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Royal Engineers Journal 0i r Z< 0c) M THE to ?d ROYAL ENGINEERS cn 1 >0 ?o JOURNAL Vol. LXXIII JUNE 1959 No. 2 CONTENTS Statues of Kitchener and Gordon Recently Repatriated from Khartoum . The Editor 116 The Gillois Assault Crossing Equipment . Major G. H. McCutcheon 118 The Lineburg Memorial Stone . Major-General Sir Eustace F. Tickell 130 Earth Movement Computations for Military Airfield Construction Lieut.-Colonel C. E.Warth 132 Loading and Unloading . Captain P. R. Knowles 143 The Trozina Project . Captain P. M. Lucas 156 Field Engineers in Atomic Warfare . Major A. E. Younger 163 Some Ideas for a New Field Squadron . Major J. D. Townsend-Rose 168 Maralinga . Lieut.-Colonel H. Harvey-Williams 175 The South Georgia Surveys . Captain A. G. Bomford 180 The Royal Engineers' Benevolent Fund . The Secretary of the Fund 189 Civilianization or the Twilight to a Military Career Lieut.-Colonel R. M. Power 195 Memoirs, Correspondence, Book Reviews, Technical Notes 200 _ PUB] ' EERS INSTITUTION OF RE OFFICE COPY All itruti DO NOT REMOVE Specialised Postal Coaching for the Army PRACTICAL AND WRITTEN Staff College and Promotion Examinations Specially devised Postal Courses to provide adequate practice for written and oral examnations-All maps supplied-Complete Model Answers to all Tests-Expert guidance by experienced Army Tutors-Authoritative Study Notes-Al Tuition conducted through the medium of the post-Air Mail to Officers overseas-Moderate fees payable by instalments. * * * ALSO INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT ON RETIREMENT Write today for particulars and/or advice, stating examination or civilian career in which interested, to the Secretary, (M12), Metropolitan College, St. Albans ADVERTISEMENTS i Construction of ROUTE 11 and Underground Car Park for the CORPORATION OF LONDON Coltractors: TROLLOPE & COLLS (Established 1778) - F, N _ - ---: ~ _. 7-7-7w.1 ---- 5.. -. ! h; ', --- t - jp Ii1 Car Park under lRoute 11 City Engineer: Francis.1. 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Contracts just placed by tha Ministry of A dealer organisation has been built up - 1. 1 - _------ -1 +o-e:- .- .t.ee ......- .rA; xt:nl.r...- .-.... i- aupply ior 6o vlcKers vigor uracoLrs anu so Uad operauors Ui vlcn s iracurs.. ; elated equipment are worth in the region Britain and in over 50 other countries can orf three quarters of a million pounds. They rely upon quick and efficient service and > nnake up the biggest order ever placed spares supply at all times. Vickers leads in faster earthmoving VICKERS-ARMSTRONGS (TRACTORS) LIMITED SCOTSWOOD WORKS NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 5 i ________,!, '' ADVERTISEMENTS v No wonder the Army chose the Vickers Vigor tractor 1 180 Belt horse-power. 2 Rolls-Royce six cylinder supercharged, diesel engine. 3 Direct Drive, six-speed gearbox constant mesh gears provide " on the move " gear changing. 4 2.18 to 9.73 miles per hour. S Three reverse speeds. 6 Clutch and brake steering. 7 Powerful hydraulic steering clutch release. 8 Comfortable bucket seat. 9 Unit assemblies for easy maintenance. 10 Articulating suspension wish large di3meter road wheels. 11 Contour clinging oil-sealed tracks. 12 Full electrical equipment including electric starting. - ------------------------ Sole distributors for Vickers Tractors and Equipment in the United Kingdom and Eire JACK OLDING t CO. LTD. * HATFIELD . HERTS ,> we~i SCOTAND JACKOLDING & CO. (SCOTLAND)LTD. /i ~ COUPAR ANGUS * PERTHSHIRE 41 .g.5. -¥;tA vi ADVERTISEMENTS G. PERCY TRENTHAM LIMITED BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS BIRMINGHA READING LONDON GLOUCESTER STOKE-ON-TRE :NT CARDIFF WOOD LANE BROMFORD BIRMIN( 3HAM Erdington 2491 PANGBOURNE READING BERKS Pangbourne 411 NEW ROAD RAINHAM ESSEX Rainham 2902 UPTON LANE BARNWOOD GLOU,CESTER Gloucester 66172 PARK HALL LONGTON STOKE-ON -TRENT Longton 39147 ROATH BASIN BUTE DOCKS CARE)IFF Cardiff 30256 ADVERTISEMENTS vii ADETSMET I Where will the Brigadier be at 11.00 hrs. tomorrow? MAN OF DECISION. Knows what he Agents to his Regiment. Since then, in wants and sees he gets it. Regular wartime and peacetime, at home or Army. Man of regular habits, too, the overseas, Lloyds Bank has given him brigadier. Dependable. service, in many ways, beyond the call Tomorrow he has a rendezvous at of mere accountancy. Lloyds Bank, to cash that weekly Lloyds, says the brigadier, has always cheque. Why Lloyds ? He'll tell you. been a proper bank; no frills or From the day he was first commissioned, gadgets, but nothing too much trouble. he banked with the Cox's & King's Yes, he'll be at the local branch branch of Lloyds Bank-the official tomorrow. At II.oo hrs. precisely. You are not limited to a cheque book service if you bank with Lloyds. We give at all our branches and to all customers a complete banking service-at a modest and competitive cost. At Lloyds Bank we lend money for business or personal needs at rates of interest linked to Bank Rate and charged on a day-to- day basis: there is no cheaper way of borrowing. K2 LLOYDS BANK LIMITED THE COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 27 February, 1923) Patron-HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN President Major-General Sir A. Douglas Campbell, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, MA ... ... ... 1957 Vice-Presidents Brigadier A. G. Bonn, CBE, MC, MICE ... ... ... ... 1957 Major-General H. H. C. Sugden, CB, CBE, DSO, MICE ... ... ... 1959 Elected Colonel K. F. Daniell, OBE, BA ......... 1956 Brigadier L. J. Harris, OBE, BA, FRICS ... ... 1956 Lieut.-Colonel F. A. Rayfield, MICE, MIMun.E ... 1956 Brigadier B. M. Archibald, CBE, DSO, BA, AMIStruct.E ... 1957 Major M. W. G. Burton ............ 1957 Colonel J. R. Grlmsdell, MC, TD, AMILoco.E ... 1957 Colonel H. A. T. Jarrett-Kerr, OBE, BA ...... 1957 Colonel F. W. Simpson, DSO, OBE, BA ....... 1957 Brigadier J. B. Brown, BA, AMICE ............ 1958 Colonel A. C. Lewis, OBE, MA, AMICE ... ... 1958 Lieut.-Colonel C. W. Woods, MBE, MC, MA ... 1958 Lieut.-Colonel E. L. L. Earp, OBE, TD, ERD, BSc, AMICE 1958 Captain K. V. Stewart, BSc ... ... 1958 Ex-Officio Brigadier H. W. Kitson, MA ... ... ... ... DE-in-C Colonel B. S. Armitage, DSO ... ... ... ... AAG, RE Brigadier G. W. Duke, CBE, DSO, BA ... ... ... Comd., SME Brigadier C. H. Barnett, MA, Mlnst.T ... ...... DTn. Brigadier A. H. Dowson, OBE, BA, ADC, FRICS ....Dir. of Mil. Survey Colonel J. de V. Hunt, MA ... ... ... ... D/Comd., SME Brigadier G. L. Galloway, DSO, OBE, GM, BSc ... ... Comd., Trg. Bde., RE CorrespondingMembers Lieut.-Colonel A. R. Currie, DSO, OBE, New Zealand Military Forces..
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