Thoroughly enjoyed the Oorlogsmuseum in Overloon in the Netherlands this week. Some great #SapperHistory here REHS including the only remaining conger explosive minefield breaching equipment from #WW2
We are wishing everyone a very merry Christmas. Take a look back at these great Christmas cards from the past 🎄
#SapperFamily #HappyChristmas #SapperHistory
Wishing all of our followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have a great line up of events and activities for 2023, full of #SapperHistory there will be more to follow in the coming days
How it started: How it's going:
🥰still soaking in our post-opening glow 👏 Many thanks again to Dan Snow for helping us celebrate this huge moment! #museums #archives #grandopening
#MuseumsTogether #SapperHistory #Engineering
For anyone with a slightest interest on all things #sapperhistory , look to the amazing Nova Scotia Archives.
Also a shining example on sharing & maintaining an excellent online archive built on the back of a remarkable collection.
📷 1873 Halifax.
Source archives.novascotia.ca/royalengineers/
A huge thank you to Ingram Murray and Al Murray - DKMS.ORG.UK 🇺🇦 for tonight's webinar on the 'Sappers at Suez', a thoroughly interesting journey through the lesser known Operation Musketeer and the engineering challenges encountered, all told through first hand experience
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#Sapperhistory continues online on Mon 21 Dec with Dr Mark Thompson discussing the exploits of Capt George Landsmann RE during the Peninsular War. This latest REHS & Institution of Royal Engineers online webinar starts 19.30 hrs. To book contact the REHS Secretary bit.ly/3gtsaQG
Thank you Martin Stoneham for an enthralling overview of the life and career of Lt Col Sir Richard Fletcher this evening. A thoroughly well travelled #Sapper involved in many pivotal moments of #Sapper History and indeed #BritishHistory Next month’s webinar is courtesy of RE Museum
Where does our famous Bulls head originate?
Join the REHS for a dive into Maj Gen Percy Hobart and his key role in #WW2 and find out about the Regts illustrious past.
Sign up now @rehistorical Corps of Royal Engineers
#sapperhistory #hobartsfunnies #ww2history #proudsappers #innovation
Well, what an utterly compelling webinar that was! A great talk by Stu Brown on the occasion of #QGE75 . This year's REHS webinar series is just amazing so far! So proud to be part of it as REHS Secretary! #SapperWednesday #REHSWebinar #SapperHistory
Still time to sign up for the last #sapperhistory webinar of 2020. Starts 19:30 tonight. 👇
The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume XIII. 📖
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I must say the cover picture is a particularly wonderful choice. 😊
#SapperFamily #SapperHistory #TheSappers #ArmouredSappers #TheSapperShop
Living in Dorset for the past 6 years and I never even realised that Nothe Fort in Weymouth was constructed by 26 Company Royal Engineers. Everyday a school day.
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#Sappers #RoyalEngineers #SapperHistory 32 Engineer Regiment
Attending the Royal Engineers Historical Society 80th Commemorations of the Battle of El Alamein
#ElAlamein80 #ElAlamein80 Conference #SapperHistory
Great stuff Philip Brazier and what a great venue to remember such a momentous event.
The REHS is here for our members and all Corps of Royal Engineers to advance the science of military engineering, bridging the past, to the present, for the future #SapperHistory
Another excellent series of #SapperHistory webinars coming up soon from REHS!
Check out the below for a full list of subjects and dates 👍😊 #Museums #sappers #engineering #WWI