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Originally Posted by sapper  Admirable. Well done..
But I would point out that all Field Company Sappers are Bomb disposal teams.
In WW2 we had to lift bombs set in roads, and road side cliffs, where ever they thought they could get away with it. Each Bomb had to be appoached as a being booby trapped. But nearly always under fire.
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Hi Sapper
Well put and 100% correct. However we are only covering those that were in or attached to actual designated Bomb Disposal units, not those how dealt with items under what would be classed as now Combat Engineering. This does not detract from the dangerous work that you and your comrades carried out. I served as an RE from 72/87 and carried out work both in Field Squadrons and BD Squadrons and couldnt have hoped to serve in a better Corp. Thanks for your responce always good to hear from others how served at different times and different jobs. If you would like to PM me with some further details i am sure i can add some to the 33 site reminding others that all RE'S do and have dealth with booby traps, mines ect.
REgards
Pete