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*'''1856''' Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners became a unified corps as the '''Corps of Royal Engineers'''
*'''1862''' absorbed the British officers and men of the engineer corps of the East India Company
 
==The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia==
The Inland Water Transport and Docks Section of the Royal Engineers was originally formed in December of 1914 to deal with and to develop transport on canals and waterways of France and Belgium. The Section at first operated under the Director of Railways, but, owing to the rapid development of Inland Water Transport, a special directorate was formed in October of 1915. In the summer of 1916 all non-transport work in Mesopotamia became a part of the Inland Water Transport Directorate’s responsibilities, and during 1917 its scope was extended to cover Inland Water Transport and Dock Working in Egypt, in Salonika, and in other theatres of war. The European personnel in Mesopotamia were supplemented by over 42,000 native personnel from India, Egypt, West Africa and China.<ref> [http://www.reubique.com/IWT.htm Inland Water Transport and Docks] Reubique.com</ref>
 
The British Library has the book ''The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia'' compiled by Lieut.-Col. L. J. Hall under the direction of Brigadier-General R. H. W. Hughes. [With plates.] published London 1921
 
''Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission appointed by the Government of India... to enquire into questions connected with the organisation and administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia'' 1918 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Table of Contents is computer page 6. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India |Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.
 
 
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