Royal Engineers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Mrs Dyke laughs as she describes her deployment to Iraq as a clerk with the Royal Engineers.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
Born in Ealing, west London, in 1919, Mr Lemon joined the Royal Engineers just before war was declared.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
Stevenson, the youngest of three children, lived abroad with her family as her father’s job with the British Army’s Royal Engineers took them to Germany, Australia and Malta.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023
I served in the Royal Engineers on operational tours in Bosnia and Iraq, all the while daydreaming about cars, bikes and writing.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2021
“I’m Jack Howard, Lieutenant Royal Engineers; my governor is the Vicar of Longstone, in Kent; so now you know all about me.”
From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by Drayson, A.W.
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