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| John Capper Major-General Sir John Edward Capper KCB KCVO (7 December 1861 British Army during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who served on the North-West Frontier of British India, in South Africa and during the First World War, where he was instrumental in the development of the tank.An experienced engineer, Capper was involved in numerous building projects during his years in India and pioneered the development of airships in Britain. John_Capper | |
| School of Ballooning School of Ballooning was a training and test centre for British Army experiments with airships. It was established at Chatham in Kent in 1888. The School moved to Stanhope Lines, Aldershot in 1890 when a balloon section and depot were formed as permanent units of the Royal Engineers establishment. The School was sometimes known as the Balloon Factory. School_of_Ballooning | |
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| Michael Paul Benner Michael Paul Benner of the Corps of Royal Engineers was posthumously awarded the George Cross for gallantry for his actions in an alpine rescue attempt at Grossglockner, Austria on the 1st of July 1957 .He was born on 14 April 1935 and educated at Canford School in Dorset. The award of the George Cross was published in The London Gazette on the 17th of June 1958. Michael_Paul_Benner | |
| Alexander Fraser Campbell Second Lieutenant Alexander Fraser Campbell of the 9th Bomb Disposal Company was posthumously awarded the George Cross for conspicuous gallantry in defusing a bomb which had fallen on the Triumph Engineering Works in Coventry on the 17th of October 1940. He found the bomb was fitted with an irremovable delayed action fuse and the decision was made to move it to a safe area. Alexander_Fraser_Campbell | |
| Bengal Engineer Group The Bengal Engineer Group (BEG) or the Bengal Sappers or Bengal Engineers as they are informally known, are a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army, which draw their origin from the erstwhile Bengal Army of the Bengal Presidency of British India. The Bengal Sappers have their regimental centre at Roorkee Cantonment in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand. The Bengal Sappers are one of the few remaining regiments of the erstwhile Bengal_Engineer_Group | |
| Michael Gibson (soldier) Sergeant Michael Gibson of the 9th Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the conspicuous gallantry he displayed on 18 October 1940 in Coventry in defusing a large unexploded bomb. He was in charge of the operation to dig out and defuse the device when another bomb exploded nearby. The bomb he was working on then began 'hissing' and seemed likely to explode, so he sent the rest of his team to shelter and continued to defuse the device alone. Michael_Gibson_(soldier) | |
| WikiProject Outline of knowledge/Drafts/Outline of World War I Wikipedia:WikiProject_Outline_of_knowledge/Drafts/Outline_of_World_War_I | |
| William King (Royal Navy officer) Commander William Donald Aelian "Bill" King, DSO & Bar, DSC (born 1910), is a retired British naval officer, yachtsman and author. He was the oldest participant in the first solo non-stop around the world yacht race, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, and is the oldest surviving World War II submarine commander.Brought up by his mother and grandmother, King went to the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. William_King_(Royal_Navy_officer) | |
| Madras Engineer Group Madras Engineer Group (MEG) (InformalMadras Sappers) are a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bangalore. The Madras Sappers are the oldest regiment of the Corps of Engineers. Madras_Engineer_Group | |
| William Howard Livens William Howard Livens DSO MC (28 March 1889 British Army and an inventor particularly known for the design of chemical warfare and flame warfare weapons. Resourceful and ingenious, Livens’ successful creations were characterised by being very practical and easy to produce in large numbers. In an obituary, Sir Harold Hartley said "Livens combined great energy and enterprise with a flair for seeing simple solutions and inventive genius." William_Howard_Livens | |
| Burma Campaign 1944 The fighting in the Burma Campaign in 1944 was among the severest in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. It took place along the borders between Burma and India, and Burma and China, and involved the British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces, against the forces of the Empire of Japan and the Indian National Army. British Commonwealth land forces were drawn primarily from the United Kingdom, British India and Africa. Burma_Campaign_1944 | |
| Burma Campaign 1944-1945 The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was fought primarily between British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces against the forces of the Empire of Japan, Thailand, the Burmese Independence Army and the Indian National Army. Burma_Campaign_1944-1945 | |
| Spring R. Rice Spring R. Rice was a British Army general who served on the staff of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.He saw service in the South African War, commanding 23rd Field Company RE. It was deployed to Ladysmith, and during the Siege of Ladysmith, he acted as the commanding officer of the Royal Engineers. In 1901, he designed a simple and inexpensive blockhouse, which saw extensive use. Spring_R._Rice | |
| 6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom) The 6th Airlanding Brigade was an airborne unit of the British Army during World War II. The brigade was a unit that could be taken into combat by military glider complete with supporting weapons.On 23 April 1943 the British War Office ordered that a second airborne division be raised to supplement the original 1st Airborne Division which had not been built up to a full division but had served for the British to develop their airborne forces. 6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom) | |
| 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers was a specialisied armoured formation of the British Army active in World War II. It was formed in mid-1943 and its structure was three Assault Regiments of the Royal Engineers. It was assigned to the 79th Armoured Division in preparation for the Normandy invasion of 6 June 1944. The unit comprised armoured vehicles modified for specialist roles (also known as Hobart's Funnies) , intended to assist with the landing phase of the operation. 1st_Assault_Brigade_Royal_Engineers | |
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| 131 Independent Commando Squadron Royal Engineers 131 Independent Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, is a reserve unit of the British Territorial Army, affiliated to 24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers. It provides general engineering support to 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines and is the largest Territorial Army Commando unit. The squadron has deployed worldwide to provide combat engineer support to 3 Commando Brigade, often deploying in small sub-units. 131_Independent_Commando_Squadron_Royal_Engineers | |
| Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. It is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and one of the world's largest producers of maps. The name reflects the original military purpose of the organisation (see ordnance and surveying) in mapping Britain during the Napoleonic Wars when there was a threat of invasion from France, and its logo includes the War Department's broad arrow heraldic mark. Ordnance_Survey |
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