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The information on this post has been compiled as a result of examining service records in wo 97 online with findmypast and wo 363 and wo 364 online with ancestry. British army soldiers up to 19 the national archives. The register also contains a completely revised casualty list of 59,000 casualty records. Army service numbers 18811918 introduction boars head, the in remembrance 2009. This prefix is however, also found on mens records who had no prior army service. Royal engineers royal engineers, balloon section royal engineers, field company, 11th royal engineers, field company, 12th royal engineers, field company, 17th royal engineers, field company, 23rd royal engineers, field company, 37th royal engineers, field company, 38th royal engineers, field company, 5th royal engineers, field company, 7th. See more ideas about military, war and british army. Whether youre driving through desert, jungle or snow, youve got to look after your vehicle and get your load to its destination. See more ideas about war, military history and british army. The telegraph battalion of the royal engineers has two divisions, of which the first is now in south africa. They had under their command working parties of two or three battalions of infantry, two or three thousand men, who knew.

Guest user gendatabase guest user login guest users have limited access to content. An archive of first world war research information on soldiers in the royal engineers. New zealand soldiers often endured severe daytime heat, then at night slept in the open with only an overcoat to protect them from the freezing cold. In the same year the royal sappers and miners were incorporated into the royal engineers and the officers and soldiers served under the same cap badge. Known as sappers, royal engineers have served in all of the armys campaigns. New zealands response south african boer war nzhistory. Those with motorcycle experience were brought in when volunteers flooded in after the outbreak of war to cope with the expansion of the army. I also offer a comprehensive, fast and costeffective military history research service.

These wars put an end to the two independent republics that they had founded. It is a searchable database of information from australian boer war memorials. It became the engineer component of the 42nd east lancashire division of the territorial force, seeing service in egypt, at gallipoli and together with a duplicate unit on the western front during world war i. It also served in the postwar territorial army, until 1967. Royal engineers drivers riding cropwhip great war forum. However, service was confined to those who were already members of the tiny new zealand permanent force or a parttime volunteer unit. The 1899 boer war clearly impressed upon government the need for a. Army signals in world war one and the role of the royal.

Chatham, royal engineers brompton barracks roll of honour. The royal engineers took on the main task of providing them and men were specially trained pre1914 to operate motorcycles. The one thing im currently looking in for is a res badged riding crop whip. In 1951, two of the men listed on this boer war plaque were still alive and living in the uk, whilst a third had moved to live in maracabo, venezuala. Paratroopers and royal marine commandos are considered to be elite roles within the british military.

Perhaps you had a grandfather in one of the world wars. Hello all, im currently putting together a gw re drivers uniform for the horses at war event at beamish museum, county durham, in april this year. These records can help you find enlistment dates, learn about famous battles, locate gravesites of war veterans and spouses, and discover the unique stories of military service that help you discover the heroes in your family history. Please note that many soldiers and officers who served in the british army during the second boer war also served in the british army during the first world war 19141918. The daily grind soldiers on trek began their day as early as 4 a. View boer war soldier information for gill soldiers.

The battalion took part in the nile campaign and later played a prominent part in the 4th ashanti war 1895 1896. Chatham, royal engineers brompton barracks roll of. Military records reveal the extraordinary deeds of your bravest ancestors. The drivers are the only men enlisted for the royal engineers who do not know some trade. Royal engineers embarking for south africa it would be difficult to conceive of a campaign in which the work of the engineers would be more arduous than it was in south africa, or in which the difference between middling and excellent service on their part would be more acutely felt by those in command or by the body of the fighting troops.

Those with motorcycle experience were brought in when volunteers flooded in after the outbreak of war. They focus on the duties performed by sappers of the royal engineers during world war one, with thanks to wap weale, gw0wee whos introduction is below. Royal engineers to natal, june, 1899, and served there from the commencement of the war. When driving from the board the whip had a much longer wood handle and longer thong. Typical terms of enlistment for the regiment changed over the years. Most popular boer war movies and tv shows refine see titles to watch instantly. Royal engineers, died of enteric in south africa, jan. Hocker, proprietor by 1899 the dutchdescended boer farmers of the south african veldt have finally had enough of the evercolonizing british.

Royal engineers boer war at present no image of this war memorial is available for online display. Search now time period all records world war 2 world war 1 boer 18991902 victorian conflicts 18571899 crimean 18531856 early 19th century 18151853 napoleonic 17991815 service number. However, from 1787, soldiers were provided by the corps of royal military artificers. The british forces in south africa during the second boer war, also known as the south african war and sometimes imprecisely referred to simply as the boer war, consisted of units of the regular army. Early communications pre corps royal signals museum. But they were first constituted as a corps in 1716 by the board of ordnance. Anglo boer war records 18991902 discover your ancestors who served in the anglo boer war between 1899 and 1902. Anglo boer war medals to the royal engineers page 2. List of royal engineers recipients of the victoria cross. When this happened, then pre1914 record of service including boer war is more likely to be among first world war service records. A large stone ach, upon two pillars, around the upper lintel are the names of the major battles of the boer war, beneath which are scenes form south africa. British army 64288 driver royal engineers 150th field company. Members of the detachment hacked a 72 mile path through the jungle from the cape coast to prahsu. Kent chatham, royal engineers brompton barracks south african.

In 1884 c troop amalgamated with the 22nd and 34th companies, royal engineers to form the telegraph battalion royal engineer. The australian war graves in south africa was created by the heraldry and genealogy society of canberra to support family historians whose field of study takes in the angloboer war of 18991902. The suffolk soldiers memorial, erected by suffolk people as a monument to suffolk soldiers who lost their lives in the south african war, 18991902, was unveiled by general sir john french at 3. Gendatabase membership gendatabase membership join gendatabase today. A drivers short whip would be carried tucked into the legging and was shaped and sized so that the driver could use it to scoop the head of the other horse in the pair, to lead it to the left when turning the pair to the left. Territorial officers and soldiers of the royal engineers, part 2 regular soldiers rev 2002 ac no 71631 and the career employment structure for regular and territorial. Jun 24, 2010 website chronicles the records of 65,000 soldiers who were killed, wounded, captured or honoured during the boer war. His regiment number was 100144 but im not sure if that is correct. This unique database of more than 470 sources may reveal the unit your ancestor served with and any medals, honors, or awards they won. Regimental sergeantmajors, who before the boer war had worn four chevrons with a crown, were given in 1902 the badge of a single large crown on the lower arm, but adopted a small version of the royal arms in its place in 1915 when they became warrant officers class i. The soldiers who keep the paras and royal marines running.

Youll be a vital link, transporting soldiers and supplies all over the world. If you would like to send us a present, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. The collection includes a myriad of army forms including attestation papers, medical forms, discharge documents, pension claims, and proceedings of regimental boards. Two in the boer war seventeen in the first world war and two during the second world war. They designed and built the frontline fortifications, creating cover for the infantry and positions for the artillery. For a good summary of the royal engineers during the first world war, see the royal engineers on the long, long trail website. You can start with any relative who you think was in the army, navy or raf. Ww1, royal engineer tunnelling companies, nicknamed the moles, were specialist units of the corps of royal engineers within the british army, formed to dig attacking tunnels under enemy lines during the first world war. But attached to those units are specialist royal engineers. Military records include draft or service records, pension records, prisoner rolls and histories. Boer war soldiers records published online uk news the.

The royal engineers prepare for korea 195051 youtube. He was entitled to the south african war gratuity and there seems to have been. The peninsular war 180814 revealed deficiencies in the training and knowledge of officers and men in the conduct of siege operations and bridging. The government sent the 2nd special service battalion of the royal canadian regiment of infantry, which arrived in time to fight at the battle of paardeberg in february 1900. During this war low ranking royal engineers officers carried out large scale operations. Boer war soldiers inside horbury town hall entrance is a wallmounted plaque, which honours the 29 local horbury men that served in the south african anglo boer war between 18991902. The 1st of september 2019 is the wartime memories projects 20th birthday. The drivers are trained at the dep6t at aldershot and the sappers at chatham. Ordinarily it is stationed at aldershot, employed in purely military work, and constantly being exercised, while the other division is attached to the postal telegraph service, and has charge of a large district in the south of england. It served with the british expeditionary force in the battle of france and dunkirk evacuation, and later in home defence until disbandment in 1943. Also see my post on a range of royal engineers numbers.

Third from left is trooper harry the breaker morant. Men from the 2nd south australian mounted rifles contingent, who fought in the boer war. Regiments royal engineers royal engineers 18811914 dorsetshire fortress company regiments other. As royal engineers we are expected to be a soldiers first, secondly a combat engineers and finally a tradesmen. I was wondering if anyone could help me confirm th. Commemorated on 18991902 memorial, kimberley west end cemetery and buried there.

Instead, they were repeatedly led by men of stunning ineptitude, who cost many brave men their lives and probably prolonged the war. Numbers a1 to a3919 were issued to timeexpired soldiers who were enlisting for one years service. Royal engineers boer war memorial war memorials online. Amazing war footage of soldiers from 1899, when the second. Secretary of state for war, descriptive of the herbert hospital at woolwich by douglas galton, late captain, royal engineers, assistant under secretary for war digitised copy available ramc444 medicines debt to the army and the challenge of tropical medicine, by major general w. These articles covered the formation of military signalling prior to 1908 during the crimean and boer wars as described by the royal signals museum. The great war was the first conflict in which motorcycle despatch riders played any sort of role in battlefield signals. For britain, the second boer war was the longest, the most expensive. Thomas henry cullen served initially in the northern nigeria regiment before transferring to the telegraph battalion, royal engineers during the boer war. Findmypasts british army service records is one of the most significant british army collections available online.

In world war ii it was in the dunkirk evacuation with 42nd. Boerwar soldier information for greenhalgh soldiers. Roll of honour overseas kimberley boer war memorial. Faced with boer guerrillas fighting a careful, tenacious campaign for freedom from britain, the forces of the empire would have struggled at first even under forwardlooking and capable officers. Buy helmetshats army boer war militaria 1899 1902 and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Ii corps troops, royal engineers ii ctre was a battalionsized unit of royal engineers re attached to the british ii corps headquarters in world war ii. He served with the royal dublin fusiliers in boer war reg. There were two boer wars, one ran from 16 december 1880 23 march 1881 and the second from 9 october 1899 31 may 1902 both between the british and the settlers of dutch origin called boere, afrikaners or voortrekkers who lived in south africa. Also referred to as the british military engineers. Originally an officeronly corps, its other ranks were supplied by contracted civilian workers. In 1856 after the crimean war the board of ordnance was abolished, control of the royal artillery and royal engineers being vested in the commanderinchief of the army. The east lancashire royal engineers was a volunteer unit of britains royal engineers raised in manchester in 1901. Discover your ancestors who served in the anglo boer war between 1899 and 1902. Eerste vryheidsoorlog, literally first freedom war, also known as the first anglo boer war, the transvaal war or the transvaal rebellion, was a war fought from 16 december 1880 until 23 march 1881 between the united kingdom and boers of the transvaal as the south african republic was known while under british administration.

Appendix 2 record sheet for upgrading military engineer driver class 3 to class 2. Daily lives of royal engineers during wwii daily mail online. His army number was 15927, a driver in the royal garrison artillery. Later in the war numbers a200000 to a205598 were allocated to men who had been posted from the training reserve. Aug 30, 2011 the corps of royal engineers was formed in 1856 from the royal engineers and the royal sappers and miners. Royal engineers regiment number 100144 soldiers and their. It provided royal engineers re units to the 47th 12nd london division.

Field telegraph wire used during the crimean war, c1855. New zealand men responded in overwhelming numbers to premier richard seddons offer to send troops to south africa in september 1899. Royal engineers in the second world war 19391945 the. Incredible photographs offer a rare insight into the daily lives of the royal engineers who kept the allies on the move during the second world war, from the. Served in the perak campaign 18756, zulu war 1879, and egypt 1882. From the boer war through world war ii, a soldier rises through the ranks in the british military. Showing the royal engineers at work on the temporary bridge in place of the one blown up by the boers with dynamite. Many men are entered as telegraphists, photographers, printers, lithographers, and cartographers, and these go through a short pioneering course. Royal engineers preparing to blow up a boer farm, c1901. Photos, obituaries and short service records all available to view and download. Helmetshats army boer war militaria 18991902 for sale.

Within the british honours system and those of many commonwealth nations it is the highest award a soldier can receive for actions in combat. The 1st middlesex engineers was the senior engineer unit of britains volunteer force, raised in 1860 and originally recruited from the south kensington museum. The victoria cross vc is a military decoration that may be bestowed upon members of the british or commonwealth armed forces for acts of valour or gallantry performed in the face of the enemy. In the census of 1911 george baker is shown as an army pensioner living with his father. Search for royal engineers in unit lives of the first world war. Each member of the squadron has a trade, the range of trades is diverse, from driver to draughtsman and from storeman to surveyor. As the war dragged on, the canadian cavalry, the royal canadian dragoons and lord strathconas horse, played an important role in the fighting. Chard ordered driver robson to pack up the wagon and return to the mission station, where a. The boers attack, and the british become entangled in their greatest war since the defeat of napoleon.

Drivers are the lifeblood of the royal logistic corps and the whole army. The unit gained its royal prefix in 1787, becoming the corps of royal engineers re. Aug 05, 2019 hello my 2nd great grandfather henry thomas godfrey i believe was in the royal engineers as a driver. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. The australian war graves in south africa was created by the heraldry and genealogy society of canberra to support family historians whose field of study takes in the anglo boer war of 18991902. Wellcome library list of british army, red cross, etc. In the french army, digging a trench under fire was known as driving a sap and the.