Memorials
- Rochester Cathedral, Kent has major historical links with the Corps and contains many memorials including stained glass, mosaics and plaques. The cathedral hosts services on the annual Corps Memorial Weekend and is supported by the Corps on Remembrance Sunday.
- Royal Engineers World War I memorial at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
- National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire
- The memorial to the Royal Engineers at Arromanches, the site of the Mulberry Harbours during WW2
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