This is a list of recent publications covering a range of Engineer topics.
Recent Publications
130 publications
The Earthmover in Canadian Service
Author: John Sliz
Published: 2022-06-09
“A bulldozer may be far more useful than a tank. The Eighth Army’s advance in Sicily would not have been possible without mechanical equipment, as in nearly every river crossing it was used to create diversions across the streams.” ..from…
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Special Bridging Force: Engineers Under XXX Corps During Operation Market Garden
Author: John Sliz
Published: 2022-06-09
Part of the plan for Operation Market Garden was for the Royal Engineers to assemble enough bridging and engineers to bridge every single river and canal from Joe's Bridge ( on the Bocholt-Herentals Canal outside the town of Neerpelt…
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Sand Searchers
Author: Tim MacCormac
Published: 2022-06-08
My motivation for writing this book originates from my interest to review my Armed Forces services, especially my tours of duty in Afghanistan in 2008 and 2011. My 2008 tour was unique because my direct involvement in warfare was my…
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Toward Life's Sunset
A Memoir by J. Ralph DeCoste
Author: J. Ralph DeCoste
Published: 2021-01-07
My memoire, "Toward Life's Sunset," includes my family history, my military career including service in Korea and later years; my married life of over 63 years with Eva (Besse) DeCoste, my military career and my civilian career with the…
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50 Years of Airborne Sappers
Author: LCol D.J.J. Foreman, OMM, CD (Ret'd)
Published: 2020-09-07
LCol D.J.J. Foreman, OMM, CD (Ret'd) has just published his second coffee table book “50 Years of Airborne Sappers” that you can see by clicking here. This is Doug’s second venture into publishing and follows the success of his book “50…
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A Soldier's Life
A Sapper's Poems and Short Stories
Author: Major Bruce Sand, CD (Ret'd)
Published: 2020-07-01
As a military engineer officer, I served my entire working life as a soldier. It may seem odd to the reader that this limited-edition book is a collection of poems and short stories. Most retired military authors write biographies, their…
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Les faiseurs de sciure
Le Corps Forestier Canadien du Groupe de Bordeaux Ou le plus important déploiement en France 1917 – 1919
Author: David Devigne
Published: 2020-01-31
Avant-propos du major-général Sylvain Sirois: Inspirant, divertissant, nécessaire. Cet ouvrage, le résultat d'années de recherche, nous permet de découvrir un autre volet de la Grande Guerre. Il y a bien sûr des dates et des faits – Des…
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Furrows in the Sky
The Adventures of Gerry Andrews
Author: Jay Sherwood
Published: 2019-10-04
This is the story of LCol Gerald Smedley Andrews, a well-known RCE surveyor and mapper. His Last Post entry has a brief description of his life and the contribution he and his fellow surveyors made during the Second World War. "The author…
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Foundations
Author: Tim Bermington
Published: 2018-03-27
"Foundations" tells, in the authentic voice of the man who lived them, tales of the colourful men who worked for and with Bermingham Construction in the years from its founding in 1897 to the beginning of the Second World War.Bermingham…
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Two Years Below the Horn
Operation Tabarin, Field Science, and Antarctic Sovereignty, 1944-1946
Author: Major Andrew Taylor, CD
Published: 2017-10-07
Reprinted from from Amazon.ca In "Two Years Below the Horn," engineer Andrew Taylor vividly recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and…
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