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*:*Second or New Series and Third Series are available to read online on Google Books; Archive.org ,via [http://archive.org/search.php?query=Papers%20on%20subjects%20connected%20with%20the%20duties%20of%20the%20Corps%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Link 1] and [http://archive.org/search.php?query=Professional%20papers%20of%20the%20Corps%20of%20Royal%20Engineers%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Link 2] and Hathi Trust Digital Library , via [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005856274 Link 1], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010046639 Link 2], and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009218579 Link 3]*:*Fourth Series [http://archive.org/stream/s4professionalpa02grea#page/n3/mode/2up Fourth series, Volume 2, 1908-1911] Archive.org
*:*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MxR-AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA209 "On the fact of small fish falling during rain in India"] by Captain C W Grant Bombay Engineers page 209 ''Volume 2'' 1838 Google Books*:*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZoEcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA16 "Memorandum of the Operations for removing the Wreck of the ' Equitable,' in the Fultah Reach of the River Hoogly"] by Captain W R Fitzgerald, Bengal Engineers page 16 ''Volume 5'' 1842 Google Books*:*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZoEcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA34 "Madras Lighthouse. Report of Progress in the Execution of the new Machinery and illuminating Apparatus for the Madras Light"] by Captain Smith. Madras Engineers page 34 ''Volume 5'' 1842. Continued on [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZoEcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA41 page 41] Google Books*:*[http://archive.org/stream/nspapersonsubjec16grea#page/116/mode/2up "Report on operations in Blowing Up Wrecks in the River Hooghly, during the years 1863-1864 and 1865"] by Lieutenant W. A. J. Wallace, R.E., Officiating Executive Engineer, Strand Bank Improvement page 116 ''New Series Volume 16'', 1868 Archive.org*:*[http://archive.org/stream/professionalpap03unkngoog#page/n264/mode/2up "The Frontier Railways of India"] by Capt Scott-Moncrieff RE page 213 ''Volume 11 1885'' Archive.org*:*[http://archive.org/stream/nspapersonsubjec18grea#page/111/mode/1up "Statistics concerning Elephants, Camels and Pack Bullocks"], page 111 ''Volume 18'', 1892 Archive.org*:*[http://archive.org/stream/professionalpap01unkngoog#page/n276/mode/2up "Turbines at Gokak"] page 229 ''Volume 18'', 1892 Archive.org
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Known as the '''Royal Engineers (RE)''' or commonly as the '''Sappers'''.
The Signals Service was part of the Royal Engineers up until the time of the creation of the separate [[Royal Corps of Signals]] in June 1920.
== Chronology ==
''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers'' has been published in twelve volumes, the first two 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. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/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 30 June 2017.</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.
:''Volume IX: Campaigns in Sicily and Italy; the War Against Japan; North-west Europe, 1944-45; minor and non-operational areas; post-war, 1945-48'' by Major-General R. P. Pakenham-Walsh. Both published 1958. Note: ''War Against Japan'' includes c 200 pages regarding India, Burma, Hong Kong and Malaya. <ref>idler. [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/59890-book-content-question-r-e-history/?p=692731 Book content question: R E History] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 13 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2105</ref>
|[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IBJ-AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 Volume 10] 1849
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:Note that the volumes which are digitised specifically for Archive.org may have better plans and maps compared with those that are, or are copied from, Google Books. An example is the books from the University of Toronto
:For some papers from these volumes, see [[1st Afghan War]], [[Battle of Meeanee]], [[1st Sikh War]], [[2nd China War]] and [[Abyssinian Campaign]]. Other papers include
*[https://archive.org/details/GeographicalSurveyingInIndia "Geographical Surveying In India"] by Colonel Sir T H Holdich 1898 Paper XI,'' Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Occassional Papers Volume XXIV 1898'' pages 289-305 Archive.org
*''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900'' by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich [https://archive.org/details/indianborderlan00holdgoog 1901 edition], [https://archive.org/details/indianborderland00holduoft Second and cheaper edition 1909] Archive.org
