Royal Engineers

British  

plural noun

1.  RE.  a branch of the British army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, and other engineering works

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Example Sentences

Born in Ealing, west London, in 1919, Mr Lemon joined the Royal Engineers just before war was declared.

From BBC

Mr Lemon joined the Royal Engineers, and said he still remembered the "comradeship".

From BBC

His grandfather spent 22 years in the Army Medical Corp while his father spent six years with the Royal Engineers.

From BBC

As a post office worker, he was assigned to the Royal Engineers, fighting with the 53rd Division, in order to lay vital telegraphy and field telephone systems.

From BBC

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