Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment

The Columbia Detachment of the Royal Engineers was an elite contingent of the Royal Engineers of the British Army that was responsible for the foundation of British Columbia as the Colony of British Columbia in 1858. It was commanded by Colonel Richard Clement Moody, and also included Captains Robert Mann Parsons, John Marshall Grant, Henry Reynolds Luard, and William Driscoll Gosset, and Lieutenants Arthur Reid Lempriere and Henry Spencer Palmer.

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