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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Bengal Engineer Group
| image = Bengal Engineer Group marching contingent passes through the Rajpath during the 63rd Republic Day Parade-2012, in New Delhi on January 26, 2012.jpg
| caption = Bengal Engineers on the [[Rajpath]], [[New Delhi]] during the 72nd [[Republic Day Parade]], 26 January 2021
| dates = 1803–present
| country = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
| allegiance = [[Republic of India]] (historically: [[Bengal Army]]; [[Indian Army]])
| branch = [[Indian Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]]
| type =
| role = [[Military engineering]]
| size =
| command_structure =
| garrison = [[Roorkee]], [[Uttarakhand]]
| garrison_label = Regimental Centre
| equipment =
| equipment_label =
| nickname = Bengal Engineers, Bengal Sappers
| patron =
| motto = "Sarvatra"
| colors = On January 12, 1989, the president's colour was presented to the Bengal
Engineer Group by the President [[R Venkataraman]], at Roorkee
| colors_label =
| march =
| mascot =
| battles =
| anniversaries = 7 November
| decorations = 11 [[Victoria Cross]] 117 [[Indian Order of Merit]] 01 [[Padma Bhushan]] 02 [[Padma Shri]] 04 [[Kirti Chakra]] 03 [[Vir Chakra]] 24 [[Shaurya Chakra]] 04 [[Yudh Seva Medal]] 190 [[Sena Medal]]s 11 [[Arjuna Awards]] 01 [[Dhyan Chand Award]]
| battle_honours = 80 11 [[Theatre honour]]s
| current_commander = '''Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan, VSM'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref>
| current_commander_label = Colonel Comdt of Bengal Sappers
| colonel_of_the_regiment = '''Lt Gen Arvind Walia, AVSM''' Engineer - in - Chief<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/223002.pdf|title=Gazette of India No 45|date=2020-11-07|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref>
| colonel_of_the_regiment_label =
| ceremonial_chief =
| senior_colonel_commandant =
| notable_commanders = [[Joginder Singh Dhillon|Lt Gen J. S. Dhillon]]
| identification_symbol = 
| identification_symbol_label =
}}
The '''Bengal Engineer Group''' (BEG) (informally the '''Bengal Sappers''' or '''Bengal Engineers''') is a [[military engineering]] [[regiment]] in the [[Indian Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]] of the [[Indian Army]]. The unit was originally part of the [[Bengal Army]] of the [[East India Company]]'s [[Bengal Presidency]], and subsequently part of the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[British Raj]]. The Bengal Sappers are stationed at [[Roorkee Cantonment]] in [[Roorkee]], [[Uttarakhand]].

The Bengal Sappers are one of the few remaining regiments of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency Army and survived the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Rebellion of 1857]] due to their "sterling work" in the recapture by the East India Company of [[Delhi]] and other operations in 1857–58. The troops of the Bengal Sappers have been a familiar sight for over 200 years in the battlefields of [[British India]] with their never-say-die attitude of ''Chak De'' and brandishing their favourite tool the ''hamber''.<ref name="tri">[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081124/dplus1.htm Bengal Sappers' saga of valour] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 24 November 2008.</ref><ref name="sama">[http://mod.nic.in/Samachar/nov1-03/html/ch1.htm Bengal Sappers: 'Sarvatra' for Two Hundred Years] ''Sainik Samachar'', Vol. 50, No. 21, 1–15 November 2003, 10-24 Kartika, 1925 (Saka), [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Govt. of India]].</ref><ref name="bharat">[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Corps-Engineers.html Corps of Engineers, Indian Army] ''bharat-rakshak.com''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925210422/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Corps-Engineers.html |date=25 September 2008 }}</ref>

Over the years the Bengal Sappers have won 80 [[battle honour|battle]] and 11 [[theatre honour]]s, 11 [[Victoria Cross]], 117 [[Indian Order of Merit]], 24 [[Shaurya Chakra]], 190 [[Sena Medal]]s and 11 [[Arjuna Award]]s, the highest number of won by any single organization in the country.<ref name="tri" /><ref>[http://haridwar.nic.in/beg.htm Bengal Engineering Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201071759/http://haridwar.nic.in/beg.htm |date=1 February 2009 }} ''[[Haridwar]]'' Official website.</ref> [[Lt Gen]] [[Joginder Singh Dhillon]] was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936 and commanded the First [[Republic Day Parade]] in [[New Delhi]],{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} becoming the first army officer to be awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in November 1965.<ref>[http://www.bsoaroorkee.org/legend2.htm Unique Achievements] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915115708/http://www.bsoaroorkee.org/legend2.htm |date=15 September 2008 }} ''[[Bengal Sappers]]''.</ref> Among the [[Sapper#Indian Army|three Sapper units of the Indian Army]], the Bengal Sappers was the first engineer group to receive the 'President Colours' in recognition of its service to the nation, on 12 January 1989, by [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]], the eight [[President of India]], who presented the [[Regimental Colour]]s to Bengal Engineer Group at Roorkee.<ref name="bharat" />

Besides service on the battlefield, the Bengal Engineers also rendered valuable peacetime contributions. The military engineer Lt. James Agg designed [[St. John's Church, Kolkata|St John's Church, Calcutta]]. It was based on [[James Gibbs]]'s [[St Martin-in-the-Fields]] in [[London]] and was [[consecrated]] in 1787.<ref>{{cite web |title=Churches in Kolkata |url=http://www.kolkataonline.in/Tourism/ReligiousSpots/Churches.aspx |access-date=25 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803193552/http://www.kolkataonline.in/Tourism/ReligiousSpots/Churches.aspx |archive-date=3 August 2012 }}</ref> St John's was the [[Anglican]] [[cathedral]] of the city – capital of the Bengal Presidency – until [[St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta|St Paul's Cathedral]], begun 1839, was completed in 1847.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Forbes, William Nairn|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001/acref-9780199674985-e-6523|work=A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture|year=2015|editor-last=Curl|editor-first=James Stevens|edition=3rd|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en|doi=10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-967498-5|access-date=2020-06-30|editor2-last=Wilson|editor2-first=Susan|url-access=subscription}}</ref> St Paul's was also designed by a Bengal Engineer, [[William Nairn Forbes]], who was also [[architect]] of the "Old Silver Mint" building at the [[India Government Mint, Kolkata]], basing its [[portico]] on the [[Parthenon]] on the [[Acropolis of Athens]].<ref name=":0" />
[[File:St Paul's Cathedral.jpg|thumb|[[St Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata]], designed by [[William Nairn Forbes]], Bengal Engineers. Built 1839–47.|alt=]]

== History ==

The [[Indian Army Corps of Engineers]] is one of the oldest arms of the [[Indian Army]], dating back to 1780, when the two regular pioneer companies of the [[Madras Sappers]] were raised, as a part of the East India Company's army.<ref>[http://indianarmy.nic.in/arms/index_engrs.htm Corps of Engineers - History] ''[[Indian Army]]'' Official website. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222190909/http://indianarmy.nic.in/arms/index_engrs.htm |date=22 December 2008 }}</ref> Prior to its formation, by 1740s officers and [[engineer]]s from the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] served in the Bengal Engineers, Bombay Engineers and Madras Engineers, formed with the respective [[Presidency armies]], while [[British people|British]] soldiers served in each of the [[Presidencies of British India|Presidencies]]' engineering [[Company (military unit)|companies]], namely the [[Madras Sappers and Miners]], [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]], and the Bengal Sappers and Miners.<ref>[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm Indian Sappers (1740-1947)] ''[[Royal Engineers Museum]]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031021943/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm |date=31 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_res_service.htm Indian Army Service Records (up to 1947)] ''[[Royal Engineers Museum]]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120090832/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_res_service.htm |date=20 January 2009 }}</ref>

The Bengal Sappers and Miners was originally the Corps of Bengal Pioneers, which was raised from two pioneer companies in 1803, part of [[Bengal Army]] of the [[Presidency of Bengal]]; one raised by Capt T. Wood at [[Kanpur]] as Bengal Pioneers in November 1803,<ref name="sama" /> also known as "Roorkee Safar Maina".<ref>[http://www.nih.ernet.in/sub%20files/other_org.htm THE BENGAL SAPPERS] ''National Institute of Hydrology'', Roorkee. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913213446/http://www.nih.ernet.in/sub%20files/other_org.htm |date=13 September 2008 }}</ref> In 1819, at the conclusion of [[Third Maratha War]], a part of Bengal Pioneers merged with the Company of Miners (raised in 1808) to become the Bengal Sappers and Miners, and raised at [[Allahabad]], with Captain Thomas Anburey as the Commandant. The remaining part of the Corps of Bengal Pioneers was absorbed in 1833.<ref name="sama" /> In 1843 'Broadfoot's Sappers', which had been raised in 1840, merged into the Bengal Sappers and Miners.

In 1847 the Bengal Sappers and Miners was renamed Bengal Sappers and Pioneers, and in 1851 it became the Corps of Bengal Sappers and Miners. On 7{{nbsp}}November 1853, the regiment moved to [[Roorkee]], where it has maintained its regimental centre ever since.<ref>[http://www.iitr.ac.in/institute/pages/Institute_Time_Capsule.html Institute Time Capsule] [[IIT Roorkee]].</ref> [[Lord Kitchener of Khartoum]]'s 1903 [[Kitchener Reforms]] saw it re-designated as the 1st Sappers and Miners, which was again altered in 1906 to the 1st Prince of Wales's Own Sappers and Miners.

On the accession of [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]] to the throne in 1910 it was renamed '''1st King George's Own Sappers and Miners''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reubique.com/ism.htm |title=1st King George's Own Sappers and Miners - Officers & Non-Commissioned Officers and Men |publisher=Reubique.com |access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref> with the '1st' being dropped in 1923, to make it King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners. In 1937 it was renamed King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners, and in 1941 they became the 'King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners Group of the Indian Engineers'. In 1946 it became the 'King George V's Group' of the Royal Indian Engineers. On Indian independence and [[partition of India|partition in 1947]], about half of the serving personnel were allocated to the [[Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers|Pakistan Royal Engineers]]. Corps of Engineers, after which they became the Bengal Engineer Group and Centre.The first Indian to be awarded the [[Indian Order of Merit]] gallantry award, Sub Devee Singh was a Bengal Sapper.The [[first World War]] saw the Bengal Sappers in action in [[Aden]], [[Egypt]], [[Palestine]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Persia]] and [[France]]. The [[second World War]] saw them excel in [[North Africa]], [[Italy]], [[Peninsular Malaysia|Malaya]] and [[Burma]]. For their courage and acts of valour, soldiers personnel of the Group were awarded a total of 39 [[Military Cross]], 7 [[Indian Order of Merit]], 22 [[Indian Distinguished Service Medal]], and 42 [[Military Medal]] and the units of the Group won a host of [[battle honours]]. In 1950 the Bengal Centre Corps of Engineers participated in Jammu and Kashmir operations of 1948, Goa operations of 1961, [[Chinese war]] of 1962 and the Indo-Pak War of 1965 saw the Bengal Sappers Regiment at their very best with improvisation and innovation and these proved invaluable in the achievement of ultimate victory. Units of the Bengal Sappers rose magnificently to the demands made of them during the 1971 operations leading to the [[liberation of Bangladesh]] and the dismemberment of Pakistan. In many literatures, the operations in Bangladesh are best described as an "Engineers War", since ultimate victory depended to a large extent on the timely and skillfully executed passages of our forces across the innumerable obstacles in the riverine terrain of what was [[East Pakistan]]. The group units has also participated in major operations like "[[Operation Pawan]], [[Operation Meghdoot]], [[Operation Rakshak]], [[Operation Parakram]] and [[Operation Snow Leopard]].

The creation of India and Pakistan in 1947 was one of the most trying periods in the history of the Group. When existing assets of the Army were ordered to be shared on a two third-one third basis between India and Pakistan, the assets of Bengal Engineer Group were allotted to the Royal Pakistan Engineers. The greater part of the British Officers and units of the group, regimental funds and equipment thus went to Pakistan. The responsibility of the group fell to Col JS Dhillon, the first Indian Commandant who during the 1965 operations against Pakistan distinguished himself and moulded the Corps back into a supremely fit Sapper Group. When Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru visited Roorkee in November 1949, he was so impressed by the achievements of the Bengal Sappers Centre that he chose Brig JS Dhillon to lead the first Republic Day parade in 1950.

In present day, Sappers are required in Indian Army operations to assist the infantryman to victory by using technical skills and resources to overcome an enemy entrenched behind seemingly impregnable and impassable obstacles or fortifications. They assist and maintain the tactical mobility of our own forces during war by quickly making bridges, roads, airfields and railways, often in the face of the enemy. They impede the enemy's mobility by laying minefields, demolishing [[bridges]], cratering roads and blowing up logistic installations. The Sappers carry out a host of associated functions like provision of accommodation for troops and equipment upto the remotest areas, water supply and sanitation to ensure the Army's well-being. It is but natural that Sappers with such capabilities also provide aid to Civilian authorities during natural calamities like floods, earthquakes and maintenance of essential services. The troops of the Bengal Sappers have been a familiar sight for over 200 years in the battlefields of British India and post-Independence operations with their never-say-die attitude and living up to their motto of Sarvatra.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/art-eng-sig/sm-ben.htm |access-date=14 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030084535/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/art-eng-sig/sm-ben.htm |archive-date=30 October 2007 }}</ref>

==Battle honours==

[[File:Colonel thomas tupper carter-campbell of possil.JPG|thumb|Colonel [[Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil]] ([[Lord-lieutenant|Lord Lieutenant]] and [[Justice of the peace|Justice of the Peace]], [[Argyllshire]]) [[Esquire]] Corps of Royal Bengal Engineers.|alt=]]

=== Colonial India ===
* [[Siege of Bharatpur (1825–1826)|Bhurtpore]] (1825),<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031029/nation.htm#1 Bengal Sappers' 200 yrs of valour] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 29 October 2003.</ref>
[[File:Ghuznee.jpg|thumb|Bengal Sappers and Miners laying explosive charges and the subsequent storming of Ghazni. 23 July 1839, [[Battle of Ghazni]], [[First Afghan War]].|alt=]]

;[[First Anglo-Afghan War]] (1839–1842)
* [[Battle of Ghazni]], [[Kabul Expedition (1842)|Kabul 1842]]

;[[First Anglo-Sikh War]]
* [[Battle of Ferozeshah|Ferozeshah]], [[Battle of Sobraon|Sobraon]], [[Siege of Multan (1848-1849)|Multan]], [[Battle of Gujrat|Gujrat]],

;[[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]
* [[Punjab campaign|Punjab]]

;[[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
* [[Delhi 1857]], [[Siege of Lucknow|Lucknow]],
[[File:Bengal Sapper and Miners Bastion, in Sherpur cantonment, Kabul, Second Afghan War, c. 1879.jpg|thumb|Bengal Sappers and Miners Bastion, at [[Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment|Sherpur cantonment]], Kabul, [[Second Afghan War]], c. 1879.|alt=]]

;[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
* Afghanistan 1878–80
** [[Battle of Ali Masjid|Ali Masjid]], [[Battle of Charasiab|Charasiah]], [[Kabul 1879]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbattles.com/second-afghan-war/kabul-1879.htm |title=The Battle of Kabul 1879 |publisher=Britishbattles.com |access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref> [[Battle of Ahmed Khel|Ahmad Khel]],

;[[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] (1885–1887)
* Burma 1885–87
;'''[[Hunza–Nagar Campaign]]''' '''(1891)'''{{Sfn|Nevill|1912|p=136-137}}
* [[Hunza (princely state)]]
* [[Nagar (princely state)]]
;[[Chitral Expedition]] (1895)
* Chitral<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/Chitral1895-thefortundersiege.htm |title=Chitral 1895 - Fort Siege |publisher=Devonheritage.org |date=2009-07-31 |access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref>

;[[Tirah campaign|Tirah]] (1897–1898)
* Tirah

;[[Boxer Rebellion]]
* China 1900

;[[World War I]]
* [[France and Flanders 1914-15|France and Flanders 1914–15]]:
** [[La Bassée 1914]], [[Festubert 1914 (Battle honour)|Festubert 1914]], [[Givenchy 1914]], [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle|Neuve Chapelle]], [[Festubert 1915]], [[Battle of Aubers|Aubers]], [[Battle of Loos|Loos]]
* [[Mesopotamia 1915-18|Mesopotamia 1915–18]]:
** [[Siege of Kut|Defence of Kut al Amara 1915]], [[Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)|Ctesiphon 1915]], [[Tigris 1916 (Battle honour)|Tigris 1916]], [[Baghdad]], [[Action of Khan Baghdadi|Khan Baghdadi]], [[Battle of Sharqat|Sharqat]], [[Second Battle of Kut|Kut al Amara 1917]]
* Aden
* [[Palestine 1918]]:
** [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Megiddo]], [[Battle of Sharon|Sharon]]
** [[Capture of Damascus (1918)|Damascus]]
* [[Persia 1918]]
* North West Frontier India [[Operations against the Mohmands, Bunerwals and Swatis in 1915|1915]] & [[Mohmand blockade|1916–17]], [[Baluchistan Agency|Baluchistan]] 1918

;[[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
* Afghanistan 1919.

;[[World War II]]
* [[Malaya 1941–42]]
** [[Battle of Kampar|Kampar]]
* [[North Africa 1940-43|North Africa 1940–43]]
* [[Italy, 1943-45|Italy 1943–45]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081117052023/http://www.sikhspectrum.com/052005/sikhsoldiersitaly.htm Cassino Memorial]}}</ref>
** [[Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944|Cassino II]]
* [[Burma 1942-45|Burma 1942–45]]
** [[Battle of Yenangyaung|Yenangyaung]] 1942, Ngakedaung Pass, Jail Hill, [[Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay|Meiktila]].

=== Republic of India ===
;[[First Indo-Pakistani War]]
* Jammu and Kashmir 1947–48

;[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
* Jammu and Kashmir 1965
* Punjab 1965
* Rajasthan 1965

;[[Third Indo-Pakistani War]]
* East Pakistan 1971
* Jammu and Kashmir 1971
* Sindh 1971.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

==Victoria Cross recipients==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name!!Event!!Date of action!!Place of action
|-
|{{sortname|Duncan|Home|Duncan Charles Home}}||[[Indian revolt]]||1857-09-1414 September 1857||[[Delhi]], [[India]]
|-
|{{sortname|James|Innes|James John McLeod Innes}}||[[Indian revolt]]||1858-02-2328 February 1858||[[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sultanpore]], [[India]]<ref>[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_innes.htm Lieutenant James John McLeod INNES VC] ''[[Royal Engineers Museum]]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623120001/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_innes.htm |date=23 June 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Philip|Salkeld}}||[[Indian revolt]]||1857-09-1414 September 1857||[[Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_salkeld.htm Lieutenant Philip SALKELD VC] ''[[Royal Engineers Museum]]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006071805/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_salkeld.htm |date=6 October 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|John|Smith|John Smith (sergeant)}}|| [[Indian revolt]]||1857-09-1414 September 1857||[[Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_smith.htm Sergeant John SMITH VC] ''[[Royal Engineers Museum]]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203203803/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_smith.htm |date=3 December 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Edward|Thackeray|Edward Talbot Thackeray}}||[[Indian revolt]]||1857-09-1616 September 1857||[[Delhi]], [[India]]
|-
|{{sortname| William| Trevor|William Spottiswoode Trevor}}|| [[Anglo-Bhutanese War]]||1865-04-3030 April 1865||Dewangiri, [[Deothang]], [[Bhutan]]
|-
|{{sortname| James|Dundas|dab=VC}}||[[Anglo-Bhutanese War]]||1865-04-3030 April 1865||Dewangiri, [[Deothang]], [[Bhutan]]
|-
|{{sortname|Edward|Leach|Edward Pemberton Leach}}||[[Second Afghan War]]||1879-03-1717 March 1879||[[Khyber Pass]], [[Afghanistan]]<ref name=vic/>
|-
|{{sortname| Fenton| Aylmer|Sir Fenton Aylmer, 13th Baronet}}|| [[Hunza-Naga Campaign]]||1891-12-02 2 December 1891 ||[[Nilt Fort]], [[British India]]<ref name=vic>{{cite web |title=Victoria Crosses held by the Royal Engineers Museum |publisher=victoriacross.org.uk/ |date=11 March 2014 |url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ccroyeng.htm |access-date=8 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Captain Fenton John AYLMER VC |publisher=[[Royal Engineers Museum]] |year=2010 |url=http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_aylmer.htm |access-date=8 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106151310/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_aylmer.htm |archive-date=6 January 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname| James| Colvin|James Morris Colquhoun Colvin}}|| [[First Mohmand Campaign]]||1897-09-16 16 September 1897 ||[[Bilot]], [[British India]]<ref>[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_colvin.htm Lieutenant James Morris Colquhoun COLVIN VC] ''[[Royal Engineers Museum]]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623115841/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_colvin.htm |date=23 June 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname| Thomas| Watson|Thomas Colclough Watson}}|| [[First Mohmand Campaign]]||1897-09-16 16 September 1897 ||[[Bilot]], [[British India]]<ref>[http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_watson.htm Lieutenant Thomas Colclough WATSON VC] ''[[Royal Engineers Museum]]''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623121803/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/vc/rem_vc_watson.htm |date=23 June 2008 }}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
* [[Madras Engineer Group]]
* [[Bombay Engineer Group]]

==Citations==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
Short Histories:
* ''The Indian Sappers and Miners'', By Lieut.-Colonel E.W.C. Sandes D.S.O., M.C., R.E. (Ret.), Published by The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, 1948. [http://www.newman-family-tree.net/Madras_S&M_p662-666.pdf Extracts]
* ''K.S. Calendar of battles, honours and awards : King George V's Own Bengal Sappers & Miners from 1803 to 1939'', by Rhamat Ullan Khan, ca. 1944.
* ''History and digest of service of the 1st King George's Own Sappers & Miners''. Roorkee : 1st King's Own Press, (ca. 1911)
* ''Regimental history of the King George's Own Bengal Sappers & Miners''. Roorkee : KGO Sappers & Miners Press, 1937.
* ''Corps reunion and the unveiling of the war memorial''. (Roorkee : King George V's own Bengal sappers and miners group, R.I.E),1927.
* ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers'', by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers, [[Whitworth Porter]]. Published by Longmans, Green, 1952.
* ''The Bengal Sappers 1803–2003'', by General Sir George Cooper GCB MC and Major David Alexander. {{ISBN|0-903530-24-4}}.
* ''The Military Engineer in India'', by Lt. Col. E.W.C Sandes. Reprint 2001, Original 1933.{{ISBN|9781843420422}}.

First World War:
* Cunningham, A.H., ''A Short history of the Corps of King George's Own Bengal Sappers & Miners during the War, 1914-1918''. (1930)

Second World War:
* Pearson, G., ''Brief history of the K.G.V's own Bengal Sappers and Miners Group, R.I.E., August 1939-July 1946''. Roorkee : Pearson, 1947.
* {{Cite book |last=Nevill |first=Hugh Lewis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_F8LAAAAIAAJ |title=Campaigns on the North-west Frontier |publisher=J. Murray |year=1912 |isbn=9780342594405 |language=en}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160122081457/http://indianarmy.nic.in/martyrs/home.jsp?status=&service=17&operation=&state=&hidrecord=10&subform=Search&subform=Search Martyrs of Bengal Engineer Group] at ''[[Indian Army]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125144604/http://bsoaroorkee.org/trail4.htm The Bengal Snappers - Roorkee, ''Official website'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071031021943/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part10.htm Bengal Sappers and Miners on the Royal Engineers website] ''[[Royal Engineers Museum]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071030084535/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/art-eng-sig/sm-ben.htm Bengal Sappers and Miners on Regiments.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172003/http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ccroyeng.htm Bengal Sappers and Miners and the Victoria Cross]

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Bengal Engineer Group - Revision history

HongGrasby5256 at 16:08, 21 February 2026