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The Royal Engineers Journal THE ROYAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL INSTITUTION OF RE OFFICE COPY DO NOT REMOVE APRIL 1993 VOL 107 No 1 Guidelines for Authors The Editor is always glad to consider well unless they are excellent quality articles for publication in the Journal. with sharp definition. Slides are not Guidelines for prospective authors are: acceptable at present. Subject. Articles should have some Line Drawings, if possible should be military engineering connection but this drawn in proportion with the page size can be fairly tenuous, specially if an (145mm x 205mm). article is well written and interesting. Rewards can be generous. The Publications Length. Normally approximately 4500 words Committee has about £250 in prize money (five A4 pages single line text plus to allot for each issue plus valuable annual illustrations. Blockbusters can sometimes prizes. All authors receive £10 to help be serialized. cover costs. Clearance. The author must clear his/her Pseudonyms may be used. They will not be article with his/her commanding officer revealed by the Editor under any where applicable. circumstances. Copy. Ideally text should be double space typed and include the author's pen Contributions should reach the Editor by: picture, photo and captions for artwork. Computers. For the moment, because of the 15 June for the August 1993 issue number of virus programmes in circulation, Early Octoberfor the December 1993 issue the decision has been taken to stop accepting Early Februaryfor the April 1994 issue articles filed on computer discs. Photographs should be black and white. Submissions before the deadline will be Coloured photographs rarely reproduce particularly welcome. __ __©HBT 70 -7O©HY z::i ::::::·,''':·zI::i'::::::: Detecting Set. Metal L8A1. NSN Z5/6665-99-282-4063 Telephone 081 567 0702 - Facsimile 081 79 2158 THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS (Established1875, Incorporatedby Royal Charter, 1923) Patron - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Chief Royal Engineer General Sir George Cooper GCB MC DL COUNCIL President Major General J A M Evans CB MA FIMgt ... 1990 Vice Presidents Major General J A J P Barr CBE ... 1991 Colonel A F George TD MA LLM BSc ... 1990 Members Elected Ex Officio Brigadier M J F Stephens MA CEng MICE ......................... 1990 D Engr Sp ......... Brigadier R A Bradbury BSc(Eng) CEng FICE Colonel W H T Spaight BSc(Eng) CEng Eurlng Col PB7.................... Colonel P J Williams BSc(Eng) FIMgt FICE MIHT FIMgt . ........................................ 990 Comdt RSME .......... Brigadier P J Russell-Jones OBE BSc(Eng) Colonel J E Kitching BA FIMgt ........................................ 1990 DG Mil Svy ...... Major General R Wood MA MSc FRICS FIMgt Colonel R S Eyre TD ADC BSc(Eng) DMS MICE MIHT ... 1991 Regt Col .............. Colonel C P R Bates BSc(Eng)(H) Lieut Colonel W J H Clark BSc(Eng) AMICE ..................... 1991 Comd 11 Engr Gp ................. Colonel A T Brett BSc(Eng) Major A D Macklin MA(H) ........................................ 991 DPCS ....................... Brigadier M A Browne Colonel W M Davidson BSc(Eng) CEng MICE ..................1992 Colonel J W F Sweeting LLB ........................................ 1992 Lieut Colonel R A Leonard MISM ....................................... 1992 Lieut Colonel N A Sutherland BSc(Eng) .. ...........................1992 Secretary: Colonel R I Reive OBE ... 1992 Treasurer: Lieut Colonel A J Hicks ... 1989 Corresponding Members Brigadier H H Kerr OBE BSc(Eng), Comd Engr BAOR Colonel J G H Robertson, BLO Fort Leonard Wood, USA Lieut Colonel R J F Owen OBE, BLO Pionierschule, Munich Major R C F Braybrook, BLO Engineer School, Angers Major A H Bayliss, MA MICE CEng, Exchange Appointment, Australian SME Captain A W Phillips BA, Exchange Appointment, Canadian SME PUBLICATIONS COIMMITTEE sub committee of THE BUDGET AND MEMBERSHIP COIMMITTEE Ex Officio D Engr Sp Brigadier R A Bradbury BSc(Eng) C Eng FICE Chairman Regtl Col Colonel C P R Bates BSc(Eng)(H) Vice Chairman Col Engr Svcs Colonel P M R Hill RO I Author RSME To be announced Surveyor Major A Keeley BSc Editor RE Journal Colonel R I Reive OBE Elected Senior serving officer Colonel I S Mercer CBE 1993 Senior retired officer Colonel M J Payne MA MPhil 1993 TA officer To be announced Coopted member Colonel G W A Napier MA Museum Director Secretary: Mrs J D Scanlan All correspondence in connection with editorialmatters should be addressedto the Secretary of the Institution of Royal Engineers,Ravelin Building, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4UG The Institution of Royal Engineers is Registered as a Charity Number 249882 ROYAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM AND LIBRARY Trustees: The Council RE MUSEUM & LIBRARY TRUSTEES STEERING COMMITTEE Chairman: Major General J A M Evans CB MA FIMgt Members: Major General J A J P Barr CBE Major General H E M L Garrett CBE MA Brigadier P J Russell-Jones OBE BSc(Eng) Colonel J E Kitching BA FlMgt J H Fitzmaurice Esq . Ian Robertson Esq MA FMA DirectorRE Museum: Colonel G W A Napier MA Regimental Colonel: Colonel C P R Bates BSc(Eng)(H) Corps Treasurer: Lieut Colonel A J Hicks TRUSTEES RE MUSEUM FOUNDATION Chief Royal Engineer: General Sir George Cooper GCB MC DL Chairman: J H Fitzmaurice Esq Members: Colonel P E Williams TD DL Colonel W T Dennison CBE Colonel C P R Bates BSc(Eng)(H) Major General W N J Withall CB A F Budge Esq OBE Ex Officio: Major General J A J P Barr CBE Major General J A M Evans CB MA FIMgt RE MUSEUM STAFF Director: Colonel G W A Napier MA Curator: Dr J N Rhodes TD MA PhD AMA Registrar: P J Dutton Esq MA Assistant Curators: Mrs B J Williams S R Jones Esq BA Administrative Officer: Mrs J Ellender Telephone: Chatham Mil Ext 2312 or Medway (0634) 406397 or 822312 RE CORPS LIBRARY Librarian: Colonel J E Nowers BSc(Econ) FIMgt Assistant Librarian: Mrs M Magnuson Telephone: Chatham Mil Ext 2416 or Medway (0634) 822416 ISSN 0035-8878 THE ROYAL ENGINEERS JOURNAL © Published in April, August and December by the Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4UG Printedby Staples PrintersRochester Limited, Neptune Close, Medway City Estate, Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4LT Volume 107 April 1993 No 1 Contents 1 EDITORIAL 4 2 OPERATION LECTURER UK PARTICIPATION IN UN OPERATIONS IN CAMBODIA, 5 Lieut Colonel M W M Warren 3 AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE - PART II, 11 Major S Love DSO* MC Croix de Guerre avec Palme 4 A LITTLE FORGOTTEN HISTORY FROM THE CORPS LIBRARY 21 5 CONSTRUCTION FOR CHANGE, Colonel M G Le G Bridges OBE 22 6 SAPPER GEOLOGY: PART ONE. LESSONS LEARNT FROM WORLD WAR, 27 Colonel E P F Rose TD and Colonel N F Hughes TD ERD 7 THE FIRST ARAKAN CAMPAIGN AND THE BRIEF LIFE OF DAIFORCE, 34 Colonel D C S David MC 8 BOATING IN THE ARAKAN (MARCH 1943), Second Lieutenant T W Tinsley 42 9 CAMPAIGN AND GENERAL SERVICE MEDALS, Colonel J C H Moorhouse CGIA 45 10 JOURNAL AWARDS. DECEMBER 1992 AND ANNUAL AWARDS FOR 1992 49 11 EUROPE'S NEW GREEN ARMY, Second Lieutenant V F H Orrell-Jones 50 12 A WALK WITH HEROES, ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL 1806-1859 55 13 ONE HORSE RAILWAY, Reverend J P Haldane-Stevenson TD 58 14 YOUNG OFFICER TRAINING IN THE CANADIAN MILITARY ENGINEERS, 61 Captain A W Phillips 15 SEVENTY MEN. A TROOP OF SAPPERS WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN EARLY 1943, 65 Nitebar 16 THE BRENNAN TORPEDO: PART 1. INVENTION, DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASE 1875-1887, 70 Michael Kitson 17 TRAINING AN ARMY TO NAVIGATE - EXPERIENCES FROM THE GULF WAR, 80 Major J F Prain 18 THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A JUNIOR ENGINEER IN THE ARMY, COMMANDING A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION TASK IN KENYA, Captain L T Quinn 86 19 MEMOIRS: Colonel H W Wagstaff CSI MC 91 Brigadier G L Galloway DSO OBE GM 93 Major William Temple MC 95 Brigadier J R Blomfield OBE MC 97 Brigadier H E Hopthrow CBE 99 20 MEMOIR IN BRIEF 100 21 CORRESPONDENCE 101 22 REVIEWS 105 23 THE MASSEREENE CIGAR Box 112 This publication contains official information. It should be treated with discretion by the recipient. 4400 Opinions are an author's own and do not necessarily reflect the policy and views, official or otherwise, of the Corps or the MOD. Editorial FOR this edition of the Journal we have been already over ten per cent which is an fortunate to have received a healthy selection of encouraging start. articles from which to choose covering both our Two books are to be published by the Institution yesteryears and our current activities. It is this year: particularly pleasing to be able to include several articles written by our younger members A new "Short History of the Corps", written including the article Responsibilities of a Young by Major Peter Aston, which is due back from Officer Commanding a Bridge Construction the printers by the end of March. It will be Task in Kenya, which won an Institution of Civil distributed free to all regular recruits and be Engineer award last year, and Europe's New available at a very modest price through Green Army, the author of which has just started Corps Enterprises. This is an excellent small her course at Sandhurst. book written largely in Major Aston's spare The Corps is currently heavily involved in time. It should be compulsory reading for United Nations' operations worldwide and has every Sapper. some 600 troops in Bosnia. It is right therefore that such operations feature again with an article *"History of the Corps of Royal Engineers", by Lieut Colonel Warren on Cambodia. This Volume XI of the Corps History, covering the complements Brigadier Hooper's article in the last period 1960-1980, is now in its final stages edition; it is interesting to note the differing and hopefully will be sent to the printers perspective of the two authors.
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