246 Field Company Royal Engineers

Historical records of the unit from 1939-1945. Also a guidance and advice forum for the sport of speed marching (tabbing)

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Been along time away folks, but been tackling life and taking a new hobby at warp speed to keep my mental health on side 👍 so this is now my evening, weekends spare time all neatly rolled up to keep my brain ticking quite nicely, sorry its nerdy, geekish or what ever you like to call it but its helping me deal with life 💪 hopefully everyone has a hobby or pastime to keep busy with and relax and unwind to. The great thing with this hobby it comes with some very interesting audio books that really help relax even on simple things like driving, dog walks and whilst make and painting models. Tackling this hobby has been possible by all the guys at work who taught me and play in our spare time and over long lengthy chats and calls in evenings. Cheers for work for letting us have this opportunity to do something we enjoy and develop as individuals and as teams. @warhammerofficial @artistikartmaterials @citadel_paints @thearmypainter @geekgamingscenics @vallejocolors @dalerrowney1783 @redgrassgames https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl7B1WODTPd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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No filters needed for this kind of craftsmanship, many thanks to Dan for doing this at short notice. @dragonsupplies 🙏 thank you it will mean so much to the gentlemen that owns these to see them with a new lease of life as its the only memories he has unfortunately with dementia. Please make every veteran in this country feel valued and wanted they are the best thing any generation has. Cherish that especially near remembrance parades. Now on to sorting my No.2 Dress ready to give him them tomorrow before 11am. 💂 #medalmounting #royalnavy #britisharmy #worldwar2 #veteran #ubique #operationwelfare #africacampaignww2 @royalnavy @britisharmy @royal_engineers_cet @armyaircorps @corps_of_royal_engineers @lakota_outdoors @its_going_to_get_hairy @royalbritishlegion @rblicharity @thermcharity @soldierscharity @ssafa_armedforcescharity https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck3d5EVDh_3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Mounted 👌 quick turn around for a self mounting service from @spiremedals ebay shop. Emailed and asked for a QPJM single court mount, finally arrived and all I had to do was sew the medal to the board and its complete 👍 amazing quality and the hassle free factor of not posting medals or losing them in post was removed, all ready for remembrance parades coming soon. Even if I'm in uniform or not I'll wear mine proudly, like always if I'm in uniform I wear my Granddads mini under my jacket as self pride 🤫 don't tell the RSM, and if I'm in my 3 piece suit I wear my corps tie, beret, and his full size medals on the right as a mark of family respect and I always carry a corps coin in my pocket ❤ #rememberanceday #ubique #jublieemedal #poppyappeal #qpjm @royalbritishlegion @britisharmy @spiremedals @corps_of_royal_engineers @armyaircorps https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWuAcHj_ob/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Quick check nav... last post didn't work with the content. Pic no text.... So I'll rephrase and repost. Thanks for all the support like the last post should have said I haven't been active for the best part of a while due to personal reasons, I am glad that followers are still massing as I've just hit to 500+ mark. Thanks all. Content may be slow since May and my shake up health wise, but bare with as I am currently out of content due to not having any research after needing to concentrate on personal life and family. But once I'm in a better place, posting will take up again with a more personal, mental, health, attitude, wellbeing and historic content style. Thanks for holding in there see you all soon 👏 #500followers #content #royalengineers #rehabilitation #welfare #mentalhealth #itsokaynottobeokay #armyaircorps #britisharmy @royal_engineers_cet @corps_of_royal_engineers @armyaircorps https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg6dYICDoRO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Good morning folks, so I haven't posted anything for a long time. Apologies on that front, but lately the past few weeks has been stressful on an entirely new level. Not just being on the most mentally breaking course of my military career so far (for the second time) which also adds immense pressure to do better personally and as a team on the course. *Finally passed also* now one of the newest @armyaircorps ARSI's 👏 But I opened up about my last few months of stress and work/life/health issues and what I through was small, snowballed so big it maybe felt a relief to talk about it but at the same time it affected me so badly that during the course, the stress hospitalised me. I'm honestly not going to let myself get to that level again, I'm now on the mend and now ARSI is out the way. Normal work, looking after my wife and kids, next career course (Skillys fingers crossed) and finishing unfinished things like the diary which I'm sorry I've neglected but life has it ways of shaking things around. Also as nerdy as it sounds, I've taken a more mellow approach to a new hobby until I work out my limits and docs are happy with my stress, reduction in caffeine (only decaff for now 😭) and lifestyle. So I've joined my fellowship of lads at work and started Warhammer 40k... yes its something I use to do many years ago but it helped destress me over the last couple of weeks after the incident and I feel its a smart hobby to move towards to calm me down a little in life. Hope everyone can understand that content, interaction and the 246th will slow down slightly to help me adjust and detox. Thanks as always for everyone's support. UBIQUE. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeK_LGnjwVa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Little late in the day but Happy Star Wars day folks, May the 4th be with you. What's the best callsign or regiment name you've ever worked with? STORMTROOPER was my personal favorite, to the point I have a little lego head strapped to my daysack 🤙 allyness saves lives. Morale patches are better though. #starwarsday #stormtrooper #bestcallsignever #apache #apachehelicopter #armyaircorps #maythe4thbewithyou https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJaeE0j4rc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Both fundraiser are still live and with the course underway, tabbing will soon start. On a side note, first icebreaker of the course was a 20 minute interest piece of any topic. Yes, I just delivered to my DS a 20 min brief of the land battle and VC recipients of the Falklands conflict. 👌 ooh and I dropped an Ajiffniff in there also and got a DS thumbs up. @thermcharity @rblicharity @falklands_40 @britisharmy @armyaircorps #falklands #falklands40 #parachuteregiment #royalmarines #victoriacross #mountlongdon #goosegreen #tab #yomp #useyourajiffniff #ajiffniff https://www.instagram.com/p/CdF3LaTj4fq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The 40 following the 40. My maths being correct thats 80. 80 miles to yomp in May. I am raising money for 2 charities not just one, the first 40 miles is set by the @rblicharity and I'm doing the second as a token of gratitude to the @thermcharity for their Falklands 40 challenge and the fact their also celebrating their 80th anniversary for the role of Commandos. See my story, both fundraisers are now live so please donate if you feel the need is so. (Please bare with me on some of the updates as I'm doing this as a personal rehab, charity thank you and also I'm on course trying to become an ARSI so it may be busy at times) Miles will be recorded from @strava and added to the Insta/Facebook stories. @corps_of_royal_engineers @royal_engineers_cet @3regimentarmyaircorps @armyaircorps @1st_aviation_bct @royalmarines @theparachuteregiment @ministryofdefence @britisharmy @7avnspbnreme @4regimentarmyaircorps Maps, war entries and dits from my tabbing around the Sailsbury/AACen/Andover area over the period. Wait out for these exciting nuggets of information. #ubique #royalengineers #falklands #falklands40 #royalmarines #parachuteregiment #paracommando https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc9tLdHDqIT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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So I'm going to play the best of two parts to this mission, I stated I would tab (lightweight) 40 miles for @rblicharity followed by 40 miles for @thermcharity to make it 80 miles for the 80th commando anniversary. I've been playing with mapping, graphics etc. And I want to do the routes of the patrols from the @theparachuteregiment @royalmarines and all associated units during the Falklands war. Starting from Ajax Bay and finishing in Stanley at Government House. Total milage, standby. #falklands #goosegreen #ubique #royalengineers #royalmarines #paracommando #parachuteregiment #pcompany #commando #ajaxbay #portstanley #sapperhill #mtkent #mtchallenger #mtharriet #mttumbledown #twosistersmountain #wirelessridge https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc0KHEtD8pD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Calander updates for the next few events of somewhat importance; IMPORTANT DATES UPCOMING 30TH APRIL 2022 ARMY V NAVY RUGBY @armyvnavyrugby 14TH MAY 2022 PARA10'S COLCHESTER @the_paras10 2ND JUNE 2022 TROOPING THE COLOUR @irishguards 2ND - 5TH JUNE 2022 QUEENS PLATINUM JUBILEE 4TH - 5TH JUNE 2022 THE CATERAN YOMP @cateran_yomp 25TH JUNE 20222 ARMED FORCES DAY @ministryofdefence @britisharmy @royalnavy @royalmarines @royalairforceuk @corps_of_royal_engineers @royal_engineers_cet https://www.instagram.com/p/Cckn22UjVxT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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How paths can change, this isn't really the most exciting or military related thing but it just proves how a small change to a small space and short time frame can effect something, I have since living in my military home with my wife and kids explored a lot of countryside and local places near where we live. This one public footpath stood out to me today as I haven't walked down here for a while. But when I first moved here 3 years ago the footpath as directed is to the right in the overgrown shady part following the tree line (it use to be walkable and more like a footpath) as you can see its worn in like a path just unused. But over to the left slightly I assume because of peoples' want to not walk in mud or long grass, more have started to make a new path on the boundary of this farmers field. Which in turn could start to affect crops and rights of way. It doesn't sound much but patterns and paths are formed from routine and habit. So to know that people follow the crowd and not the proven route is a bit sore to see. I'm not one to preach about this sort of thing as I like many do cut paths and fields but to see how such a short time can affect something so visible is crazy to believe. This isn't a rant just a mear observation of the normality that is human existence to move things just because we can without consequence and no one really understands why. I suppose things may be better on the high ground or are they? I suppose as a solider I see the benefits to moving paths to make life easier and safer but then I see the age old argument of the proven route is the proven route don't deviate its time served and tested. (The paths may not be so obvious from the photo but walking this path you really see it end to end.) #osmaps @ordnancesurvey @42_engineer_regiment_geo @135geosqnre @britisharmygeologist @splashmaps @naturalengland #publicfootpath #rightofway #ubique #royalengineers https://www.instagram.com/p/CcfyqJ8tAl5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Today's helping insert, I want to talk about an exercise that not everyone appreciates in the gym but is essential in a military role; the farmers walk. "The muscles most significantly affected by the farmer's walk include the upper back, lats, traps, forearms, quads, hamstrings, and glutes. This exercise is especially effective at improving grip strength, as you must tightly grip the weights throughout the movement to avoid dropping them." Taken from @healthline We all get asked to lug supplies left, right and Chelsea in our job and one of the most brutal past times of this is the infamous Jerry can carry, 20ltrs of fuel or water, that SV always seems that little bit further away every time. The walk combine with the overhead press that is key to mounting that packed fuel or water on to the SV is always the hardest part of a soldiers deployment prep. Bergens (easy) kit checks (nailed), walk 200 Jerry cans across the hanger floor because the forklifts U/S 🤦‍♂️ (down the gym to sign some new arms please Staff). But get it drilled correctly and build that grip strength, it's one of the best exercises in my opinion for beat up training for tabbing 👍🥾 lightweights don't lift themselves folks 💪drive like a donkey, load up and keep moving forwards. @britisharmy @royalarmyphysicaltrainingcorps @corps_of_royal_engineers @armyaircorps #ubique #farmerswalk #jerrycancarry #royalengineers #beatuptraining #tab #yomp #ruck #loadedmarch #speedmarch https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb1yeGTgptQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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*Not marketing a certain brand or product.* Just a great new tip for anyone in my situation, I suffer with a bad back quite frequently it leaves me with bad pain in my skin, calf and knee pains specially on my right leg, your all thinking what this go to do with compression stockings? Well I don't know the exact science behind this kind of sports kit (disclaimer* I'm willing to listen to opinions and the science behind this kind of treatment/equipment) But I've been using them for a few days now and done the normal daily activities like walked the dog, been on shift and daily run of the mill jobs. And not boasting a miracle cure but my legs actually feel less tired and achy for the first time in a few years. (Not sure if its a placebo or actually doing something scientific) @aaronmartin.fit have you any experience with this as a temp pain relief solution? Would love a don't be dick with your socks but... 😅 For anyone else that want to know any facts about them sure I'll get a few answers soon, then judge for yourself if they may be something for you. #tab #yomp #royalengineers #ubique #britisharmyfitness #britisharmy #armyaircorps #apache #coffee #ruck #speedmarch #loadedmarch #dontbeadick #compressionsocks https://www.instagram.com/p/CbfAt5ygD1S/?utm_medium=tumblr

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No copywrite intended, but I built an entire file of apps that help me plot plan and record activities like reeces, tabs, walks or even just days out with the family. This helps build a great portfolio of documentation. Experience is key when conducting any form of yomping/tabbing and this list of apps is a great way to get around recording bits. Or simply do similar to me and not only embrace the modern tech but use a journal or notepad aswell and a paper map and kneeboard. Apps that help plan stuff: @ordnancesurvey #osmaps @metoffice @timetreeapp @englishheritage #daysout @nationaltrust Apps that make recording better and more consistent: @strava @samsunguk #samsunghealth #samsungnotes Camera app and gallery @google #maps Apps for if things get messy: @ordnancesurvey_maps #oslocate @what3words Also good signal coverage which most providers have these days and alt comms like @whatsapp 👌 Finally apps for the end of a great trek @headspace 🌊 let the relaxing sounds of waves and breathing keep your mind refreshed 💪🥾 🌍 LET US KNOW WHAT APPS YOU FOLKS USE AND WHY BELOW, KEEP INFORMATION FLOWING AND EXPAND THE COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE BASE 🗺 https://www.instagram.com/p/CbLEnBWtSHQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Route reece that I did the other day, weather conditions aren't the best recently due to the past few storms and rain spells. But I always do two things after a reece, take a series of photos for points of interest i.e. bridges or ditches and crossings also sign info if there are any on route. And I fill out a log book so if I need to refer to it I can at a later date. The down side to suffolk life is unfortunately the whole place is pretty flat so elevation data and hill reps are not a thing but yomping on good paths is a start to any good day out 👍🥾 The irrigation ditch in all these pictures is close to my home and is the whole length of the fields without roads between (approx 1 mile), when dry its really gravely, I think running in this as a steeple chase would be great fun in the summer 👌 using the tunnel and the foot bridges as obstacles. #steeplechase #rivercrossing #trenchrun #royalengineers #armyaircorps #crosscountry #ubique #britisharmy #reece #rehabilitation @corps_of_royal_engineers @theparachuteregiment @299parasqn @24cdore @royalmarines @21engr @airborne_sappers @royalarmyphysicaltrainingcorps https://www.instagram.com/p/Cat4xv5udqo/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Daysack trekking? Essential itinerary for your reece yomp? Everyone has different views of what is essential for this kind of activity, but my basics always start the same. A solid robust and tidy looking pack to start, I use for my reece trails a @mountainwarehouse green daysack, great little number and fits kit in as a top load so not much different from a typical military bergen/daysack. Second to that everything is then drysack bagged for weather protection, and labelled for ease of usage, I normally run a wet bag and warm bag, the wet bag has a waterproof suit and socks inside, the warm bag a spare shirt, jumper or fleece and socks and underwear. If weather drops below freezing I may top this with a set of thermals to stay warm. The orange dry bag contains, spare hat and gloves and scarf/headover. Then essential kit for every reece a map and journal to record vital route info and timings and conditional information and a med kit for the event of any injuries, blisters or pains. All covered in the diary coming soon, its currently sat being read over by a friend to help with the proof reading 👍 then a first publish will finger's crossed be underway, platform type and method in process for best delivery to anyone wanting a copy. Pdf as it currently stands. #ubique #royalengineers #yomp #tab #rehabilitation #reece #gonetabbing #bookpublishing #bergenpacking #ruck #speedmarch #loadedmarch https://www.instagram.com/p/CarpEcRN5ds/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Back to where this whole journey began, by looking for my great grandfather. Since then its turned into a historical page, a fundraiser and a loaded marching page, with some personal bit thrown in between. But all in all its opened doors and avenues I would never have seen without the need or want to find my families history. Anyone out there wanting to find their family history of military past, there is more than enough information lurking out there it just needs uncovering effectively to be retold. List of great places to start that are easy to ask for information: @commonwealthwargraves @imperialwarmuseums @nat_mem_arb @nationalarchivesuk @remuseum (and any other military units museum that your researching) also try this it may surprise you but documentaries are brilliant for building a picture of history like @netflixuk world at war colourised series. Also reach out to an existing research page or veteran charity or group as they may already have some of the answers you seek 👍 #ubique #britisharmy #history #geography #royalengineers #combatengineer https://www.instagram.com/p/CaUcAzPt1E2/?utm_medium=tumblr