Background
The Royal School of Military Engineering is the British Army's Centre of Excellence for Military Engineering and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training. Located on several sites in Chatham, Kent, Camberley in Surrey, Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire and Bicester, Oxfordshire.
The Royal School of Military Engineering offers superb training facilities for the full range of Royal Engineer skills. The RSME encourages and promotes a wide range of sporting activities and clubs enabling all personnel to participate either as individuals or as part of a team. All sites have well equipped gymnasiums, squash and tennis courts, hockey, rugby and football pitches. The Combat Engineer Wing at Camberley maintains a swimming pool in order to enable combat and competitive swimming training.
The RSME was founded by Major (later General Sir) Charles Pasley, as the Royal Engineer Establishment in 1812. It was renamed the School of Military Engineering in 1868 and granted the "Royal" prefix in 1962.
The RSME at Bromton Barracks at Chatham is also home to the Royal Engineers Museum and the Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE).
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