PowerPoint PresentationSlide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8William I “The Conqueror” Norman Invasion 1066Humphrey de TilluelPrefab fort Gundulf of BecFather of Royal EngineersBuilding Castle + Building AbbeyEarly Engineer Duties•Miners- Seige Warfare•Carpenters/Woodcutters/Fossatores (Pioneers)- Siege Roads•Early float bridges•Ordnance•Trenchmasters•Surveyors of the Kings Works•Master Masons•Sappers•ChemicalEngineers 1800-WWIPeninsular WarSiege of BanajozWar of 1812Russian WarChina War (Hong Kong)Afghanistan- Siege of KandaharSouth AfricaEgyptSudanEngineers Given Motto “Umbique” (everywhere) by William IVWW IMobile warfare gives way to SeigeTunnelling/MiningTrenches (Sappers) Geologic InputLondon Tunnellers (Kickers)Rail WorkersUse of PilesTubbingWW IIWilliam Bernard Robinson King 1939First Appointed Military GeologistOperation Overlord – Normandy vs Cherbourg and Cotentin PeninsulaQuarryingTopographyMulberry
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