Spring R. Rice

Spring R. Rice was a British Army general who served on the staff of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

He saw service in the South African War, commanding 23rd Field Company RE. It was deployed to Ladysmith, and during the Siege of Ladysmith, he acted as the commanding officer of the Royal Engineers. [ [http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part9.htm The Corps and the late Victorian wars (1882-1902)] - Royal Engineers Museum.] In 1901, he designed a simple and inexpensive blockhouse, which saw extensive use. [ [http://www.magweb.com/sample/scol/scc11blc.htm Blockhouses of the Boer War] .]

On the outbreak of the First World War, he was appointed to the post of Brigadier-General Royal Engineers in I Corps, the senior engineering officer of the corps. In February 1916 he was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of the entire BEF, succeeding G. H. Fowke.

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