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==Regimental History==
''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers'' has been published in twelve volumes, the first two four being available online, [[Corps of Royal Engineers#Historical Books Online |refer below]]. The other volumes are*''Volume III'': Covers the Sudan Campaigns and Boer War 1899-1902, by Colonel Sir Charles Watson, published 1915. ''Volume IV: 1885-1914''. by Brigadier-General W. Baker Brown. published 1952.
* ''Volume V: The Home Front, France Flanders and Italy in the First World War''. ''Volume VI: Gallipoli, Macedonia, Egypt and Palestine 1914-18''. ''Volume VII: Campaigns in Mesopotamia and East Africa, and the inter-war period, 1918-38''. Volumes 5-7 edited by H.L. Pritchard, published 1952. Note: Volume VI does not include information about Signals as "The history of their work is being produced by the Royal Corps of Signals themselves"<ref>michaeldr. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/251301-royal-engineers-soldier-abandoned-in-gallipoli/?do=findComment&comment=2538402 Royal Engineers soldier abandoned in Gallipoli] ''Great War Forum'' 29 June 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2018.</ref>, so it is likely the other volumes for the WW1 period similarly do not include information about Signals.
*''Volume VIII: Campaigns in France and Belgium, 1939-40; Norway, Middle East, East Africa, Western Desert, North West Africa, and activities in the U.K''. by Major-General R. P. Pakenham-Walsh.
====Historical books online====
*[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_lqlBAAAAIAAJ ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol Volume I''] by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889 Archive.org<br /> Military History to 1860 (Note: catalogued as Volume III, but is Volume I) Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/historycorpsroy00watsgoog ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol Volume II''] by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889 Archive.org. Military History 1867- 1885, together with Part II Organization, Part III Departmental and Civil Work. **[http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy00watsgoog#page/n61/mode/2up Vol II 2nd Afghan War and Egyptian Campaign 1882]'' *[https://archive.org/details/historyofcorpsof0003port/page/n5 ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volume III''] by Colonel Sir Charles M Watson. 1915. Excludes India. Covers the Sudan Campaigns and Boer War 1899-1902. Archive.org Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/historyofcorpsof0000port/page/n5 ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Volume IV''] [1885-1914] by Brigadier-General W Baker Brown 1952. Archive.org Lending Library
*''History of the Royal Sappers and Miners: from the formation of the Corps in March 1772, to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers, in October 1856'' by T W J Connolly, QuarterMaster of the Royal Engineers. 2nd edtion, with considerable additions 1857 (first edition 1855) With coloured plates
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=y0XzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XNQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 Volune II] Google Books
:[https://archive.org/details/politicalfrontie00holdiala ''Political Frontiers and Boundary Making''] by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1916
*[https://archive.org/details/lifetimesofgener00innerich ''The life and times of General Sir James Browne, R.E., K.C.B., K.C.S.I. (Buster Browne)''] by General J.J. McLeod Innes, RE 1905 Archive.org
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b747692?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Gun-running in the Gulf and other Adventures''] by Brig.-Gen. H H Austin [Herbert Henry] 1926 HathiTrust Digital Library. The initial chapter ''Gun-running in the Gulf'' was of events c 1909.:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b747693?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Some Rambles of a Sapper''] by Brigr-Genl. Herbert Henry Austin. 1928 Hathi Trust HathiTrust Digital Library. He was posted as an Assistant Engineer to the Military Works Department in Peshawur c 1889 and was obliged to retire in 1920, as there was no longer a role for him. He spent most of his careen in India, with some years in Africa, (for the Indian Government), but appears to have remained as part of the British, not Indian, Army.
*''The River of Golden Sand: being the Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah'' by Captain William Gill R. E. [https://archive.org/details/riverofgoldensan01gill Volume I 1880], [https://archive.org/details/rivergoldensand02yulegoog Volume II 1880] [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023220217 Condensed [memorial<nowiki>]</nowiki> edition 1883] Archive.org
*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=The%20Work%20of%20the%20Royal%20Engineers%20in%20the%20European%20War&searchtype=title&ft=&setft=false ''The Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-1919'']. Six full view editions from HathiTrust Digital Library: ''Water Supply - France. Part I. General development of organization, plant and works. Part II. Operations'' (1921); ''Work in the field under the engineer in chief, B. E. F.. Geological work on the Western Front'' (1922); ''Military mining'' (1922); ''Supply of engineer stores and equipment'' (1921); Bridging (1921); ''Work in the field in other theatres of war. Egypt and Palestine--Water supply'' (1921).
*[https://archive.org/details/signalserviceine00prie ''The Signal Service in the European War of 1914-1918 (France)''] by R E Priestley (Late Major, R E) 1921 Archive.org. Part of the above series ''The Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War''. Includes information about the use of [https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/357/mode/1up carrier pigeons] (Index entry)
**[https://archive.org/stream/signalserviceine00prie#page/10/mode/2up/search/Indian Page 11] includes a very brief reference to the Indian Telegraph units of the Indian Army. These were very likely to have been men from the [[Post and Telegraphs Department|Post and Telegraphs Department]] in India, who were appointed to the Army at the outbreak of war.
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023464681.0x000002 ''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. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/125/1. Qatar Digital Library. This book is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, as a [http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206468 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206468 Archive.org version]mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/inkutcaptivitywi00sand ''In Kut and Captivity : with the Sixth Indian Division''] by Major EWC Sandes R E 1919 Archive.org
*''The Military Engineer in India'' by Lieut.-Colonel EWC Sandes RE. [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/37243 Volume I] 1933; [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/37244 Volume II] 1935. Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India])
=====Indian Engineers=====
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505988 ''The Indian Engineers, 1939-47''] by Lieut.-Colonel E. W. C. Sandes 1956. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505988 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
:An earlier book is ''The Indian Sappers and Miners'' by E. W. C Sandes [Edward Warren Caulfeild] 1948. (726p). Covers the period from the pioneers in 1759 to the prelude to the Second World War. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01011278725
