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Royal Engineers (World War I)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Engineers_(World_War_I)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:awarded
gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established
1716
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Chatham,_Kent
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Royal Engineers (World War I)
gptkbp:involvedIn
gptkb:Gallipoli_Campaign
gptkb:Italian_Front
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkb:Salonika_Front
East Africa Campaign
Middle East theatre
gptkbp:motto
gptkb:Ubique_(Everywhere)
Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (Where Right and Glory Lead)
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Sappers
gptkbp:notableContributor
gptkb:water_supply
camouflage
road construction
mine warfare
railway companies
survey companies
pontoon bridges
signal companies
balloon sections
field companies
gas warfare defense
photographic sections
tunnelling companies
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Herbert_Plumer
gptkb:Edmund_Allenby
gptkbp:notableOperation
gptkb:Battle_of_Ypres
gptkb:Battle_of_Passchendaele
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Battle_of_Arras
gptkb:Battle_of_Cambrai
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:Corps_of_Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:role
signals
construction
mapping
military engineering
surveying
bridging
demolition
sapper operations
tunnelling
gptkbp:size
over 40,000 personnel (by 1918)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Solomon_Joseph_Solomon
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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