Royal Pioneer Corps

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corps of the British Army

The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army unit responsible primarily for light engineering, labor, and logistical support tasks, especially during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pioneer Corps	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	corps of the British Army ⓘ
allegiance	Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
branch	British Army ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1993 ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
garrison	Northampton ⓘ
honours	various Second World War battle honours ⓘ
inception	1939 ⓘ
insignia	crossed rifles and shovel ⓘ
mergedInto	Royal Logistic Corps ⓘ
motto	Labor Omnia Vincit ⓘ
nickname	The Pioneers ⓘ
notableActivity	clearing battlefields ⓘ construction of airfields ⓘ construction of defensive positions ⓘ port and dock labour ⓘ transport and supply handling ⓘ
notableFor	employment of enemy aliens in non-combatant roles during World War II ⓘ
partOf	British Army logistic services ⓘ
predecessor	Labour Corps ⓘ Royal Pioneer Corps self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pioneer Corps
receivedRoyalPrefix	1946 ⓘ
recruitedFrom	Commonwealth countries ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe ⓘ
role	labour corps ⓘ light engineering support unit ⓘ logistical support unit ⓘ
serviceBranchFunction	general labour support ⓘ logistic support ⓘ military engineering support ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo	War Office ⓘ
successor	Royal Logistic Corps ⓘ surface form: Royal Logistic Corps Pioneer units
type	combat support unit ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Logistic Corps → formedByMergerOf → Royal Pioneer Corps ⓘ

RLC → formedByMergerOf → Royal Pioneer Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Logistic Corps

Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut → garrison → Royal Pioneer Corps ⓘ

RLC → precededBy → Royal Pioneer Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Logistic Corps

Royal Pioneer Corps → predecessor → Royal Pioneer Corps self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pioneer Corps