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Yes. In 1787 they were granted the title Royal and Engineer officers were styled Royal Engineer. Commissions were awarded on merit, unlike the cavalry or infantry, where they were purchased. Engineer and Gunner officers received rigorous professional training at the Royal Military Academy, at Woolwich.
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When was Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers created?
Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers was created in 1539.
When was Royal Australian Engineers created?
Royal Australian Engineers was created in 1902.
What is the motto of Royal Australian Engineers?
The motto of Royal Australian Engineers is 'Ubique'.
When was Royal Engineers A.F.C. created?
Royal Engineers A.F.C. was created in 1863.
What is Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers's motto?
The motto of Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers is 'Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt'.
When was Air Battalion Royal Engineers created?
Air Battalion Royal Engineers was created in 1911.
When was Kent Fortress Royal Engineers created?
Kent Fortress Royal Engineers was created in 1932.
What is the motto of Canadian Military Engineers?
The Royal Engineers motto is 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' which is french for 'Shamed be who thinks evil of it'
When was Trojan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers created?
Trojan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers was created in 2007.
When was Spanish Royal Academy of Naval Engineers created?
Spanish Royal Academy of Naval Engineers was created in 1772.
When did the royal engineers become 'royal'?
Officers - King's Engineers were first formed on a permanent establishment in Norman times and were employed on fortification works. With the introduction of gunpowder to Europe in the Fourteenth Century and the subsequent development of cannon for siege warfare, the Board of Ordnance raised Ordnance Trains in times of war. Engineer officers served in these trains and often commanded them. On 26 May 1716 the Artillery and Engineers of the Board of Ordnance were constituted as separate establishments. On 25 April 1787 the officer Corps of Engineers was granted the Royal title. Soldiers - Soldiers, or Engineer Other Ranks as they were formerly known, were first enlisted on a permanent basis when a Company of Soldier Artificers was raised in Gibraltar in 1772. In 1787 Companies of the Corps of Royal Military Artificers were raised for service at home and overseas. The Soldier Artificers of Gibraltar were absorbed into the Corps of Royal Military Artificers in 1797. In 1812/13 the title was changed to the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners. Officers for these Soldiers' Corps were provided from the Corps of Royal Engineers. The Board of Ordnance administered both Corps. Amalgamation of Officer and Soldier Corps - Towards the close of the Crimean War in 1855, the Board of Ordnance was absorbed into the Corps of Royal Engineers. On 17 October 1856 the reconstituted Corps came directly under War Office control, thus ending the long-standing anomaly of engineer officers and soldiers belonging to separate Corps, and the peculiarity of the Artillery and Engineers not coming directly under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief.
What is Royal Australian Engineers's motto?
Royal Australian Engineers's motto is 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense'.
