Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Colonel of Pioneers
English answer:
Colonel in the Royal Pioneer Corps
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LJC (X)
Jan 6, 2006 11:13
18 yrs ago
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English term
Colonel of Pioneers
English
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Military / Defense
Before WW2. British officer who is going to leave the regiment and stay in reserve is afraid that if the war broke he should be:
'pushed off into some other awful show, be made a Colonel of Pioneers or something'
'pushed off into some other awful show, be made a Colonel of Pioneers or something'
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| 4 +5 | The Royal Pioneer Corps |
LJC (X)
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| 3 +2 | a member of an infantry group that digs entrenchments, digs roads, etc |
lafresita (X)
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The Royal Pioneer Corps
There is a suitable quote from 1916 on the Pioneers' website below:
" A typical pioneers job was this - be present under shell
fire all day in support of the main attack. Then move
forward and grab ground and dig trenches in so called
no man's land under enemy fire at night.
Go back before day break,
sleep and start all over again.
Casualties no object! "
Captain G S Fillingham, 1916.
" A typical pioneers job was this - be present under shell
fire all day in support of the main attack. Then move
forward and grab ground and dig trenches in so called
no man's land under enemy fire at night.
Go back before day break,
sleep and start all over again.
Casualties no object! "
Captain G S Fillingham, 1916.
Peer comment(s):
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks, Jack.
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Gerard Burns Jr.
: "Pioneers" in military use are similar to "engineers" or "sappers"
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Although not as highly specialised, I believe. Thanks.
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Alexander Demyanov
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Thanks, Alexander.
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Thanks, Marju.
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Aisha Rishi
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Thanks, azure.
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a member of an infantry group that digs entrenchments, digs roads, etc
for example
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Note added at 4 mins (2006-01-06 11:18:03 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant to say, that he would become a Colonel of an Infantry group (unit/division), that...
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Note added at 4 mins (2006-01-06 11:18:03 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant to say, that he would become a Colonel of an Infantry group (unit/division), that...
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