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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
===Historical Books Online=== | ===Historical Books Online=== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/lieutenantgener00hervgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''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 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/lieutenantgener00hervgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''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 | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalnoti00thaciala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Biographical Notices of Officers of the Royal (Bengal) Engineers''] by Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray 1900 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalnoti00thaciala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Biographical Notices of Officers of the Royal (Bengal) Engineers''] by Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray 1900 Archive.org | ||
===Other=== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bengal_Sappers_and_Miners&redirect=no Bengal Sappers & Miners] Wikipedia | |||
*[http://www.crommelin.org/history/Biographies/1823WilliamArden/Chronology.htm Chronology of William Arden Crommelin] with a map and illustrations from [http://www.crommelin.org/history/Biographies/1763CharlesRussel/Index.htm Crommelin Family] | |||
[[Category:Indian Army Sappers and Miners]] | [[Category:Indian Army Sappers and Miners]] | ||
[[Category:Bengal Army]] | [[Category:Bengal Army]] | ||
[[Category:Bengal Sappers & Miners]] | [[Category:Bengal Sappers & Miners]] | ||
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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
External Links
Historical Books Online
- 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
Other
- Bengal Sappers & Miners Wikipedia
- Chronology of William Arden Crommelin with a map and illustrations from Crommelin Family