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*'''1946''' became King George V's Group of the Royal Indian Engineers | *'''1946''' became King George V's Group of the Royal Indian Engineers | ||
*'''1947''' half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan | *'''1947''' half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan | ||
==First World War== | |||
Regimental History: ''A Short History of the Corps of King George’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners During the War, 1914-1918'' by Colonel A H Cunningham. This book is available at the [[British Library]] but is catalogued under the shorter title ''A short history of the Corps of K.G.O. Sappers and Miners during the war, 1914-1918'' | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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Including Bengal Engineers
Chronology
- 1803 1st company raised by Capt T Wood as Bengal Pioneers
- 1808 2nd company raised by Capt T Wood as the Company of Miners
- 1819 part of Bengal Pioneers merged with the Company of Miners to form Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1833 remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1843 absorbed Broadfoot's Sappers
- 1847 became Bengal Sappers and Pioneers
- 1851 became Corps of Bengal Sappers and Pioneers
- 1903 became 1st Sappers and Miners
- 1906 became 1st Prince of Wales's Own Sappers and Miners
- 1910 became 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1923 became King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1937 became King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners
- 1941 became King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners Group of the Indian Engineers
- 1946 became King George V's Group of the Royal Indian Engineers
- 1947 half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan
First World War
Regimental History: A Short History of the Corps of King George’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners During the War, 1914-1918 by Colonel A H Cunningham. This book is available at the British Library but is catalogued under the shorter title A short history of the Corps of K.G.O. Sappers and Miners during the war, 1914-1918
External Links
Historical Books Online
- "Bengal Sieges: Plan of a Pioneer Corps, and a Company of Sappers, originally prepared by the late Major General Horsford:— Siege of Adjeegurh, in Bundlecund" The British Indian Military Repository,Volume 4, Part 3, page 387. 1826 Google Books
- Lieutenant General Crommelin, C.B.: Royal (Bengal) Engineers; a Memoir and a Retrospect in the Year of the Mutiny in India by Charles Hervey 1887 Archive,org
- Biographical Notices of Officers of the Royal (Bengal) Engineers by Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray 1900 Archive.org
- Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note by Colonel H. M. Vibart 1894 Archive.org. Addiscombe was the East India Company Military Academy in England for the training of cadets for the Engineers, Artillery and Infantry.
- History of the Corps of Royal Engineers by Whitworth Porter 1889 Volume 1, Volume 2 Archive.org
- "Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E". by Lieutenant C.R. Low, (Late) Indian Navy. Part 1: Affghanistan, 1839 and Gwalior, 1843-44, Part 2: The Second Sikh War, 1848-49 and The Indian Mutiny, 1857, Part 3 Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, 1871 Part 1 pages 221,374, Part 2 page 25
Other
- Pioneer Regiments in the Indian Army from Pioneer(military) Wikipedia
- Indian Sappers 1740-1947 Royal Engineers Museum previous website, now archived. Details of the Bengal Engineers are included.
- Bengal Sappers & Miners Wikipedia
- Military Engineers in India in the 20th Century from Royal Engineers and Engineers of the British Empire and Commonwealth
- Archibald Campbell, Engineer. Worked in Calcutta on Fort William 1769-1771
- Chronology of William Arden Crommelin with a map and illustrations from Crommelin Family
- The recruitment of sappers in England c 1790’s and later is mentioned ion India List posts.[1]
- The Military Engineer in India by Lt. Col. E.W.C Sandes 1933 has been reprinted by Naval and Military Press. This book may be bought from the FIBIS Shop through Amazon.co.uk. Also available at the British Library
- George Francklin Atkinson was in the Bengal Engineers in the Umballa Division . He was the author of "Curry & Rice," on Forty Plates; or, The Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India, first published 1858. Archives.org. He died in 1858 and his career is mentioned in this Archives.org link
- Scroll down to William Wilberforce Harris Greathed who received a commission as second-lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers on 9 December 1844. He saw action during the Indian Mutiny, in China and was Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government, North Western Provinces, Irrigation Branch from 13 April 1874. Family website
- Victorian Wars Forum thread [2] showing a photograph of Sergeant George Tomkyns in uniform, probably taken about 1860-61 after his promotion to Sergeant. He is wearing medals for the Punjab campaign with bars for Chillianwallah & Goojerat, and for the Indian Mutiny
- "A peep into the history of Ambala" by Lt Gen Ranjit Singh (retd) April 6, 2014. tribuneindia.com (retrieved 21 April 2014). The Ambala Cantt with tree-lined roads and open spaces owes its origin to Capt Robert Napier, a Bengal Sappers officer
References
- ↑ India List posts Sappers & Miners by Robin Volkers 17 May 2010 and Sappers and Miners by Robin Volkers 20 May 2010, (retrieved 21 April 2014)
- ↑ Victorian Wars Forum thread Srgt George Tomkyns (retrieved 21 April 2014)