Scott’s Brigade Pioneer, Corporal... (1 Viewer)

[mikemiller1955]

A pioneer is a soldier employed to perform engineering tasks. The term is in principle similar to sapper.

Pioneers were originally part of the Artillery branch of European armies. Their primary job was to assist other Arms in tasks such as construction of field fortifications or military camps. During the First World War pioneers were often engaged in construction and repair of military railways.

Later pioneers have been in the engineering branch, in the logistic branch, part of the infantry, or a branch in their own right.

Many British Commonwealth military forces distinguish between small units of "assault pioneers" belonging to infantry regiments as opposed to separate pioneer regiments (as in the former Royal Pioneer Corps). The United States Marine Corps have sometimes organized their sappers into "Pioneer Battalions".

Got my pioneer today...he just built this artillery fortification...he has his axe ready for the next job...

 

[old tank]

MIKE.....
I hope you get a few more pionners, you are going
to burn that fella out. Or give him extra rations of RUM.
Keep up the nice work.

 

[GICOP]

A pioneer is a soldier employed to perform engineering tasks. The term is in principle similar to sapper.

Pioneers were originally part of the Artillery branch of European armies. Their primary job was to assist other Arms in tasks such as construction of field fortifications or military camps. During the First World War pioneers were often engaged in construction and repair of military railways.

Later pioneers have been in the engineering branch, in the logistic branch, part of the infantry, or a branch in their own right.

Many British Commonwealth military forces distinguish between small units of "assault pioneers" belonging to infantry regiments as opposed to separate pioneer regiments (as in the former Royal Pioneer Corps). The United States Marine Corps have sometimes organized their sappers into "Pioneer Battalions".

Got my pioneer today...he just built this artillery fortification...he has his axe ready for the next job...

Blimey Michael he has been a busy lad

Great pictures as usual

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Jagdpanther]

I like that Pioneer Michael..... mine should be arriving soon.....great pictures has always.

Titus

 

[Dragoon]

Great shots Michael, thanks for sharing. Like the new Pioneer, hope JJ will also give us some NCOs for Scotts Brigade and the Royal Scots. - Ken

 

[mikemiller1955]

Thank you guys...extra rum for this guy like Manitous says...

with his head slightly tilted and the way he is holding his axe...you almost think JJ posed him talking to a mounted personnel...and looking ready to build more...

I'm curious...were sappers or pioneers usually hand selected "big guys"...

and yes it's true...this position did occasionally get rum or extra rum pay...

 

[mestell]

Just got back from a week long trip to Ohio, Michael, and am catching up on the forum contributions - very nice series of photos - your Pioneer's hands must be well callused.
Mike

 

[Combat]

I finally starting reading "The Civil War of 1812" by Alan Taylor. An interesting and readable book for anyone interested:

In this deeply researched and clearly written book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Alan Taylor tells the riveting story of a war that redefined North America. During the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution. Soldiers, immigrants, settlers, and Indians fought in a northern borderland to determine the fate of a continent. Would revolutionary republicanism sweep the British from Canada? Or would the British empire contain, divide, and ruin the shaky American republic?

In a world of double identities, slippery allegiances, and porous boundaries, the leaders of the republic and of the empire struggled to control their own diverse peoples. The border divided Americans—former Loyalists and Patriots—who fought on both sides in the new war, as did native peoples defending their homelands. Serving in both armies, Irish immigrants battled one another, reaping charges of rebellion and treason. And dissident Americans flirted with secession while aiding the British as smugglers and spies.

During the war, both sides struggled to sustain armies in a northern land of immense forests, vast lakes, and stark seasonal swings in the weather. In that environment, many soldiers panicked as they fought their own vivid imaginations, which cast Indians as bloodthirsty savages. After fighting each other to a standstill, the Americans and the British concluded that they could safely share the continent along a border that favored the United States at the expense of Canadians and Indians. Both sides then celebrated victory by forgetting their losses and by betraying the native peoples.

A vivid narrative of an often brutal (and sometimes comic) war that reveals much about the tangled origins of the United States and Canada.

 

[Scott]

Hope that isn't gun powder in the barrels under the cannon muzzle.

 

[mikemiller1955]

how about we just say it's rum to be on the safe side...

 

[Scott]

We could say that they are pickles or even monkeys.

 

[mikemiller1955]

We could say that they are pickles or even monkeys.

monkeys are good with me Scott...just so a spark doesn't set the barrels off...