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*This  India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-05/1274084957  post] and this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-05/1274364941 post] mention the recruitment of sappers in England  c 1790’s and later.
*This  India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-05/1274084957  post] and this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-05/1274364941 post] mention the recruitment of sappers in England  c 1790’s and later.
*[http://www.naval-military-press.com/military-engineer-in-india..html  ''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 [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843420422 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk. Also available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://www.naval-military-press.com/military-engineer-in-india..html  ''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 [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843420422 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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/curryriceonforty00atkiuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''"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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/balladsofburmaan00oolarich#page/4/mode/2up Archives.org link]





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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

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