en.unionpedia.org

1st Durham Engineers, the Glossary

The 1st Durham Engineers, later Durham Fortress Engineers, was a Volunteer unit of the British Army's Royal Engineers.^[1]

39 relations: Andrew Clarke (British Army officer, born 1824), Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Battle of the Somme, Blyth, Northumberland, British Army, Charles Moore Watson, County Durham, Gateshead, Haldane Reforms, Italian front (World War I), Jarrow, Jarrow Town Hall, Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Member of parliament, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields, Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, Red Sea, River Tyne, Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Engineers, Second Boer War, Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet, Suakin Expedition, Territorial Force, Tyne Electrical Engineers, Volunteer Force, Western Front (World War I), World War I, World War II, Zeppelin, 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery, 1st Newcastle Engineers, 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), 50th (Northumbrian) Division, 51st (Highland) Division, 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), 7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom).
Military history of Tyne and Wear
Military units and formations in County Durham

Andrew Clarke (British Army officer, born 1824)

Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Clarke, (27 July 1824 – 29 March 1902) was a British soldier and governor, as well as a surveyor and politician in Australia.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Andrew Clarke (British Army officer, born 1824)

Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme; Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Battle of the Somme

Blyth, Northumberland

Blyth is a port and seaside town as well as a civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Blyth, Northumberland

British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

See 1st Durham Engineers and British Army

Charles Moore Watson

Sir Charles Moore Watson (1844–1916) was a British Army officer, engineer and administrator.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Charles Moore Watson

County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and County Durham

Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Gateshead

Haldane Reforms

The Haldane Reforms were a series of far-ranging reforms of the British Army made from 1906 to 1912, and named after the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Haldane Reforms

Italian front (World War I)

The Italian front (Fronte italiano; Südwestfront.) was one of the main theatres of war of World War I. It involved a series of military engagements in Northern Italy between the Central Powers and the Entente powers from 1915 to 1918.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Italian front (World War I)

Jarrow

Jarrow is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Jarrow

Jarrow Town Hall

Jarrow Town Hall is a municipal building in Grange Road, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Jarrow Town Hall

Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)

Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Member of parliament

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Newcastle upon Tyne

North Shields

North Shields is a town in the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and North Shields

Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company

Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited, often referred to simply as "Palmers", was a British shipbuilding company.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company

Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

The Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on 16 December 1914 was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British ports of Scarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool and Whitby.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

Red Sea

The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Red Sea

River Tyne

The River Tyne is a river in North East England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and River Tyne

Royal Corps of Transport

The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army Corps established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider Defence community.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Royal Corps of Transport

Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Royal Engineers

Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Second Boer War

Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Mark Palmer, 1st Baronet (3 November 1822 – 4 June 1907) was an English shipbuilder born in South Shields, County Durham, England.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet

Suakin Expedition

The Suakin Expedition was either of two British-Indian military expeditions, led by Major-General Sir Gerald Graham, to Suakin in Sudan, with the intention of destroying the power of the Sudanese military commander Osman Digna and his troops during the Mahdist War.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Suakin Expedition

Territorial Force

The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Territorial Force

Tyne Electrical Engineers

The Tyne Electrical Engineers (TEE) is a Volunteer unit of the British Army that has existed under various titles since 1860. 1st Durham Engineers and Tyne Electrical Engineers are military units and formations in County Durham.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Tyne Electrical Engineers

Volunteer Force

The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a popular movement throughout the British Empire in 1859.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Volunteer Force

Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Western Front (World War I)

World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

See 1st Durham Engineers and World War I

World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

See 1st Durham Engineers and World War II

Zeppelin

A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century.

See 1st Durham Engineers and Zeppelin

1st Durham Volunteer Artillery

The 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army from 1860 to 1956. 1st Durham Engineers and 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery are military history of Tyne and Wear and military units and formations in County Durham.

See 1st Durham Engineers and 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery

1st Newcastle Engineers

The 1st Newcastle Engineer Volunteers, later Northumbrian Divisional Engineers, was a Royal Engineer (RE) unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army founded in 1860.

See 1st Durham Engineers and 1st Newcastle Engineers

4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 4th Infantry Division was a regular infantry division of the British Army with a very long history, seeing active service in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign, the Crimean and Boer Wars and both World Wars.

See 1st Durham Engineers and 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

50th (Northumbrian) Division

|unit_name. 1st Durham Engineers and 50th (Northumbrian) Division are military units and formations in County Durham.

See 1st Durham Engineers and 50th (Northumbrian) Division

51st (Highland) Division

The 51st (Highland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War from 1915 to 1918.

See 1st Durham Engineers and 51st (Highland) Division

5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army.

See 1st Durham Engineers and 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 7th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army, first established by The Duke of Wellington as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army for service in the Peninsular War, and was active also during the First World War from 1914 to 1919, and briefly in the Second World War in 1939.

See 1st Durham Engineers and 7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Durham_Engineers

Also known as 132 Field Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, 1st Durham Engineer Volunteer Corps, 1st Durham Field Company, Royal Engineers, 2nd Durham Field Company, Royal Engineers, 3rd Durham Field Company, Royal Engineers, 526th (Durham) Field Company, Royal Engineers, 527th (Durham) Field Company, Royal Engineers, 528th (Durham) Field Company, Royal Engineers, 530th (Durham) Reserve Field Company, Royal Engineers, Durham Fortress Royal Engineers.

1st Durham Engineers, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Military history of Tyne and Wear

Military units and formations in County Durham

References