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*'''1950''' Madras Centre, Corps of Engineers
==Regimental history==*''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. :Now available online, refer below.*''A Short History of Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners during World War II, 1939-1945'' by R A Lindsell, published 1947 at Bangalore. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011833621 , and also at Imperial War Museums LBY 27278. == External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_(military)#Pioneer_regiments_in_the_Indian_Army Pioneer Regiments in the Indian Army] from Pioneer(military) Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090725060217/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm Indian Sappers 1740-1947] - Royal Engineers Museum, previous website, now archived. Details of the Madras Engineers are included.
*From the [http://www.newman-family-tree.net/ Main Index of "A Newman Family Tree"], select H E M Newman. He was commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers on 19 December 1919 and posted to India in 1924 as an officer of the Madras Sappers and Miners. He was in India until 1929 and again in India and Burma 1936-1943. The site includes his [http://www.newman-family-tree.net/H.E.M.Newman-memoirs%202c.pdf Memoirs] (152 pages pdf), the article [http://www.newman-family-tree.net/RE_Journal_1984.pdf Waziristan 1937-1939] ( 9 page pdf) by Lieut Colonel H E M Newman ''The Royal Engineer Journal Volume 95, number 2, 1984'' and this [http://www.newman-family-tree.net/Missing-Years.html html extract] which covers parts of the period 1918-1946. The two latter links are included in the Memoirs.
====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/278771 ''Historical Record 1877''] by Lieutenant Colonel W.J.Wilson. 1877. Pdf download[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278771 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. This book is believed to be Full title ''Historical Record of the “Queen's Own” Sappers and Miners''. Madras Publication Details1877: Madras [https: //archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278779 ''Historical Record Of The 2nd "Queens Own" Sappers and Miners from 1780 to 1909''] by Lieut.-Colonel C H Roe, R E. Keysc 1909. Archive.org, 1877Digital Library of India Collection.*''The Military History of the Madras Engineers and Pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time'' by Major H M Vibart. [http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryhistoryo01viba#page/n5/mode/2up ''The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time Volume 1''] by Major H M Vibart 1881. Archive.org. [http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryhistoryo02viba#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 2''] 1883Archive.org.*[https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Indian-Sappers-and-Miners-1948.pdf ''The Indian Sappers and Miners''] by E. W. C Sandes [Edward Warren Caulfeild] 1948. (726p). nzsappers.org.nz. Covers the period from the pioneers in 1759 to the prelude to the Second World War.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=wboRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Twelve years' military adventure in three quarters of the globe: or, Memoirs of an officer who served in the armies of His Majesty and of the East India Company, between the years 1802 and 1814 Volume 1''] by John Blakiston 1829 [http://books.google.com/books?id=vyUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1'' Volume 2'']. Google Books. He joined the Madras Engineers [http://books.google.com/books?id=wboRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37 page 37] in 1802 and served until February 1812, including the 2nd Maratha War and the Expedition to Java in 1811.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=_G4BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819''] by Edward Lake of the Madras Engineers 1825. Google Books
:[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv367626ee#ark:/81055/vdc_00000000DBFB.0x000009 vdc_00000000DBFC ''Plans and Views illustrating the Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, etc''] by Edward Lake, 1825. British Library itemViewer. Note (for at least some browsers) the full screen option only seems to display adequately in the one page option, and even then, the right side of some maps may not display. Also available as a pdf download, accessible through the BL Main catalogue. Note there are two online versions of this publication, one is said to be of an ‘imperfect’ originalDigital Collection.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sOILAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Reports, correspondence and original papers on various professional subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Engineers, Madras Presidency, Volume 1''] by John Thomas Smith 1839 Google Books
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:354/#page/8/mode/2up ''Fifty years' reminiscences of India : a retrospect of travel, adventure and shikar''] by Colonel Pollock, [FitzWilliam Thomas Pollock] Madras Staff Corps 1896 seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu. [https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsremini00poll Archive.org version] The author arrived in Madras in early 1849, and was posted to a Native Infantry Regiment. In 1853 he was appointed to the Sappers and Miners in Burma.
*[https://archive.org/details/MadrasSoldier ''The Madras Soldier 1746-1946''] by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams. Revised and enlarged edition 1947 Archive.org. Includes Chapter VI
**[https://archive.org/stream/MadrasSoldier#page/n165/mode/2up Sappers and Miners] page 148
== 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’.
