The Sapper VCs

The Sapper VCs

"The Sapper VCs" is a book by Colonel GWA Napier. Published in 1998, it details the accounts of 55 officers and men of the Royal Engineers whom have been awarded the Victoria Cross.

Colonel Napier was commissioned into the Royal Engineers. He has spent time as the Director of the Royal Engineers Museum. He recently published an illustrated history of the Corps of Royal Engineers entitled "Follow the Sapper"

ISBN 0-11-772835-7

External links

* [http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_vc.htm Royal Engineers Museum Sappers VCs]


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