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Going Underground With The Sappers Of Gibraltar

This year marks the 300th anniversary of the Royal Engineers - commonly known as the 'Sappers'. 
 
Gibraltar is often thought of as the spiritual home of the Corps and it was here that the first company of soldier sappers came into being. 
 
One of their major contributions to history was the creation of the intricate tunnel system within the Rock itself, as Forces TV's Hannah King found out...
 
 

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