Links

This page contains useful hyperlinks to websites associated with the Royal Engineers, Postal & Courier Services, Womens Royal Army Corps and RNR (Postal). If you would like a link from this site to your website please send an email with your URL to the Webmaster.

Royal Engineers (RE) Sites

Royal Engineers Association Official Website (REA) www.reahq.org.uk
RE Corps Enterprises Sapper Shop www.sappershop.com
Royal Engineers Official Website www.army.mod.uk/royalengineers
Royal Engineers Museum www.re-museum.co.uk
The Institution of Royal Engineers www.instre.org/
RE Band music www.tillystips.com
Junior Leaders Regiment REA www.juniorleadersre.co.uk
3 Field Squadron RE http://groups.msn.com/3FieldSquadronRE
A Royal Engineer web ringhttp://D.webring.com/hub?ring=royalengineerswe
Sappers In Scotland and Northern Ireland http://groups.msn.com/SappersInScotland
22 Engineer Regiment http://groups.msn.com/22EngineerRegiment
Gloucester REA gloucesterrea.bravehost.com

Postal & Courier Services (PCS) Sites

BFPO Defence Agency Official Website www.bfpo.org.uk
Simon Cuerden’s Postal & Courier Services site http://www.tafsc.com/postal__courier.htm– Caters for both RE and RLC posties.
1 Postal & Courier Regiment RE http://www.pcs.bfpo.org– For ex-members of 1 PC Regt RE.
Postal & Courier Serviceshttp://regiments.org/regiments/uk/corps/postal.htm
– This is a site that lists details of Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth and has interesting information on the history of PCS and the Corps of Royal Engineers.
Forces Postal History Societyhttp://www.postalcensorship.com/fphs/-This is a site run by the Forces Postal History Society contains information about the covers we have cancelled! among other things.
Army Post Office Corps 1899-1902http://www.reubique.com/armypost.htm
RE (PS) 1914-1918http://hometown.aol.com/reubique/aps.htm
– This is a site by Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis USA (who is a military historian) The site contains a section on the Army Post Office Corps as well as the RE (PS).

Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) Sites

WRAC Association Official site www.wracassociation.co.uk/ (also incorporating
the QMAAC and ATS Old Comrades Association)
WRAC at http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/corps/WRAC.htm
This is a site that lists details of Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth and has interesting information on the history of WRAC and its
predecessors.
WRAC Band music www.tillystips.com

Royal Naval Reserve (Postal) Site

Royal Naval Reserve (Postal) http://battleshiphmsvanguard.homestead.com/Postal.html

British Army Sites

British Army Official website
www.army.mod.uk
Royal Logistics Corps Official website
http://www.army.mod.uk/logistic/23443.aspx
Veterans Agency (MoD) – an official MoD welfare website
www.veteransagency.mod.uk
Army Apprentices College (AAC)- Chepstow, an unofficial site for ex-apprentices
www.armyapprenticescollege.homestead.com

Member’s Sites

Mike Whitehead’s website at www.mike.whitehead.de.vu Mike lives in Germany. His website is a cameo of his life, encapsulating both the military and non-military periods of it.

Miscellaneous Sites

Victory Services Club, London – a place to stay.
www.vsc.co.uk
Union Jack Club, London – a place to stay.
www.ujclub.co.uk
Northern Ireland Veterans Association.
www.nivets.co.uk
British Forces Broadcasting Service
– send a request.www.ssvc.com
Commonwealth Graves War Commission
www.cwgc.org.
Heritage Department, Consignia (Royal Mail)
www.consignia.com/heritage/flash_fset.htm.
Birgelen Veterans Association
www.birgelenvets.org/
Herford Association
www.herforder-association.com – A site for those who served at Herford.
Help for Heroes www.helpforheroes.org,uk
Help for Heroes website for fundraisers to publicise events and share ideas www.HeroNet.org.uk
Armed Forces Day www.armedforcesday.org.uk
Wigan Veterans Council www.veteranscouncil.org.uk
Housing and Financial Guide for Veterans www.mygrants.co.uk/guide-for-veterans/
Raise money for RBL & SSAFA while shopping at www.shopforces.com

Please note that the PCS Branch REA is not responsible for the content or reliability of any of these sites and their inclusion should not be considered as an endorsement of any kind.