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William I “The Conqueror” Norman Invasion 1066

Humphrey de TilluelPrefab fort

Building Castle + Building AbbeyGundulf of BecFather of Royal Engineers

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Early Engineer Duties• Miners- Seige Warfare• Carpenters/Woodcutters/Fossatores

(Pioneers)- Siege Roads• Early float bridges• Ordnance• Trenchmasters• Surveyors of the Kings Works• Master Masons• Sappers• Chemical

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Engineers 1800-WWI

Peninsular WarSiege of BanajozWar of 1812Russian WarChina War (Hong Kong)Afghanistan- Siege of KandaharSouth AfricaEgyptSudan

Engineers Given Motto “Umbique” (everywhere) by William IV

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WW I

Mobile warfare gives way to SeigeTunnelling/MiningTrenches (Sappers)

Geologic InputLondon Tunnellers (Kickers)Rail WorkersUse of PilesTubbing

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WW II

William Bernard Robinson King 1939First Appointed Military GeologistOperation Overlord – Normandy vs Cherbourg and Cotentin Peninsula

QuarryingTopographyMulberry Harbor

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