Joseph Rudyard Kipling. (№ 369784)

We stopped in the brick of straw lay -
This is first done our part,
The work of the Lord engineers
Engineering her Majesty's troops
With the content and the rank of sapper.
Because since then, from war to war
Page history us full,
From the very first lines - the engineers
Engineering her Majesty's troops
With the content and the rank of sapper.