Royal Engineers

The Royal Engineers is an officer corps serving with the British Army, although their headquarters is at the Board of Ordnance and not Horse Guards. They are a professional corps, promoting on seniority alone, and advise on technical matters such as bridge-building and demolition.

The Engineers is a purely officer corps; manpower is provided by men of the Royal Sappers and Miners. The Royal Engineers are represented on Show the Colours by Captain Edward Torrington, an engineering officer attached to Captain Vickery's company of the 60th Rifles.