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Engineers for this task. After successful trials the system was rolled out to ports around the country. In 1885 the 1st
Gloucestershire Engineers formed a submarine mining company at
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following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle, Artillery and
Engineer Volunteer units composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
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324:(TF) in 1908, only F Company of the 1st Gloucester RE (V) transferred to the new organisation, becoming the Gloucester and Worcester Brigade Company of the
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derived their seniority from the formation of the 1st
Gloucestershire EVC in 1861: 108 Field Engineer Regiment at
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in 1908, several descendant units did so, deriving their seniority from the 1st
Gloucesters.
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The 1st
Gloucestershire RE (V) sent a detachment to assist the regular REs during the
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was appointed to command the 1st
Gloucester EVC on 11 July 1861, and was promoted to
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1st
Gloucestershire (The Western Counties) Engineer Volunteers, Royal Engineers
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1st
Gloucestershire (The Western Counties) Engineer Volunteers, Royal Engineers
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The EVC titles were abandoned in 1888, when the unit's title became
132:, serving from 1861 to 1908. A detachment of the unit served in the
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617:, Vol III, Chatham: Institution of Royal Engineers, reprint 1954.
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Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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in 1880, the Gloucestershire Admin Bn was consolidated as the
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1st Gloucestershire (The Western Counties) Engineer Volunteers
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being installed to defend British seaports, he utilised the
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1st Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Somerset and Devon) EVC
231:, and the 1st Somerset providing G and H Companies at
606:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, ISBN 0 85936 271 X.
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1908
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1st Devonshire and Somersetshire Engineer Volunteers
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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
624:, Wembley: R.A. Westlake, 1983, ISBN 0-9508530-0-3.
287:In July 1889 the 1st Gloucesters moved their HQ to
136:. Although the unit itself did not transfer to the
561:Engineer Rgts 80–177 at British Army 1945 onwards.
686:Military units and formations established in 1861
631:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2000, ISBN 0-85052-730-9.
196:when that was formed the following year, and the
671:Military units and formations in Gloucestershire
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320:When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new
518:Glamorgan Fortress Engineers at Regiments.org.
666:Engineer Volunteer Corps of the British Army
223:, with the 1st Devon providing E Company at
212:to command the 1st Admin Bn on 28 May 1870.
158:1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps
122:1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps
30:1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps
681:Military units and formations in Cheltenham
676:Military units and formations in Gloucester
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156:in time of need. Two such units were the
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186:1st Gloucestershire Artillery Volunteers
615:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers
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182:5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
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622:Royal Engineers (Volunteers) 1859–1908
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305:Cadet Corps was attached to the unit.
184:) and the 2nd EVC was attached to the
241:2nd Gloucestershire (The Bristol) EVC
172:on 10 April 1861 by employees of the
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370:Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
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360:The following officers served as
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282:Severn Division Submarine Miners
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642:British Army units from 1945 on
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215:With the reorganisation of the
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350:109 Construction Regiment, RE
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164:on 28 January 1861, and the
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340:Two units of the post-1947
204:James Henry Dowling of the
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174:Bristol and Exeter Railway
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394:, appointed 14 July 1888
374:Gloucestershire Yeomanry
551:Young, Annex D, p. 214.
206:Royal Glamorgan Militia
166:2nd Gloucestershire EVC
148:The enthusiasm for the
627:Lt-Col Michael Young,
330:South Midland Division
430:Beckett, Appendix IX.
194:1st Somersetshire EVC
384:John Lintorn Simmons
40:28 January 1861–1908
575:, 20 December 1887.
459:Beckett, pp. 184–5.
602:Ian F.W. Beckett,
326:Army Service Corps
303:Cheltenham College
210:lieutenant-colonel
198:1st Devonshire EVC
150:Volunteer movement
128:unit of Britain's
611:Charles M. Watson
322:Territorial Force
316:Territorial Force
297:, with its HQ at
251:Sir Andrew Clarke
237:Weston-super-Mare
235:and I Company at
227:and F Company at
138:Territorial Force
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72:Volunteer Force
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259:fixed mines
180:(later the
106:Engagements
88:Garrison/HQ
660:Categories
597:References
289:Cheltenham
168:formed at
162:Gloucester
100:Cheltenham
92:Gloucester
492:Army List
372:, of the
336:Post 1947
312:in 1901.
263:Volunteer
126:Volunteer
609:Col Sir
421:Beckett.
401:, GCMG,
397:Gen Sir
368:Lt-Col
346:Swansea
328:in the
267:Cardiff
233:Nailsea
225:Torquay
202:Captain
170:Bristol
144:History
96:Bristol
45:Country
299:Exeter
248:Lt-Gen
229:Exeter
124:was a
63:Branch
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37:Active
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246:When
392:GCMG
382:Sir
348:and
120:The
78:Role
403:KCB
388:GCB
380:Gen
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