Past Presidents

Lt Gen T R Urch CBE

COS Land Forces from 2018

Col Comd 2013 -, Col QGE 2013 – 2016

Comd HQ 1 Mech Bde 2009, ACOS J3 PJ HQ,

Director Land Eqpt De&AS 2011

Col Comdt 2011 – 2015,

Maj Gen K H Cima,
CB

2007 – Director Engineer Support, 1997

ACOS Ops, HQ AG (Pers & Trg Comd), 1999 – 2000

Senior Directing Staff, RCDS, 2002

Chairman, MELC, 2003. Colonel Commandant, 2003

Vice President, Institution of RE, 2004. HQ LAND/AG
Co-location Study Team Leader, 2005

Resident Governor, HM The Tower of London, 2006 – 2011

Maj Gen C L Elliot, CB, MBE

2002 – 2006 DG 

COS HQ QMG, 1999 

DGD&D, 1999

ATRA, 1997 – 1998

Comd 6th Armoured Brigade 1991-1992

Lt Gen Sir A
Pigott, KCB, CBE

1997 – 2002 Commandant RSME, 1989 – 1992

COS HQ ARRC, 1993

Comdt Staff College, 1994 – 96

DGD&D, 1997 – 1999

DCDS(Cts), 2000

Maj Gen K J Drewienkeiwicz,
CB, CMG

1994 – 1997 Commander 11 Engineer Brigade, 1989 – 1991

Engineer in Chief, 1994 – 1995

D Sp HQ LANDCENT, 1995 – 1997

Maj Gen G W Field, CB, CVO, OBE

1993 – 1994 DGLP (A), 1990 – 2

Engineer in Chief, 1993

Colonel Commandant, 1996 – 2006

Resident Governor, HM The Tower of London, **** – 2006

Maj Gen J A J P Barr, CB, CBE

1993 Commandant RSME, 1983

DCOS (Support) HQ AFNORTH, 1988

Engineer in Chief, 1991

Maj Gen J A M Evans, CB

1990 – 1993 Comd Berlin Inf Bde, 1980

D Comdt RMCS, 1983 – 84

Commandant RMCS, 1985 – 86

Maj Gen E G Willmott, OBE

1987 – 1989 Commander, 30 Engineer Brigade (V), 1980

President Ordnance Board, 1986

DGW(A) (PE), 1987 – 1989

Maj Gen P C Shapland,
CB, MBE

1982 – 1987 Commander, 30 Engineer Brigade (V), 1968 – 1969

Chief Engineer, Western Command, 1969 – 1971

DVT&C, 1974

Maj Gen M E Tickell, CBE, MC

1979 – 1982 Commander, 12 Engineer Brigade, 1967 – 1969

Engineer in Chief, 1972 – 1975

Commandant, Royal Military College of Science, 1975

Maj Gen J C Woollett, CBE, MC

1974 – 1979 Commander, Tn Centre, 1964 – 1966, Deputy EinC, 1966 – 1967

Chief Engineer, Northern Army Group/BAOR, 1967 – 1970

Maj Gen Sir Gerald Duke, KBE, CB, DSO, DL

1970 – 1974 Commandant RSME, 1956 – 1959

DPS, 1959 – 1960 Engineer in Chief, 1963 – 1965

Maj Gen T H F Foulkes, CB, CBE

1965 – 1970 Chief Engineer MELF, 1957 – 1958

Chief Engineer, Southern Command, 1958

Maj Gen D C T Swan, CB, CBE

1961 – 1965 Chief Engineer BAOR, 1949

Chief Engineer NORTHAG and BAOR, 1953

Maj Gen Sir A
Campbell, KBE, CB, DSO, MC

1957 – 1961 Chief Engineer IX Corps, 1943

Engineer in Chief, 1948

Lt Gen Sir Philip Neame, VC, KBE, CB, DSO, DL

1954 – 1957 Awarded the VC at the 1^st Battle of Ypres in December 1914, where he was throwing improvised bombs into the enemy trenches, in order for him to rescue wounded men. Awarded the DSO while with 8^th Division in 1915. Italian POW in 1943, during which time he wrote his autobiography, but managed to escape when the Italians surrendered in 1943. Colonel Commandant, 1945. While Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1951, he invited 131 Parachute Engineer Regiment, TA, of which he was Honorary Colonel, to parachute onto the Island’s airfield, as part of the liberation celebrations. This continued for many years, although it later became a water jump into the sea off St Peter Port, because of airport congestion.

 Maj Gen Sir Horace Roome,
KCIE, CB, CBE, MC

1951 – 1953 Chief Engineer, Northern Command India,
1939 – 1941 Dep E in C, India, 1941 – 43

Engineer in Chief, India, 1944 – 46

Col Comdt R Indian Engineers, 1946

Maj Gen Sir Eustace Tickell, KBE, CB, MC

1948 – 1950 Chief Engineer, Egypt, 1939

Director of Works, Middle East Command, 1942

EinC, Middle East, Engineer in Chief, 1946 – 1948

Lt Gen Sir Lionel Bond, KBE, CB

1945 – 1947 Commandant QO Madras S&M, 1903

AQMG Punjab Command, 1904

DQMG, AHQ, India, 1906

DGMW India, 1908.

Commander, Southern Brigade, Madras, 1911

D of Q, War Office, 1914 – 1919

Maj Gen G H Addison, CB, CMG, DSO

1941 – 1944 Contributed to the production of Vol. V, VI and VII of Corps History.

Author of Miscellaneous Volume of RE Work in the European War.

First resident tutor for RE officer engineer training at Cambridge University,

Colonel Commandant, 1940.

Maj Gen Sir Charles Gwynn, KCB, CMG, DSO

1938 – 1941 Comd. 6^th Inf Bde, Gallipoli, 1915

BGGS XXII (II Anzac) Corps, France, 1916 -18

ADC to the King, 1923 – 4

Comdt Staff College, Camberley, 1926 – 30

Maj Gen Sir Hugh Bruce-Williams, KCB, DSO

1935 – 1938 Maj Gen GS, Second Army, France, 1915

GOC 37^th Division, 1916 – 18.

Colonel Commandant, 1930

Brig Gen Sir James Edmonds, Kt, CB, CMG

1931 – 1935 Contributed to the production of Vol. V, VI and VII of Corps History.

Deputy Engineer in Chief, 1918.

Officer in charge of Military Branch, Historical Section, Committee of Imperial Defence, (now Cabinet Office), 1919 – 49.

Maj Gen Sir Philip Grant, KCB, CMG

1927 – 1931 Contributed to the production of Vol. V, VI and VII of Corps History.

Chief Engineer, XV Corps, 1916 – 1917.

Chief Engineer, Fifth Army, 1917.

Commandant SME, 1924 – 7

Director of Fortifications and Works, 1927 – 1931.

Maj Gen Sir Henry Thuillier,
KCB, CMG

1926 – 1927 Contributed to the production of Vol. V, VI and VII of Corps History.

GOC 15^th (Scottish) Division, 1917.

Controller, Chemical Warfare Department, Ministry of Munitions, 1917.

GOC 23^rd Division, 1918. Director of Fortifications and Works,
1924 – 1927.

Colonel Commandant, 1935.

Maj Gen Sir William Liddell, KCMG, CB

1920 – 1926 Deputy Director of Works, GHQ, 1915.

Deputy Engineer in Chief, 1916 – 1918.

Chief Engineer, Third Army, 1918.

Contributed to the production of Vol. V, VI and VII of Corps History.

Director of Fortifications and Works, 1920 – 1924

Director of Works and Buildings, Air Ministry, 1924

Colonel Commandant, 1933.

Maj Gen Sir Philip Twining, KCMG, CB, MVO

1918 – 1920 CRE Meerut Div, France, 1914

DA & QMG, First Army, France, 1917

Director of Fortifications and Works, 1918 – 1920.

Maj Gen Sir George Scott-Moncrieff, KCB,
KCMG, CIE

1911 – 1918 Assisted in the production of Vol V, VI and VII of Corps History.

Chief Instructor in Construction, SME 1893 – 1898.

Director of Fortifications and Works, 1911 – 1918.

Brig Gen F Rainsford-Hannay, CB, CMG

1908 – 1911 Commandant SME, 1907 – 1908. Director of Fortifications and Works, 1908 – 1911.

Maj Gen Sir Richard Ruck, KCB, CB, CMG

1905 – 1908 Director of Fortifications and Works, 1904 – 1908. Chief Engineer, Central Force, and when this post was abolished in 1915, he became GOC London Defences

Maj Gen Sir Reginald Hart, VC, KCB, KCVO

1904 – 1905 Awarded the VC for rescuing a wounded Bengal Sapper, and taking him to a place of safety. He was said to be entirely without a sense of humour.  Commandant SME 1902 – 1905

Maj Gen W T Shone, KCB, DSO

1903 – 1904 Director Military Works, India, 1901, Inspector General of Fortifications, 1903 – 1904

Gen Sir Richard Harrison, KCB, CMG

1898 – 1903 Governor of the Royal Military Academy, 1889 – 1890 GOC Western District, 1890 – 1895, Quartermaster General, 1897 – 1898, Inspector General of Fortifications, 1898 – 1903

Lt Gen Sir Robert Grant, KCB

1891 – 1898 Deputy Adjutant-General, 1886 – 1891 Inspector General of Fortifications and
of Royal Engineers, 1891 – 1898

Gen Sir Lothian Nicholson, KCB

1886 – 1891 Inspector-General of Fortifications and Director of Works, 1886 – 1891, Inspector-General of Royal Engineers,
1886 – Governor of Gibraltar, 1891 – 1893

Maj Gen Sir Andrew Clarke, CIE, CB, KCMG,

1882 – 1886 Inspector General of Fortifications, 1882 – 1886Quartermaster General, Elected as an Honorary Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1896

Maj Gen T J L Gallwey

1880 – 1882 Commandant SME, 1869 Governor and C-in-C, Bermuda, 1882 – 1888

Lt Gen Sir Lintorn
Simmons, KCB

1875 – 1880 Governor Royal Military Academy, 1871 Governor and Commander in Chief, Malta,

1884 – 1888 Elected as an Honorary Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1892

Lt Gen Sir Frederick Chapman, KCB

To 1875 Governor of Bermuda, 1867 Inspector
General of Fortifications, 1870