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Essex Fortress Royal Engineers : ウィキペディア英語版 | Essex Fortress Royal Engineers
The Essex (Fortress) Royal Engineers was a volunteer unit of Britain's Royal Engineers formed to defend the Essex coast. It served in this role in World War I and then converted to a searchlight regiment for air defence in World War II. The unit ended the war as a garrison infantry battalion. Its descendants continued to serve in the Territorial Army until 1961. ==Precursor unit== The enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle, Artillery and Engineer Volunteer units composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular British Army in time of need.〔Beckett.〕 One such unit was the 1st Essex Engineer Volunteer Corps formed at Heybridge, Maldon, in December 1861 under the command of Edward Hammond Bentall, proprietor of a firm of agricultural engineers in the town. Two other members of his family featured among the list of officers. A small unit, it was attached to the larger 1st Middlesex EVC in 1863, and wad disbanded in 1871. There were no other engineer volunteers in the county of Essex for over 30 years.〔Beckett, Appendix IX.〕〔Westlake, p. 7〕〔''Quarterly Army List'' January 1866.〕〔(Edward Hammond Bentall at Grace's Guide. )〕〔(E.H. Bentall & Co at Grace's Guide. )〕
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