BILLY MACLEOD MBE

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Where Are the Sappers?

20/06/2026

On the men who built, blew and held the line in 1940, and the novel that finally puts them at the centre of the story. Ask most people to picture…

Once a Sapper, Always a Sapper

20/06/2026

On the men who made up a Royal Engineers section, the bonds that held them together, and why a novel is the right place to find them. There is a…

First In, Last Out: The Craft of the Sapper

20/06/2026

On bridges built and broken, charges packed by hand, and the practical genius that most accounts of the war leave out. Picture a soldier and you picture a rifle. Fair…

Unsung Engineers of Dunkirk: The Real Sappers Behind A Sapper’s Story

11/07/2026

Most people still picture Dunkirk as soldiers queuing on beaches and little ships crossing the Channel, not the men in denim overalls wiring bridges in the dark. Yet without the…

The Nominal Roll: 333 Names at the Back of A Sapper’s Story

20/08/2026

The nominal roll at the back of A Sapper’s Story is closed at 333 names. What a nominal roll is, who the names honour, and why they belong in this…

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