Bermuda Volunteer Engineers
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The Bermuda Volunteer Engineers was a part-time unit created between the two world wars to replace the Regular Royal Engineers detachment, which was withdrawn from the Bermuda Garrison in 1928.
Cap Badge of the Corps of Royal Engineers on Bermuda Volunteer Engineers stationery letterhead
Bermuda Volunteer Engineers 1934
Governor and General Officer Commanding, Lieutenant-General Sir Denis Bernard, inspects the BVRC First Contingent to the Lincolnshire Regiment at Prospect Camp on 22 June 1940. Sappers CW Cooper, FC Mansbridge, EA Fountain, and RJ Isted of the BVE were attached to the contingent for transit.
The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps was created in 1894 as a reserve for the Regular Army infantry component of the Bermuda Garrison. Renamed the Bermuda Rifles in 1951, it was amalgamated into the Berm
Badges of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (left), the Bermuda Rifles (as the BVRC was retitled between 1951 and 1965, right), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (top), and its successor, the Royal Anglian Regiment (bottom-centre)
Establishment and Strength of the British Army (excluding Indian native troops stationed in India) prior to August, 1914.
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps cap badge
BVRC officers attached to 2/4th Btn East Yorkshire Regiment in 1918