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'Pioneer Battalions in the Great War by Dr Bill Mitchinson'

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  Pioneer Battalions in the Great War Pioneer battalions, created as an expedient in 1914, were a new concept in the British Army. Intended to provide the Royal Engineers with skilled labour and to relieve the infantry from some of the non-combatant duties, pioneers became the work horses of the BEF. Often confused with the Pioneer Corps of the...