EN¶IXEEERS JOURNAL INSTITUTION OF RE OFFICE COPY DO NOT REMOVE AUGUST 1996 VOL 110 NO 2 - Guidelines for Authors The Editor is always pleased to consider articles for publication in the Journal. Guidelines for prospective authors are: Subject. Articles should have some military engineering connection but this can be fairly tenuous, especially if an article is well written and interesting. Length. Approximately 4500 words plus illustrations. Copy. Ideally one copy of the text should be submitted, together with a head and shoulders photograph of the author plus a short pen picture. Clearance. Articles must be cleared by an author's CO where applicable. Computers. Articles submitted on 3'2in discs are very welcome. Please ensure that text is typed with no formatting, ie LH justified only, and please NO caps-only headings - all upper and lower case. Copyright. If an article has been published elsewhere before being submitted to the Institution, copyright clearance must be sought by the author; where necessary copyright clearance on photographs, maps or illustrations must also be obtained prior to submission. Photographs should be of good quality with sharp definition, and don't forget to add appropriate captions. Please do not submit laser/photo copies of photographs for publication. Rewards can be generous. The Publications Committee has about £350 in prize money _ _ to allot for each issue plus valuable annual prizes. All authors receive £10 to help cover costs. Pseudonyms will not be revealed by the Editor under any circumstances. Minimum Metal Contributions should reach the Editor by: Mine Detector 14 Octoberfor the December 1996 issue Early Februaryforthe April 1997 issue Early June for the August 1997 issue Guartel Limited Phone +44 0181 896 0222 Submissions before the deadline Fax +44 0181 896 0333 are particularly welcome. 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No. 207621 OUR REF 500840 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 110 August 1996 No 2 Contents 1 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CORPS BY THE ENGINEER IN CHIEF (ARMY) ........................................................................................ 100 2 How ENGINEERS ENGINEER, Colonel Emeritus Professor Sir Alan Harris CBE .............................................................. 112 3 THE SUSPENSION OF THE CIVIL POW ER, A non.............................................................................................................................................. 117 4 SOCIAL ENGINEERING - A SAPPER CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE OF ARMY FAMILIES Lieutenant Colonel Donald F Densham-Booth OBE.......................................................................................................................118 5 BRIDGING FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM, Lieutenant Colonel J Fitzgerald-Smith ........................................ ............ 124 6 BRIDGING - WHERE Do WE Go FROM HERE?, Colonel Tom Foulkes .......................................................................... 127 7 "AN OFFICER NOT ONLY OF GREAT TALENT BUT OF RARE COOLNESS AND COURAGE" MAJOR GENERAL W S TREVOR VC ROYAL (BENGAL) ENGINEERS 1831 TO 1907, Dr Jo h n N R h o des TD ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 2 8 ROLES OF SAPPER GEOLOGISTS IN THE LIBERATION OF NORMANDY, 1944. PART 2. QUARRIES, WATER SUPPLY, BOMBING AND CROSS-COUNTRY MOVEMENT, C olonel E P F R ose TD and Professor C Pareyn ................................................................................................................................ 138 9 STRANGE OCCUPATION, Colonel H A Bazley ......................................... 145 10 ARMOURED ENGINEERS IN BOSNIA?, Captain B G Legg......................................................................................................................150 1 1 JO UR N A L A WA RD S ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 5 12 OPERATION RESOLUTE: AN OCEANOGRAPHER'S PERSPECTIVE, Second Lieutenant S Gardner ................... 156 13 SUSTAINABLE METHODS FOR CLEARING LANDMINES AFTER CONFLICTS, Terry Thom as and Andy Sm ith ........................................................................................................................................................................ 160 14 THE FLYING SAPPER BY CAPTAIN ADYE, ROYAL ARTILLERY............................................................................................................165 15 BACK TO SCHOOL AND A LL AT SEA!, John B ooth .................................................................................................................................... 166 16 OLD BILL, Lieutenant Colonel E E Wakeling ERD...............................................................................................................................172 17 OPERATION GRAPPLE - PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES, Major J F Pelton and Lieutenant S B George ...............................174 18 MEMOIRS Brigadier W McM Keane CBE ........................................ ................................. 179 M ajor G eneral E M M ackay C B E.................................................................................................................................................................. 180 Teren ce C un eo C V O O BE ................................................................................................................................................................................... 182 B rigadier G B om ford O B E... ................................................................................................................................................................