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The Royal Engineers Journal VOL. LXX. No. 4 DECEMBER, 1956 THE ROYAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL CONTENTS H.M. The Queen's Visit to Chatham . Colonel E. N. Bickford 309 New Headquarters in Germany, E. and M. Work . Major D. White 317 Engineers in the Emergency in Malaya . .Brigadier W. F. Anderson 330 Gurkha Bridge . Captain P. R. Knowles 343 Appreciation of the Situation . Major J. I. Purser 355 In Aid of the Civil Power . Captain J. N. Elderkin 363 Red Patch . The late Colonel A. C. Mitchell 369 ¢ Submarine Mining. The late Brig.-General Sir James E. Edmonds 382 Preservation of Pipes by Cement Lining . Major R. J. P. Lane 387 ! »* U 1 { Memoirs, Book Reviews, Technical Notes . 392 Correspondence . 414 PUB SIHEIQURTERLY BY THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS r CHA' 2669 t INSTITUTION OF RE OFFICE COPY AGE DO NOT REMOVE HA~ *1z L PROMOTION AND STAFF COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS The Metropolitan College provides SPECIALISED POSTAL COACHING for ALL Subjects for the Staff College Entrance and for R.E. Candidates for Promotion (written papers). Adequate Examination Practice - Complete Model Answers to all Tests-Expert Guidance by Experienced Army Tutors-Authoritative Study Notes-All Tuition Conducted through the medium of the Post - Air Mall to Officers Overseas - Guarantee of Coaching until Successful - Moderate Fees Payable by Instalments. A copy of the latest edition of the College Army Prospectus will be sent free on request to the Secretary (M.12) ST. ALBANS ADVERTISEMENTS i Photographby courtesy of the Architect & Building News Sir Lindsay Parkinson's now have one single World Headquarters. ............. Continual expansion calls for closer- and-closer-knit central planning. Hence the great new blocks of offices we have built for ourselves in Southwark. This year Sir Lindsay Parkinson operations are going forward in Australia, British Guiana, Canada, Cyprus, the Gold Coast and all over Britain. And, whether it be a ten-million-pound scheme or a single building, every detail of every contract can now be co-ordinated at the Southwark Headquarters. Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co. Ltd 6 Lambeth Road, St.George's Circus, London, S.E.1. and in Australia, British Guiana, Canada,Cyprus and India. ii ADVERTISEMENTS VIKING JOHNSON FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS for plain ended pipes, 6° of flexi- bility on sizes up to 24 in. dia- meter. Fitted by unskilled labour. When laid, competitive in price with lead and yarn joints. 11 ' . - : VICTAULIC FLEXIBLE JOINTS for Service pipelines are ideal for emergency purposes. The stan- dard bolted joint can be fitted by unskilled labour in under two minutes per joint. L in2 K: THE VICTAULIC TOGGLE JOINT without nuts and bolts, is easily fastened mechanically, in a few seconds. The War Office, India Stores Department and High Commissioner for Pakistan have standardized Victaulic Joints for mobiliza- tion work. Copy of our Victaulic Catalogue will be sent on request. 1 1--- ----- - I THE VICTAULIC COMPANY LIMITED Manufacturers of Victaulic Joints and Viking Johnson Couplings Registered Trade Marks 'VICTAULIC ' and 'VIKING '. Brook House, Park Lane, W.I ADVERTISEMENTS iii THE CITY OF LONDON REAL PROPERTY COMPANY LTD. Fountain House, 125-135 Fenchurch Street, E.C.3 Architects: Architects Dept., City of London Real Property Co. Ltd. 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KNIGHTSBRIDGE SITE The heavy foundation loading from this building made normal footings for the columns out of question--a condition frequently obtaining today when higher storeys are permitted. Piling was necessary and the close proximity of other buildings, including a hospital, precluded the use of heavy driving equipment with its accompanying noise and vibration. Cementation Bored Piles were selected by competitive tender and the foundation work was completed very successfully notwith- standing the difficult ground conditions unexpectedly encountered. BENTLEY WORKS DONCASTER ] COMPANY LIMITED Tel. DON 54177-8-9 London Office: 20 Albert Embankment, S.E.I I. Tel. RELiance 7654 «I3339 «9 ADVERTISEMENTS ix G. PERCY TRENTHAM LIMITED BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS BIRMINGHAM FREADING LONDON GLOLJCESTER STOKE-ON-TRENT CARDIFF WOOD LANE BROMFORD BIRMINGHAM Erdington 2491 PANGBOURNE READING BERKS Pangbourne 41 NEW ROAD RAINHAM ESSEX Rainham 2902 UPTON LANE BARNWOOD GLOUCESTER Gloucester 66172 PARK HALL LONGTON STOKE-ON-TRENT Longton 39147 TRINITY HOUSE EAST CANAL WHARF. DOCKS. CARDIFF Cardiff 30256 '----I--- --- x ADVERTISEMENTS ) H Power for scol'LAND Ax*? OQuoich Dam is 1,052-ft. long and 122-ft. high. PART of the vast hydro-electric programme for Scotland Is at Loch Quoich. Inverness-shire, recently completed by Richard A Costain Limited for the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. This project includes a large rockfill dam (the first of its kind of appreciable magnitude in Great Britain). two subsidiary concrete dams. a system of tunnels and shafts, a generating station, an aqueduct. a fish heck, and ancillary works. The Consulting WAm Engineers were Sir William Halcrow and Partners. a19^^w^ |jacrWAS BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING U CONTIIA CTOBS 111 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD * LONDON * S.E.1 Telephone: WATerloo 1977 MIDDLE EAST * RHODESIA * NIGERIA * CANADA THE ROYAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL Authors alone are responsiblefor the statements made and the opinions expressed in their papers. VOL. LXX CONTENTS DECEMBER, 1956 PAGE I. H.M. THE QUEEN'S VISrI TO CHATHAM. BY COLONEL E. N. BICKFORD. (With Photographs) . 309 2. NEW HEADQUARTERS IN GERMANY, E. AND M. WORK. BY MAJOR D. WHITE, M.B.E., R.E. (With Sketch) . 317 3. ENGINEERS IN TIE EMERGENCY IN MALAYA. BY BRIGADIER W. F. ANDERSON, C.B.E., M.C. (With Photographs) . 330 4. GURKHA BRIDGE. BY CAPTAIN P. R. KNOWLES, R.E. (With Photographs and Skethes) . 343 5. APPRECIATION OF THE SITUATION. BY MAJORJ. I. PURSER, R.E. 355 6. IN AID OF TIIE CIVIL POWER. BY CAPTAINJ. N. ELDERKIN, R.E. (With Sketch Map) 363 7. RED PATCH. BY THE LATE COLONEL A. C. rrTCHELL, O.B.E. 369 8. SUBMARINE MINING. BY THE LATE BRIO.-GENERAL SIR JAMES E. EDMONDS, C.B., C.M.C., D.LITT. (OXON.), R.E. (RET.) . 382 9. PRESERVATION OF PIPES BY CEMENT LINING. BY MAJOR R. J. P. LANE, M.I.PLANT.E., R.E.
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