Collection: Royal Engineers Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Arms and Armour

  Artefacts relating to the daily life, work and training of members of the Corps of Royal Engineers, the Corp of Royal Sappers and Miners, other British colonial units of military engineers, their families, households and servants at home and abroad. Artefacts related to the social, political and military history of the Medway Towns and the surrounding area where these in some way reflect the presence of a military garrison in the towns. Weapons and equipment issued to, worn or used by members of the Corps of Royal Engineers the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners and other British and colonial units of military engineers. Items of British, colonial and foreign weapons, and equipment of related interest. Artefacts relating to military operations, civil and semi-civil projects and emergency operations, colonial and other policing and administrative duties and other activities in which units or members of the Corps of Royal Engineers the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners, other British and colonial military engineers or the British Army in general have had involvement. Artefacts including models and actual equipment illustrating engineering and scientific techniques of relevance or interest to military engineers.

  Costume/textiles

  Items of uniform, issued to, worn or used by members of the Corps of Royal Engineers the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners and other British and colonial units of military engineers. Items of British, colonial and foreign uniforms, of related interest.

  Medals

  Medals, decorations issued to, worn or used by members of the Corps of Royal Engineers, the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners and other British and colonial units of military engineers. Items of British, colonial and foreign medals and decorations of related interest.

  Social History

  Artefacts relating to the daily life, work and training of members of the Corps of Royal Engineers, the Corp of Royal Sappers and Miners, other British colonial units of military engineers, their families, households and servants at home and abroad. Artefacts related to the social, political and military history of the Medway Towns and the surrounding area where these in some way reflect the presence of a military garrison in the towns. Weapons and equipment issued to, worn or used by members of the Corps of Royal Engineers the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners and other British and colonial units of military engineers.

  Biology

  Artefacts or natural or scientific specimens used, made or collected by members of the Corps of Royal Engineers, the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners, other British and colonial units of military engineers and, if of exceptional interest, other British, colonial and foreign service personnel at home and abroad.

  Ancient Egyptian Collection

  The museum holds 4 ancient Egyptian objects. Classes of objects represented in the collection include: basketry/ropes; jewellery; tools/weapons. The Royal Engineers Library, Brompton Barracks, Chatham holds individuals’ photograph albums with some prints of Egyptological interest, especially sites from c. 1860 on. Objects are known to have come from the following location in Egypt: Tura.

  Subjects

  Antiquities; Ancient civilizations; Antiquity; Egyptology

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC