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
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
About 150 British army Royal Engineers will be sent to help reinforce Poland's border with Belarus, the defence secretary has said.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2021
Nobody in the camp was aware of it, but Jerry O'Connor had once held the King's commission in the Royal Engineers.
From Swift and Sure by Herbert Strang
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