History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (of 2): From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal EngineersConnolly, T. W. J. (Thomas William John)
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History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (of 2): From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers
Connolly, T. W. J. (Thomas William John)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Sappers and Miners
1 colour-sergeant,
2 sergeants,
3 corporals,
3 second-corporals,
2 buglers,
51 privates.
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Total 62;
and the whole were distributed, with regard to strength,
consistently with the relative wants of the several stations. These
stations were Woolwich, Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth;
Gibraltar, Corfu, Bermuda, Barbadoes, St. Helena, Kingston in Upper
Canada, and the Cape of Good Hope.[241]
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Footnote 241:
The companies at Newfoundland and at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
returned to England late in 1819. To the former company belonged
sergeant Thomas Brown, who was discharged from the corps in
November, 1819, after a service of twelve years. In 1821 the late
Sir William Congreve appointed him modeller at the royal military
repository, Woolwich, which situation he has held for thirty-six
years with great credit. In that period he has made 125 models,
chiefly of field artillery, pontoons, bridges, and miscellaneous
military subjects. The greatest number are deposited for
exhibition in the Rotunda, and the remainder in the rooms of
instruction for the officers and non-commissioned officers. Many
others also, which were defective or out of repair he has renewed
or remade. His principal works, considered with regard to the
skill and artistic excellence displayed in their construction, are
the model of a fortified half octagon, showing the approaches and
plan of attack, on a scale of 22½ feet to an inch, and a model of
St. James’s Park as it was at the celebration of the peace in
1814.
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