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The Curtis G. Culin III memorial in his hometown of Cranford, New Jersey. Sgt Curtis Grubb Culin III (February 10, 1915 – November 20, 1963) was a World War II soldier credited with the invention of a hedge-breaching device fitted to Allied armored vehicles during the Battle of Normandy.
An Engineer Combat Battalion (ECB) was a designation for a battalion-strength combat engineer unit in the U.S. Army, most prevalent during World War II. They are a component of the United States Army Corps of Engineers .
The pentagon fleury device and gear allude to embattled depot areas and to the organization's five battle honors received in World War II. The motto "Give Way" of the former Engineer Construction Battalion is retained as a historical connection to the present Battalion.
The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion was one of the most decorated engineer combat battalions of the United States Army during World War II, [1] playing notable roles both in the Battle of Bulge and the Rhine river crossing at Remagen.
Following the outbreak of the Second World War, King joined the British Expeditionary Force in France as Deputy Chief Engineer (1939-1940). In 1941 he was Chief Engineer for Home Defences before being appointed to the newly created post of Engineer-in-Chief at the War Office (1941-1944), where his responsibilities included work on the Bolero plan .
Beatrice Shilling OBE (known as Tilly) (8 March 1909 – 18 November 1990) [1] was a British aeronautical engineer, motorcycle racer and sports car racer.In 1949, Shilling was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
The 4th Engineer Battalion (the Vanguard of the 4th Division) is an engineer battalion of the United States Army.It is made up of combat engineers.The unit saw action in the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, and the Global War on Terrorism, to include Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Born at Merstham, Surrey on 9 January 1899, [1] Jefferis was educated at Tonbridge School and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.From Woolwich he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 6 June 1918, during the final months of World War I, and after passing through the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, he was posted to the First Field Squadron RE in the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR).