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sketch from "An account of the second defence of the fortress of Badaj...

This image has been taken from scan 000063 from "An account of the second defence of the fortress of Badajoz by the French in 1812 ... Translated by an Officer of the Royal Engineers". The title and subject ter... More

sketch from "An account of the second defence of the fortress of Badaj...

This image has been taken from scan 000061 from "An account of the second defence of the fortress of Badajoz by the French in 1812 ... Translated by an Officer of the Royal Engineers". The title and subject ter... More

map from "An account of the second defence of the fortress of Badajoz ...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "An account of the second defence of the fortress of Badajoz by the French in 1812 ... Translated by an Officer of the Royal Engineers". The title and subject ter... More

map from "An account of the second defence of the fortress of Badajoz ...

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Major General Mould R. E. - Public domain portrait print

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Royal Engineers from "Gordon and the Mahdi, an illustrated narrative o...

This image has been taken from scan 000109 from "Gordon and the Mahdi, an illustrated narrative of the war in the Soudan, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created b... More

Mould, Maj .. Gen. Museum of New Zealand collection

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Major General Mould R. E. - Public domain portrait print

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Mould, Maj .. Gen, gelatin silver print. New Zealand Wars period.

The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. Public domain vintage photo from New... More

Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Medals. Pres...

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Crimean War - Colonel Gordon, Royal Engineers, by Roger Fenton

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Captain Staunton [i.e., Stanton], Royal Engineers - Roger Fenton's Cri...

Captain Stanton, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, next to a horse. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Lieutenant-Colonel Chapman, C.B., Royal Engineers - Roger Fenton's Cri...

Frederick Edward Chapman, C.B. posed standing with his horse in front of a hut. Title transcribed from verso. "Major Chapman, engineers" written or printed on recto in reverse lettering. "82" written or printed... More

Crimean War - Colonel Tylden, Royal Engineers, by Roger Fenton

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Crimean War - Colonel Gordon, Royal Engineers, by Roger Fenton

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Crimean War - Colonel Tylden, Royal Engineers., by Roger Fenton

Public domain photograph by Roger Fenton, 19th-century early photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Roger Fenton was a British photographer, born in 1819 in Crimsworth, ... More

Colonel Dickson, Royal Engineers - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photogra...

Colonel Dickson standing beside horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with vertical line at right and horizontal line across the bottom. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. ... More

With Major General Brooke's compliments. Severely wounded Rangiriri No...

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One of the many temporary bridges made by the R.E.s over the Somme

Bridge over the Somme, France, during World War I. Seven soldiers stand on a temporary bridge over the Somme. According to the photograph's original caption the bridge was built by the Royal Engineers. The brid... More

Pile-driver being used in bridge construction, France, during World Wa...

This photograph is one of a series showing different stages in building a railway bridge. This photograph shows a steam-driven pile-driver on the rails on the part of the bridge which is already complete. The p... More

Ever resourceful Tommy, Flanders

Soldier collecting snow to melt for water, Western Front. In this photograph, a British soldier is shown filling a small mess tin with snow. The original caption explains that he was about to melt the snow to g... More

R.E. diver descending to the bottom of a Canal in France to repair the...

This image shows a diver climbing down a ladder into the water. He is wearing a heavy diving suit with the air supply controlled through two large hoses which are being held by a soldier standing on the jetty. ... More

Our R.E. busy completing a railway bridge over a waterway in France

Engineers moving piles for a bridge, France, during World War I. This is one of a series of photographs showing different processes in the construction of a railway bridge by Royal Engineers. It shows a group o... More

Royal Engineers cutting piles to construct a bridge, France, during Wo...

This photograph is one of a series attributed to Tom Aitken which show different processes in the construction of a new railway bridge by Royal Engineers. This view shows some of the men sawing huge baulks of t... More

Engineers and men rebuilding a destroyed bridge, France, during World ...

Soldiers are working together to repair a bridge that, according to the photographs original caption, had been destroyed by the Germans. The main metal support for the bridge certainly looks as if it has been b... More

Bridging a once Boche trench, Flanders

Bridging a trench, Western Front, during World War I. British soldiers, possibly Royal Engineers, setting bridges across an abandoned German trench. The bridges seem to be pre-fabricated sections and the soldie... More

He is taking a saw and a hammer below with him

Royal Engineer diver, France, during World War I. A diver is standing on a ladder beside a jetty. He is wearing a heavy round diving helmet attached to a large rubber air pipe. In his left hand, he appears to b... More

Palestine disturbances during summer 1936. Jaffa. Group of Royal Engin...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Palestine disturbances 1936. Royal Engineers at the Lydda junction

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Palestine disturbances 1936. Royal Engineers at the Lydda junction

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Palestine disturbances during summer 1936. Jaffa. Group of Royal Engin...

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Palestine disturbances during summer 1936. Jaffa. Royal Engineers in d...

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Palestine disturbances 1936. Royal Engineers "observers" in the beam o...

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Palestine disturbances 1936. Royal Engineers "observers" in the beam o...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Palestine disturbances 1936. Royal Engineers on a Palestine locomotive

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GUNNERY SGT. Adam Terry (left), Weapons Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 8th Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Camp Davis State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of Amer... More

Dirt for use to prepare a section of Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, for a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Royal Engineers Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, USA... More

Officer and Enlisted, - San Juan Island

Stuart Marshall and Fred Hutchings portray a lietenant colonel of Royal Engineers and a Royal Marine Light Infantry private respectively.

Plan of Enlisted Barracks and Parade, - San Juan Island

Plan of enlisted barracks and parade ground done by Capt. Robert Parsons of the Royal Engineers. The Privates Mess on right was later expanded into the barracks that still stands at English Camp.

Engineers assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal

Engineers assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, set up a concertina wire barrier for an Afghan Local Police station Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 24. The Engineers built the stat... More

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher, an engineer from

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher, an engineer from 22 Engineer Regiment serving with Kandak Advisor Team 40, leads a group of Afghan soldiers with Engineering Tolay, 4th Combat Support Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 2... More

British paratroopers free fall onto Alzey Drop Zone,

British paratroopers free fall onto Alzey Drop Zone, Germany, during Operation Toy Drop (OTD) EUCOM Dec. 7, 2015. OTD Europe 2015 is the 9th annual joint service, multinational airborne operation hosted by 5th ... More

Sapper Dave Davenport, a soldier with the British Army’s

Sapper Dave Davenport, a soldier with the British Army’s Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Reserve Regiment, checks a level while laying block during Resolute Castle 17, at Cincu, Romania, June 16, 2017. A p... More

A member of the United Kingdom training team reviews

A member of the United Kingdom training team reviews a training aid during the counter mobility portion of the Iraqi security force officers engineer course at Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2018. Combined Joint Tas... More

Royal Engineers. Cigarette Card

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Hassel Island, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Hassel Island was a key British military base in the Caribbean during the Napoleonic Wars that followed the French Revolution in 1793. During this time, Great Britain and its coalition allies fou... More

Hassel Island, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Hassel Island was a key British military base in the Caribbean during the Napoleonic Wars that followed the French Revolution in 1793. During this time, Great Britain and its coalition allies fou... More

Letter to Captain William Fenwick, Royal Engineers, Halifax, Nova Scot...

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DINNER [held by] ROYAL ENGINEERS [at] "GIBRALTAR, SPAIN" (?)

A panoramic view of a future Afghan Local Police station

A panoramic view of a future Afghan Local Police station in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 24. Engineers with 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, built the station for the Afghan Local Police, ... More

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher, an engineer from

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher, an engineer from 22 Engineer Regiment serving with Kandak Advisor Team 40, teaches Afghan soldiers with Engineering Tolai, 4th Combat Support Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 215th Corp... More

Corporal Paul Nash, a soldier with the British Army’s

Corporal Paul Nash, a soldier with the British Army’s Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Reserve Regiment, finishes joints while laying block during Resolute Castle 17, at Cincu, Romania, June 16, 2017. A hea... More

A member of the United Kingdom training team reviews

A member of the United Kingdom training team reviews a training aid during the counter mobility portion of the Iraqi security force officers engineer course at Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2018. Combined Joint Tas... More

U.S. Marines with Bridge Company B, 6th Engineer Support

U.S. Marines with Bridge Company B, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, inspect their SA80 A2 L85 Assault Rifle while in a weapon familiarization class during exercise Red Dagger at Came... More

Royal Engineers. Cigarette Card

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Letter to Captain William Fenwick, Royal Engineers, Halifax, Nova Scot...

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DINNER [held by] ROYAL ENGINEERS [at] "GIBRALTAR, SPAIN" (?)

Engineers assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal

Engineers assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, fill barriers for an Afghan Local Police station in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 24. The Engineers built the station for the Afgh... More

Capt. Ben Hancock, a Royal Engineer from the British

Capt. Ben Hancock, a Royal Engineer from the British Army currently working as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, talks to Reservoir High School Advanced Placement Calculus students about the engineering... More

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher, an engineer from

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher, an engineer from 22 Engineer Regiment serving with Kandak Advisor Team 40, teaches Afghan soldiers with Engineering Tolai, 4th Combat Support Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 215th Corp... More

Cpl. Ian Chapman, 299 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers,

Cpl. Ian Chapman, 299 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers, in Yorkshire, England, completes a free fall jump on Alzey Drop Zone, Germany, during Operation Toy Drop (OTD) Europe Dec. 7, 2015. Cpl. Chapman mounte... More

Sapper Dave Davenport and Lance Corporal Callum Gray,

Sapper Dave Davenport and Lance Corporal Callum Gray, engineers with the British Army’s Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Reserve Regiment, finish joints while laying block during Resolute Castle 17, at Cincu... More

Iraqi security force officers take notes during the

Iraqi security force officers take notes during the counter mobility portion of the Iraqi security force officers engineer course at Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2018. Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inheren... More

Letter to Captain William Fenwick, Royal Engineers, Halifax, Nova Scot...

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Engineers assigned to 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers,

Engineers assigned to 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, travel in a convoy to build an Afghan Local Police station in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 24. The Engineers built the station for th... More

Afghan National Army Capt. Mirza Mohammad, commander,

Afghan National Army Capt. Mirza Mohammad, commander, Engineering Tolai, 4th Combat Support Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 215th Corps, presents a certificate of achievement to a soldier June 5, 2013, here. The tolai, or... More

Cpl. Ian Chapman, 299 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers,

Cpl. Ian Chapman, 299 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers, Yorkshire, England, completes a free fall jump onto Alzey Drop Zone, Germany, during Operation Toy Drop (OTD) Europe Dec. 7, 2015. Cpl. Chapman mounted... More

An Iraqi security force officer take notes during the

An Iraqi security force officer take notes during the counter mobility portion of the Iraqi security force officers engineer course at Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2018. Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inher... More

Letter to Captain William Fenwick, Royal Engineers, Halifax, Nova Scot...

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Sapper Dipash Gurung, assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron,

Sapper Dipash Gurung, assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, and a native of Pokhara, Nepal, secures concertina wire to a barrier for an Afghan Local Police station in Lashkar Gah District, Helm... More

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher, an engineer from

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher, an engineer from 22 Engineer Regiment serving with Kandak Advisor Team 40, walks across a bridge built by Engineering Tolai, 4th Combat Support Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 215th Co... More

An Iraqi security force officer outlines a counter

An Iraqi security force officer outlines a counter mobility maneuver during a review portion of the Iraqi security force officers engineer course at Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2018. Combined Joint Task Force – O... More

Highlander Mark Mackenzie, 4th Battalion, The Highlanders,

Highlander Mark Mackenzie, 4th Battalion, The Highlanders, Royal Regiment of Scotland, and a native of Stoneaway, Scotland, completes a final check of a .50-caliber mounted machine gun before providing security... More

British Army Sgt. Delon Edwards, right, resources senior

British Army Sgt. Delon Edwards, right, resources senior noncommissioned officer with 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, teaches U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Davis, hospital corpsman with Bridg... More

An engineer assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal

An engineer assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, directs soldiers from the 4th Battalion, The Highlanders, Royal Regiment of Scotland, into security positions while the engineers build a new A... More

U.S. Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th

U.S. Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and British Army Commandos with 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, practice loading and clearing the L7A2 General Purpose Machin... More

Highlander Bill Sovui, 4th Battalion, The Highlanders,

Highlander Bill Sovui, 4th Battalion, The Highlanders, Royal Regiment of Scotland, and a native of Lautoka, Fiji, provides security with a mounted .50-caliber machine gun for 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Enginee... More

An engineer assigned to 59 Commando Squadron, Royal

An engineer assigned to 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, operates a tractor to fill barriers in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 26. The Engineers built the station for the Afghan Local Police... More

Soldiers assigned to the 4th Battalion, The Highlanders,

Soldiers assigned to the 4th Battalion, The Highlanders, Royal Regiment of Scotland, provide security for the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, as they travel to build a new Afghan Local Police station Las... More

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher poses with the

Royal Engineers Capt. Selwyn Fisher poses with the commanding officer of the Engineering Tolai, 4th Combat Support Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 215 Corps, near Patrol Base Sparta June 5. Fisher, a member of Kandak Advi... More

An engineer assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal

An engineer assigned to the 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, guides a tractor over a narrow bridge in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 24. The Engineers built the station for the Afghan Local ... More

An Afghan Local Police officer grabs barriers from

An Afghan Local Police officer grabs barriers from Lt. Joe Robinson, commanding officer of 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, and a native of Barnstaple, England in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, J... More

An engineer assigned to 59 Commando Squadron, Royal

An engineer assigned to 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, secures concertina wire for a security barrier in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 25. The Engineers built the station for the Afghan L... More

An engineer assigned to 59 Commando Squadron, Royal

An engineer assigned to 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, drives a tractor to move landscape and fill barriers in Lashkar Gah District, Helmand province, July 25. The Engineers built the station for the Af... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Soldiers Going Away II

Thanks to Niall McAuley ( gnmcauley/ ) for confirmation that this photo was taken at Adelphi Quay in Waterford, and that sign at top right is for Soldiers' Home. And we're indebted to whoever packed the luggag... More

TWCMS.2004.1340. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Postcard, showing a full length portrait of a soldier of Royal Engineers with bandolier across shoulder, wearing spurs and a sheepskin rug at his feet..Regional Faces of the First World War...The photograph is ... More

TWCMS.2000.3646.4. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Postcard, sepia, of the head and shoulders of a young officer of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. The badges worn by the solider indicate he was a member of the Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Reg... More

Alfred C. Keeler #38778 - Driver in Royal Engineers, British Army - WW...

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#289834 Sapper Albert Roberts, Royal Engineers (Railways Unit) - WW1

Collection of Australian WWI Photographs

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War RAE-O1026

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War DERA FARNBOROUGH (ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT). The Gamma airship in the distance flying over the main airship shed and the portable one beyond it, note the large... More

The British Army Before the First World War Q69813

The British Army Before the First World War Royal Engineers troops making Sergeant Major Jones pattern gabions for use in the construction of emplacements. The waggons in the background are laden with pontoons. Chatham.

The British Army Before the First World War Q69815

The British Army Before the First World War The Royal Engineers half-year inspection by General John Burgoyne RE. The band are wearing their special white uniform. Chatham, Autumn 1856.

Six Royal Engineers, ca 1859

in 1859 - 1860, these six Royal Engineers assisted Richard Clement Moody in surveying the Colony of British Columbia. This is one of the first photographs taken in British Columbia.

Stiffened Treble Sling Bridge, Constructed by 18th Coy. RE, Halifax, N...

Stiffened Treble Sling Bridge – constructed by 18th Company, Royal Engineers – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 1897. The Royal Engineers provided the surveyors, architects, engineers, builders and contr... More

World War I Royal Engineers Shoulder Title

World War I Royal Engineers brass shoulder title in the shape of the letters RE for the Royal Engineers.Title: World War I Royal Engineers Shoulder Title

9th Gurkha Rifles in 1915 detail, from- A football match. Gurkhas vers...

A football match. Gurkhas versus a Signal Company [St Floris, France].

A football match. 9th Gurkhas versus a Signal Company (Photo 24-52)

A football match. [9th] Gurkhas versus a Signal Company [of the Dehra Dun Brigade, at St Floris, France].

A football match. 9th Gurkhas versus a Signal Company (Photo 24-53)

A football match. [9th] Gurkhas versus a Signal Company [of the Dehra Dun Brigade, at St Floris, France].

A football match. Gurkhas versus a Signal Company (Photo 24-51) (cropp...

A football match. Gurkhas versus a Signal Company [St Floris, France].

A football match. Gurkhas versus a Signal Company (Photo 24-51)

A football match. Gurkhas versus a Signal Company [St Floris, France].