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20 August 2026 - "Arnhem VCs"

- 20/08/2026
Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 “Arnhem VCs" with Mark Green 20th August 2026 @ 1930 Final online booking is the...
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17 September 2026 - "Jungle Commandos, the Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945"

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 “Jungle Commandos, the Battle for Arakan, Burma...

15 October 2026 - InstRE Annual General Meeting

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2026, The...

28 October 2026 - "Women in Intelligence in two world wars"

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 “Women in Intelligence in two world wars"...

19 November 2026 - "COPP in Arakan Campaign"

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 “COPP in Arakan Campaign" with Rob Crane Final...

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01 July 2026 - "The Sappers at the Charge at High Wood, Cavalry Gap Crossing in 1916"

Webinar - 01/07/2026
Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 1st July 2026 @ 1930 "The Sappers at the Charge at High...
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26 June 2026 - Dover Castle Study Day, Dinner & Burgoyne Lecture

Royal Engineers Historical Society - Burgoyne Lecture and Study Day Follow the link on...

11 June 2026 - "Military Engineering Support to Kosovo"

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 11 June 2026 - "Military Engineering...

16 April 26 - "Death and Heroes: Army Chaplains in World War 2"

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 "Death and Heroes: Army Chaplains in...

28 May 26 - "War in the Smartphone Age"

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 "War in the Smartphone Age" with...

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19 March 26 - "St Helena: South Atlantic Redoubt"

Webinar - 19/03/2026
Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 "St Helena: South Atlantic Redoubt" with Dave Stead The Royal Engineers Historical Society,...
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25 Feb 26 - "Op Freshman and the Race for the Atom Bomb"

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 "Op Freshman and the Race for...

08 Jan 26 - "Thunder in the Mountains, Military Engineering on the Alpine Front of WW1"

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2026 "Thunder in the Mountains, Military Engineering...

11 November 25 "Sapper Snapshots from the Advance to Victory 1918" with Glyn Taylor

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2025 "Sapper Snapshots from the Advance to...

05 November 2025 - REHS & Balfour Beatty Mulberry Harbour Remembrance Day

Balfour Beatty Internal Veteran’s Network (Mulberry Network) are planning a Remembrance Day Event...

RECENT EVENTS

17 October 2025 - REHS Annual General Meeting

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AGENDA & REGISTRATION FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY (REHS)  FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER 2025 Annual...
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16 October 2025 - InstRE Annual General Meeting

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER 2025, The...

13 October 25 "The Taking of the Scheldt Estuary" with Col (Retd) Don Bigger

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2025 13 October 2025 "The Taking of...

07 October 2025 - 21 Engineer Regiment and the Royal Engineer Historical Society MILENG Conference

How war stimulates innovation in military engineering  Joint 8 Engr Bde and REHS Military...

14 August 25 "My Grandpa's war in the 12th Field Company RE" with Nathan Hutchinson

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2025 "My Grandpa's war in the 12th...

RECENT EVENTS

1 May 2025 - "Pegasus Bridge" with Neil Barber

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'Pegasus Bridge - The Capture, Defence and Relief of the Caen Canal and River Orne Bridges on D-Day.' with Neil...
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13 March 25 "Armour in Burma" with Jack Bowsher

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2025 "Armour in  Burma" with Jack Bowsher This...

19 Feb - "The Irish Experience of D-Day" with Col (Retd) Don Bigger

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2025 "The Irish Experience of D-Day -...

09 January 25 "Castles - Capture the Castle" with Tim Craven

Royal Engineers Historical Society (REHS) Webinar series 2025 "Castles - Capture the Castle" with...

18 December 2024 - "Spanish Republicans in the British Army During WW2 - Remarkable Stories"

The Royal Engineers Historical Society are proud to present "Spanish Republicans in the British...

Past Events

06 November 2024 - The Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Researching your loved ones

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6 November 2024 the REHS present "The Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Researching your Loved Ones" with Andy Murray. This...
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17 October 2024 - InstRE Annual General Meeting

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS WAS HELD ON THURSDAY 17...

18 October 2024 - Royal Engineers Historical Society AGM

AGENDA & REGISTRATION FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS...

11 Sept 24 - The most influential Royal Engineer

REHS Webinar 2024 Series 11th September 2024 - "The most influential Royal Engineer -...

28 August - RE Railway Engineering in NW Europe from D-Day to VE Day

28 August 2024 - "RE Railway Engineering in NW Europe from D-Day to...

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10 July 2024 - "If I had not seen it with my own eyes ..."

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REHS Webinar - "If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it...
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21 June 2024 - Sappers in Italy 1943 - 1945 Conference

REHS webinar - "Sappers in Italy 1943 - 45 Conference" Fri 21 June 2024 @...

04 Jun 2024 - InstRE/ICE Joint Professional Meeting

The Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE) and Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) annual...

22 May 2024 - "Innovation - Canadian Sappers in the Italian Campaign"

REHS Webinar - "Innovation - Canadian Sappers in the Italian Campaign" 22nd May 2024...

8 May 2024 - "Bailey Bridging in Italy 1943-1945: A brief overview of the issues affecting the 8th Army"

REHS Webinar - "Bailey Bridging in Italy 1943-1945" Wednesday 8 May 2024 - "Bailey...

24 Apr 2024 - "Reflections on Vol XIII of the Corps History"

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24 April 2024 "Reflections on Vol XIII of the Corps History" with Maj Gen (Retd) Mungo Melvin CB OBE. After...
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20 March 2024 - "British Military Engineering in the Peninsula War 1808-1814"

REHS Webinar - "British Military Engineering in the Peninsula War 1808-1814" with Dr...

7 Feb 2024 - "The History of 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron"

REHS Webinar - "The History of 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron" The informative and interesting...

2024 Feb/Mar - Sustainability Forum - Project 1

The first Sustainability Forum of 2024 is to be held in Feb/Mar.  Further...

17 Jan 2024 - "Who made the maps?"

REHS Webinar - "Who made the maps?" Wednesday 17 Jan 2024 - "Who made...

05 December 2023 - “The History of RE Bomb Disposal”

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“The History of RE Bomb Disposal”  with Mr Ben Hawkins, Chairman, EOD & Search Association. Last date for booking is...
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15 November 2023 - “Sappers in the Infantry Role - March 1918”

"Sappers in the Infantry Role - March 1918” with Col (Retd) Glyn Taylor This...

19 October 2023 - InstRE Annual General Meeting

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS A copy of the annual...

19 October 2023 - REHS AGM

AGENDA & REGISTRATION FOR THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF THE ROYAL...

11 October 2023 - 'Digital Collaboration' (InstRE,ICE ,TWf)

Joint Professional Meeting - Oct 2023 - Digital Collaboration A recording and details of...

13 September 2023 - “Engineering in the American Civil War"

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“Engineering in the American Civil War” with Maj Gen (Retd) John Drewienkiewicz CB, CMG. The recording of this popular and...
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18 July 2023 - Korea 70 “Sappers in Korea”

KOREA 70. “70th Anniversary of the Armistice in the Korean War: Sappers in...

28 June 2023 - "Embarking the D-Day Armada"

"Embarking the D-Day Armada" with Stephen Fisher This very successful and informative webinar will...

27 June 2023 - InstRE & ICE JPM

ICE & InstRE Joint Professional Meeting: Responding to flood emergencies - developments over...

3 May 2023 - "OP Banner" Personal reflections

“Operation BANNER” some personal reflections with Brig (Retd) Ian McGill CBE and Brig...

12 April 2023 - QGE 75: The History of Queen’s Gurkha Engineers

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Wed 12th of April QGE 75: The History of Queen’s Gurkha Engineers 75th Anniversary with Lt Col (Retd) Stuart Brown. The...
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15 March 2023 - Op Telic 20 "The RE contribution to Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003

Op TELIC 20: “The Corps of Royal Engineers on Op TELIC 1” -...

2 March 2023 - Joint Professional Meeting

JOINT PROFESSIONAL MEETING – 2 MARCH 2023  ‘Similarities and differences between designing and...

8 February 2023 - "Mission France - The story of the Women of the Special Operations Executive"

Webinar – Wed 8th February "Mission France - The story of the Women of...

11 January 2023 - "Sappers at Suez"

Webinar - Wednesday 11th January “Sappers at Suez” with Lt Col (Retd) Ingram Murray...

14 December 2022 - RE Museum - Making African Connections

- 14/12/2022
Wednesday the 14th of December The Royal Engineers Museum Making African Connections – reviewing the Sudanese collection of the Royal...
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16 November 2022 - Lt Col Sir Richard Fletcher

NOVEMBER Wednesday the 16th of November “Lt Col Sir Richard Fletcher” with Martin Stoneham. The...

1 Nov 2022 - PEW RSME & InstRE Technical Symposium

InstRE and RSME PEW presented the Technical Symposium November 2022. Pre and Post...

26 Oct 2022 - Managing Risk in Construction - Brompton Barracks

Managing Risk in Construction 26th October 2022, starting at 1700 - Brompton Barracks, Chatham A...

21 Oct 2022 - REHS - Annual General Meeting

This year's Royal Engineers Historical Society Annual General Meeting is a hybrid event,...

21 October 2022 - El Alamein Conference

- 21/10/2022
21 OCTOBER 2022 —EL ALAMEIN 80 Fri 21st of October at 0930:  REHS El Alamein Conference “The Corps of Royal...
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26 Sept 2022 - InstRE Sustainability Conference

The day went well and the resulting presentations and information can be found...

14 September 2022 - The Mad Moore of El Alamein

SEPTEMBER “The Mad Moore of El Alamein: Major Peter Moore and Mine Warfare in...

20 August 2022 - Dieppe 80: Operation Jubilee

AUGUST—DIEPPE 80: OPERATION JUBILEE On Saturday the 20th of August  at 1900 UK time...

13 July 22 - The History of the Engineer & Logistics Staff Corps

Col David Hindle presented - The History of the Engineer & Logistics Staff...

27 June 2022 - Engineering in Extreme Environments

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Engineers are often called upon to deliver projects in challenging environments, from regions affected by conflict or extreme weather...
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15 June 22 - Falklands 40th Commemoration

Falklands 40th Commemoration - Op Corporate 40 Col (Retd) Chris Davies MBE presented -...

02 June 2022 - Falklands 40th Commemoration

Falklands 40th Commemoration - Op Corporate 40 Brig (Retd) Roderick Macdonald MBE presented: Falklands...

25 May - Gibraltar 250th Commemorations - Tunnelling through the Rock.

Gibraltar 250th Commemorations Gibraltar 250th Commemorations, Dr Edward P. F. Rose presents Tunnelling through...

18 May 22 - Gibraltar 250th Commemorations

Gibraltar 250th Commemorations On 18/05/2022, Terry Reeves presented "Sappers service in Gibraltar in the...

4 May 22 - Gibraltar 250th Commemorations

- 04/05/2022
Gibraltar 250th Commemorations. On 04/05/2022 -  Major Fred Kiddie RE presented "Sappers on the Rock".  This recording and other REHS...
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13 April 22 - The Evolution of the Military Rail Engineer

Royal Engineers - Rail Engineers On the 13th April, Major Alex Hamilton RE, Officer...

30 March 22 - Op Chariot 80th Commemorations - "Commando Sappers in the St Nazaire Raid, 1942"

Op Chariot 80th Commemoration. On 30/03/2022 Lt Col David Stead RE, Commanding Officer 24...

29 Mar 22 - Combat Engineer & Assault Pioneer Symposium (CE&AP) 2022

  Summary of Event: REWW hosted the annual Combat Engineer & Assault Pioneer Symposium (CE&AP)...

15 March 22 - The Evolution of Obstacles

REHS WEBINAR "The Evolution of Obstacles" Major Nick Gunnell RE Members can view the recording...

28 Feb 22 - Op Biting 80th Commemorations - The Bruneval Raid and Airborne Sappers

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Op Biting 80th Commemoration, On 28/02/2022 Chris Davies MBE, presented Op Biting 80th Commemorations - The Bruneval Raid and Airborne...
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12 January 22 - Airfield construction during the Malayan Emergency

Airfield Construction during the Malayan Emergency On the 12th January 2022, Lt Col Mark...

22 December 2021 - Maj Gen Mungo Melvin CB OBE “Follow the Sapper: Charles Gordon at Sevastopol, 1855.”

DECEMBER – Maj Gen Mungo Melvin CB OBE “Follow the Sapper: Charles Gordon...

24 Nov 2021 - Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) - InstRE

Summary of Event: 26 Engr Regt successfully hosted an InstRE study day focussing...

10 November 2021 - Celebrating Engineering Excellence

The Defence Lecture 2021  and the joint Professional Engineering Institutions Churchill Award Ceremony. London...

4 November 2021 - BIM on Operations

Webinar - 03/11/2021
Building Information Modelling on Operations     Auditorium Brompton Barracks 3rd - 4th November 2021 Technical Symposium live in Brompton Barracks with a...
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BIM on Ops

23 October 2021 - CHAIN Event

MISSION Our mission is to encourage collaboration between developing engineers, to build a community...

20 October/November 2021 - WW1 / Remembrance

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER – WW1 / Remembrance Theme Wednesday 20th October Col (Retd) Glyn Taylor “RE...

14 October 2021 - REHS 5th Anniversary study period

Over the period 14th and 15th October, building on the success of a...

22 September 2021 - Dr Mark Thompson “Bridging in the Peninsular Wars”

SEPTEMBER – Dr Mark Thompson “Bridging in the Peninsular Wars” On Wednesday 22nd September,...

11 August 2021 - Simon Shephard "Unlocking German Positions in WW1"

- 11/08/2021
Lt Col Simon Shephard AGC(SPS) MA “Unlocking the Pillbox Problem: Artillery Conquers, Infantry Occupies” On Wednesday 11th August at 7.30pm...
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Unlocking German positions

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