AUXILIARY CORPS
Lord Milne’s Command
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 2. The veteran soldier Field-Marshal Lord Milne, who was Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1926 to 1933, has been appointed Colonel Commandant of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps.
The corps are being trained to make, man and defend the defences of the country. They played a creditable part in the recent operations in Flanders and France, and they formed a part of the rearguard which defended Boulogne during the evacuation, and also took part in the defence of Dunkirk.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 239, 4 July 1940, Page 9
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