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The '''Bombay Sappers and Miners'''  were part of the Indian Army  Engineer Soldier Corps comprised the three armies of the Presidencies <ref name=REmus>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090725060217/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm  The Royal Engineers Museum and Library “Corps History Part 10 - Indian Engineering Soldiers 1777-1947”]; Retrieved 17 Aug 2016</ref>:- 
*The [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]] (1777) 
*The [[Madras Sappers and Miners]] (1780)
*The [[Bengal Sappers and  Miners]] (1803)
 
 
''Not to be confused with'' The  '''[[Bombay Engineers]]'''  being Engineers of one of the Honourable [[East India Company Armies]]. By the 1740’s each military administration of each presidency had its own cadre of British engineer officers, they were titled:- the [[Bombay  Engineers]], the  [[Madras Engineers]] and the [[Bengal Engineers]] <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090725060217/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm  The Royal Engineers Museum and Library “Corps History Part 10 – Engineers of the Honourable East India Company Army 1750-1862”]; Retrieved 17 Aug 2016</ref>
 
 
The '''Bombay Sappers and Miners'''  originated from a company of 'Lascar Pioneer' in 1777, which was redesignated as 'The Pioneer Corps'. In 1799 a 'Corps of Engineer Lascars and Pontoon Train' was raised its was later renamed the 'Sapper and Miners Company' and by 1820 was merged with the Pioneer Corps. In 1830 it was called the 'Engineers Corps' and seven years later the 'Corps of Bombay Sappers and Miners' (1837). With the Kitchener Reforms in 1903 it was re-titled '3rd Sapper and Miners' and in 1923 become the 'Royal Bombay Sapper and Miners'.  In 1941 they became the 'Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners Group' of the Indian Engineers in 1946 the 'Bombay Group' of the Royal Indian Engineers <ref name =REmus/>. The senior Officers were British and the loosely organised military units were later combined into battalions with Indian officers commanding local troops.  Officers were in the early years very conscious of the soldiers' local customs, caste rituals, dress, and social hierarchy.
 
 
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1777''' raised by  Major Lawrence Nilson as Pioneer Lascars
*'''1777''' raised by  Major Lawrence Nilson as Pioneer Lascars
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*[https://archive.org/details/THEROYALBOMBAYSAPPERSMINERS19391947 ''The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939 - 1947''] Laurie and Cecilia Norman (eds.) 1999 Archive.org. For some/all browsers, it is not possible to read the original book online, however the “Full Text” version is available, and other download options are probably available.
*[https://archive.org/details/THEROYALBOMBAYSAPPERSMINERS19391947 ''The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939 - 1947''] Laurie and Cecilia Norman (eds.) 1999 Archive.org. For some/all browsers, it is not possible to read the original book online, however the “Full Text” version is available, and other download options are probably available.


== References ==
Our grateful thanks to The Royal Engineers Museum and Library, Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME4 4UG, England for permission to cite directly from their website.  Some records on websites do not give clear distinctions between the ‘Sappers and Miners’ and the ‘Engineers’.
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Revision as of 13:05, 18 August 2016

The Bombay Sappers and Miners were part of the Indian Army Engineer Soldier Corps comprised the three armies of the Presidencies [1]:-


Not to be confused with The Bombay Engineers being Engineers of one of the Honourable East India Company Armies. By the 1740’s each military administration of each presidency had its own cadre of British engineer officers, they were titled:- the Bombay Engineers, the Madras Engineers and the Bengal Engineers [2]


The Bombay Sappers and Miners originated from a company of 'Lascar Pioneer' in 1777, which was redesignated as 'The Pioneer Corps'. In 1799 a 'Corps of Engineer Lascars and Pontoon Train' was raised its was later renamed the 'Sapper and Miners Company' and by 1820 was merged with the Pioneer Corps. In 1830 it was called the 'Engineers Corps' and seven years later the 'Corps of Bombay Sappers and Miners' (1837). With the Kitchener Reforms in 1903 it was re-titled '3rd Sapper and Miners' and in 1923 become the 'Royal Bombay Sapper and Miners'. In 1941 they became the 'Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners Group' of the Indian Engineers in 1946 the 'Bombay Group' of the Royal Indian Engineers [1]. The senior Officers were British and the loosely organised military units were later combined into battalions with Indian officers commanding local troops. Officers were in the early years very conscious of the soldiers' local customs, caste rituals, dress, and social hierarchy.


Chronology

  • 1777 raised by Major Lawrence Nilson as Pioneer Lascars
  • 1781 became Bombay Pioneers
  • 1820 company of Sappers and Miners raised
  • 1826 2nd company of Sappers and Miners raised
  • 1829 Sappers and Miners renamed the Engineer Corps
  • 1830 Bombay Pioneers absorbed by the Engineer Corps
  • 1833 remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners
  • 1840 renamed as the Bombay Sappers & Miners
  • 1903 brought into the Indian Army and became 3rd Bombay Sappers & Miners
  • 1921 became the 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 1923 became the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 1923 became King George V's Own Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental Histories

  • Digest of the Services of the Bombay Sappers and Miners by G. H. W O'Sullivan 1895. Available at the British Library.
  • A Short History of the 17th and 22nd Field Companies, Third Sappers and Miners in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918. Available at the Imperial War Museums.
  • History of the 20th (Field) Company, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners Great War 1914-1918. Available at the Imperial War Museums.
  • A Brief History of the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners. Published Kirkee 1924. Available at the Imperial War Museums.
    • This publication was extended, to include the period up to 1939, by Colonel LO Clark OBE in 1947.

External Links

Historical books online

  • 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.
  • Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 Engineer Corps muster roll in Malabar Google Books
  • History of the Corps of Royal Engineers by Whitworth Porter 1889 Volume 1, Volume 2 Archive.org
  • The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939 - 1947 Laurie and Cecilia Norman (eds.) 1999 Archive.org. For some/all browsers, it is not possible to read the original book online, however the “Full Text” version is available, and other download options are probably available.

References

Our grateful thanks to The Royal Engineers Museum and Library, Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME4 4UG, England for permission to cite directly from their website. Some records on websites do not give clear distinctions between the ‘Sappers and Miners’ and the ‘Engineers’.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Royal Engineers Museum and Library “Corps History Part 10 - Indian Engineering Soldiers 1777-1947”; Retrieved 17 Aug 2016
  2. ↑ The Royal Engineers Museum and Library “Corps History Part 10 – Engineers of the Honourable East India Company Army 1750-1862”; Retrieved 17 Aug 2016

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