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TIMELINE OF THE... ROYAL ENGINEERS

1066-1787

ROYAL FOUNDATIONS

William the Conqueror introduces royally appointed military engineers to England from 1066. Henry V raises a permanent ‘Office of Ordnance’ that comprises artillerymen and officers in 1415, which later becomes the ‘Corps of Engineers’ in 1716. George III grants a

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