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UBIQUE - Royal Engineers and Military Engineers of the British Empire and Commonwealth
"UBIQUE"
E-Mail: REUbique@aol.com
(c) Lieutenant
Colonel Edward De Santis, 1999-2008. All Rights Reserved.
I have been a collector and researcher
of medals, uniforms, militaria and photographs of officers,
non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers and
Engineers of the British Empire and Commonwealth for over 30
years.
MY
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

On this site I present the names,
ranks, and regimental and/or army numbers of the men whose medals
or other militaria and photographs are in my collection. In some
cases information pertaining to the lives and military service of
the individuals is presented in detail. In other cases the
information is presented in outline form to be expanded at a
later date. Where further research is being undertaken you will
find the notation (RESEARCH
IN PROGRESS) indicated.
The purpose of this web site is two fold;
1) to provide information of interest to family,
friends and fellow soldiers who served with these men, and;
2) to obtain additional information concerning the
lives and service of these men from anyone who knew them or
served with them.
As my research work is always ongoing, new names and
details will be added to the site on a regular basis. If you have
any information regarding any of the individuals who appear on
this site, or if you would just like to comment on the site or
correct any inaccuracies or errors, please contact
me. Please contact me as well if
you have an interest in the military service of any individual
listed on the site for whom service details have not yet been
provided. I will be happy to provide you with what I have even
before I post the information on the site. Each of the sites
listed below has a guest book. Please sign in
and let me have your comments and questions.
By popular demand I am
offering a research service to anyone seeking detailed
biographical information about officers, non-commissioned
officers and other ranks who have served in the Corps of Royal
Engineers or in any of the other military engineering corps of
the British Empire or Commonwealth. Click here
for details.
New additions to the web site will be posted at the
bottom of this home page. Please be sure to check for new names
or notices regarding the posting of new service details to any
existing name. Links to new names are posted in red. Links to new
information for previous listed individuals will be posted in
blue.
To search this site you may first go to the page for
the Corps in which you are interested under "Places to
Go" listed below. You can then search each page by using
"Find (in page)" under "Edit"or you can
simply scroll through the pages. Good luck!
1870074
Warrant Officer Class I John Firth, Royal Engineers

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Tribute
and Farewell to an Old Comrade
My old friend
and comrade Jack Firth died
peacefully in bed on Friday, 19 August 2005,
a month after his 95th birthday and shortly
after the 60th anniversary of VJ Day. I will
miss his friendly smile and optimistic outlook
on life, which he maintained despite his suffering
during World War 2 as a prisoner of the Japanese.
I can only imagine how he must have suffered
working on the infamous Siam to Burma Railway.
It is a tribute to his toughness of body and spirit
that he lived more than a half-century beyond those
dreadful years in captivity.
REST IN PEACE,
JACK
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Places to Go
- Royal Sappers and Miners
- The Corps of Royal
Engineers is divided by ranks; that
is, officers, non- commissioned officers and other ranks.
These may be searched by clicking the appropriate
category below.
1) Officers
2) Non-Commissioned Officers
3) Other Ranks
- British Pioneer
Battalions and Labour Corps
(Great War Period).
- British Army Post
Office Corps, including the
24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, during the Boer War
period
- The Royal Canadian
Engineers and Canadian Military Engineers, including, Canadian Engineers, Canadian
Infantry Works Companies, Canadian Railway Troops and the
Canadian Forestry Corps
- Canadian Pioneer
Battalions (Great War Period).
- The Royal Australian
Engineers, including Australian
Engineers and Pioneer Battalions of the Great War Period.
- The Royal New Zealand
Engineers
- South African Engineer Corps, including the South African Railway and
Harbour Brigade
- Indian Sappers &
Miners and Indian Engineers,
including the Military Engineer Service, Indian Telegraph
Department, Indian Public Works Department and the Indian
Survey Department
- Gurkha Engineers
- Indian Engineers, including the Bengal and Bombay Engineer
Groups (post 1947)
- Pakistan Engineers (post 1947)
- Indian Pioneer
Regiments, including the Bombay
Pioneers, Madras Pioneers, Sikh Pioneers and Hazara
Pioneers
- Colonial Units, including the Railway Pioneer Regiment,
Rhodesian Engineers and the Indian Railway Volunteer
Rifle Corps
- Non-Engineers, including officers, non-commissioned officers
and other ranks of other Corps, Regiments and Departments
of the British Army and armies of the British Empire and
Commonwealth (under
construction)
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Information is required
on the following individuals:
Captain (formerly 15999
WO1) William George Dean, R.E.
Captain (formerly 27489 CSM) Henry James Dean, R.E.
Last Update: 26 May 2008
[camera symbol
indicates photograph
of individual is available]
New
Names:
Lieutenant
Colonel Willoughby Verner Constable, Royal Engineers (added 29
August 2006)
New
Information:
428121
Sapper James Jennion, Royal Engineers (added 3 February 2008)
In Search of Information on Relatives of
Visitors to this Website
In an effort to assist
visitors to this website, we are pleased to list the names of
relatives of visitors. Please visit the "In Search Of"
page by clicking on the words above. If anyone has any
information regarding the military service of the men listed on
this page, please contact their relatives by clicking on the
name. Your help will be appreciated.
Battle
Honours of the Royal Engineers and Engineers of the British
Empire in the Great War of 1914-1918
Click on the flag at the
left to select the units you wish to find.
Chronological
Outlines of Units of the Royal Engineers and Engineers of the
British Empire
in the Second World War, 1939-1945 and beyond
Click on the flag at the
left to select the units you wish to find.
 

The World Militaria Dealers Webring
site is sponsored by WorldMilitaria.com. Visit these sites of special interest
to collectors of British medals and militaria.

Philip Burman
Military Medals Dealer,
Specialising in British and Commonwealth Orders,
Decorations and Medals.
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Eugene G. Ursual,
Military Antiquarian, Inc.
Specialists in the field of British and Canadian Military
Memorabilia.
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Neate Militaria and
Antiques
Specialists in Medals.
Gary Neate offers a fine selection of British Medals
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The Naval &
Military Press
offer specialist books for
the serious student of conflict.
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Jeremy Tenniswood
Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria of the British
Empire.
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Orders and Medals
Research Society
To
promote and foster a general interest in the study of
orders, decorations and medals.
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Royal British Legion.
Guestbook helps former soldiers contact lost friends and
relatives.
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Commonwealth War
Graves Commission.
Records of 1.7 million Commonwealth soldiers who died in
both world wars.
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Ex-Forces Network.
Official military site that helps former comrades get in
touch with one another.
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Speedbid.com
A very active UK Medals & Militaria Internet Auction
Site with some 2000 registered users and growing
steadily.
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Home Page &
List of Sites
Orders, Decorations & Medals Webring
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Royal Engineers
Association.
Keep in touch with serving and ex-Sappers in the U.K. and
around the world
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National Archives of
Australia.
Australian Service Papers
fromWorld War I
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Junior Leaders
Regiment
Royal Engineers Association
A site devoted to locating
ex-boy soldiers who once
served as Junior Leaders
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Royal Engineers Photo
Page
See
photographs submitted
by people who are or who have served in the Corps
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National Archives of
Canada.
Soldiers of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary
Force
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Army Links.
Interesting
and informative links to
many sites dealing with
the British Army, past andpresent.
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2nd Cheshire Royal
Engineers
(Railway) Volunteers Website by Noel K. Hannan
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Norman W. Collett
Orders, Decorations and Medals
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Fred Larimore
Photographs, campagn medals, and the biographical studies
of 19th century Britih and
Indian Army soldiers.
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United Kingdom
Military Web Site Links
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World War One Photos
Reproduction Photos,
Original Photos,
Postcards and Obituaries
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Postal and Courier
Service (PCS)
Branch, Royal
Engineers Association
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Genealogy Resource. Birth, marriage and death certificates
researched.
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World War Two Books
Military history books,
mainstream and specialist,
new and used.
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FOR THE
KING-EMPEROR
The Indian Army on
Campaign, 1901-1939
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South African and Rhodesian Military
Engineers
by Mark Craig
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