, 1854

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Siege Operations at Chatham - Springing a Mine, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Siege Operations at Chatham - Springing a Mine, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham - Springing a Mine, 1854. Military exercises in Kent, attended by Prince Albert

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sappers repairing the road between Schumla and Varna, 1854. British soldiers during the Crimean War

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: The Funeral of Lord Napier of Magdala; The body being removed from the Tower

The Funeral of Lord Napier of Magdala; The body being removed from the Tower, escorted by non-commissioned officers of the Royal Engineers, 1890

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Lord Wolsely unveiling the memorial windows in Rochester Cathedral to General Gordon and the Offic Creator: Unknown

Lord Wolsely unveiling the memorial windows in Rochester Cathedral to General Gordon and the Offic Creator: Unknown
Lord Wolsely unveiling the memorial windows in Rochester Cathedral to General Gordon and the Officers and men of the Royal Engineers who fell in the Waterloo, Peninsular and Soudan Campaigns, 1888

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Lieut. -General Sir Charles Warren, G. C. M. G. 1900. Creator: Elliott & Fry

Lieut. -General Sir Charles Warren, G. C. M. G. 1900. Creator: Elliott & Fry
Lieut.-General Sir Charles Warren, G.C.M.G. 1900. Sir Charles Warren (1840-1927) an officer in the British Royal Engineers who commanded combat during the Second Boer War

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: General Robertss Staff, Kandahar Expedition, c1880, (1901). Creator: Bourne & Shepherd

General Robertss Staff, Kandahar Expedition, c1880, (1901). Creator: Bourne & Shepherd
General Robertss Staff, Kandahar Expedition, c1880, (1901)

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The late Brigadier-General Tylden, 1854

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Colonel Nugent, Commanding the Royal Engineers, c1882

Colonel Nugent, Commanding the Royal Engineers, c1882
Colonel Nugent, Commanding the Royal Engineers, c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Mine crater at La Boiselle, the Somme

Mine crater at La Boiselle, the Somme, France, World War I, c1916-c1918

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Pontoon bridge across the Modder River

Pontoon bridge across the Modder River, Boer War, South Africa, 1900. The bridge was built by the Royal Engineers in just two hours. Stereoscopic card

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Royal Engineers repairing a railway destroyed by the Boers

Royal Engineers repairing a railway destroyed by the Boers, Kroonstad, South Africa, 1900. Stereoscopic card

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: General Staff, 1902. Artist: R Simkin

General Staff, 1902. Artist: R Simkin
General Staff, 1902

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Royal Engineers, c1890. Artist: Geoffrey Douglas Giles

Royal Engineers, c1890. Artist: Geoffrey Douglas Giles
Royal Engineers, c1890. A coloured lithographic plate from Her Majestys Army by Walter Richards, JS Virtue & Company, (London, c1890)

Background imageRoyal Engineers Collection: Sir Gerald Graham, British Lieutenant-General, 1893. Artist: E Stodart

Sir Gerald Graham, British Lieutenant-General, 1893. Artist: E Stodart
Sir Gerald Graham, British Lieutenant-General, 1893. Graham (1831-1899) received the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Crimea in 1855 when a 23 year-old Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers


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