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British trade union leader (1931–2006)
Alan Louis Geoffrey Sapper (18 March 1931 – 19 May 2006) was a British trade union leader. Alan Sapper was born in 1931 in Hammersmith, West London. He
Alan_Sapper
Topics referred to by the same term
military service. Sapper may also refer to: Sapper (author), the pen name of Herman Cyril McNeile (1888–1937), British author Alan Sapper (1931–2006), British
Sapper_(disambiguation)
Former trade union of the United Kingdom
trade unionists. In 1969, Elvin was replaced as General Secretary by Alan Sapper. Sapper would play a leading role in the 1979 ITV strike. The union repeatedly
Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians
Association_of_Cinematograph,_Television_and_Allied_Technicians
Film and TV production facility in England
Mitchell and the help of John Reed, who was on the board of EMI, and Alan Sapper, the head of the ACTT Union, Mitchell turned the studios into a four-wall
Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)
Elstree_Studios_(Shenley_Road)
British trade unionist (1922–1989)
Latymer Upper School. His younger brother Alan also went on to be a noted trade union leader. In World War II, Sapper was a Senior Instructor in the Royal
Laurie_Sapper
Robert Makzoumi, 87-88, Egyptian Olympic basketball player (1948). Alan Sapper, 75, British trade unionist. Tee Jay, 44, Ghanaian-born British boxer
Deaths_in_May_2006
International trade union federation
established in February 1975 at a conference in London, on the initiative of Alan Sapper and the British Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians
International Federation of Trade Unions of Audio-Visual Workers
International_Federation_of_Trade_Unions_of_Audio-Visual_Workers
Political party in the United Kingdom (1920–1991)
Broad Left went on to help elect Ray Buckton (ASLEF), Ken Cameron (FBU), Alan Sapper (ACTT) and Jack Jones (TGWU) in 1969. Gerry Pocock, Assistant Industrial
Communist Party of Great Britain
Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain
Parliamentary Group 2025: Paul W. Fleming (Equity) 1968: George Elvin 1970: Alan Sapper 1991: Position abolished "Entertainment unions form confederation", The
Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions
Broadcasting,_Entertainment_and_Arts_Unions
British trade unionist
Alan Fisher (20 June 1922 – 20 March 1988) was a British trade unionist. Born in Birmingham, Fisher spent his entire working life at the National Union
Alan_Fisher_(trade_unionist)
Trade union
Philippa Childs took over as secretary of the sector. 1991: Tony Hearn and Alan Sapper 1991: Tony Hearn 1993: Roger Bolton 2007: Gerry Morrissey 2017: Mike
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union
Broadcasting,_Entertainment,_Communications_and_Theatre_Union
British media publication
Keys, James Lamond MP, Jim Layzell, Alfred Lomas MEP, Joan Maynard MP, Alan Sapper, Gordon Schaffer and William Wilson MP. Frank Swift was responsible for
Straight_Left
British trade union leader (1929–2019)
post General Secretary of the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union 1991–1993 With: Alan Sapper (1991) Succeeded by Roger Bolton
Tony_Hearn
English trade unionist and musician (1925–2021)
Grantham and Alan Sapper Non-manual workers representative on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress 1975–1983 With: Alan Sapper Succeeded by
John_Morton_(trade_unionist)
Trade union for professional writers
positive experience in new writing over the previous year." 1964: Alan Sapper 1967: Alan Griffiths 1970s: Elaine Steel 1979–1982: Ian Rowland-Hill 1980s:
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Writers'_Guild_of_Great_Britain
British trade union association
1968 1925 Herbert Henry Elvin NUCAW 1940 Tom O'Brien NATKE 1968 Leslie Littlewood ABS 1970 Alan Sapper ACTT 1971 Roy Grantham APEX 1975 John Morton MU
General Council of the Trades Union Congress
General_Council_of_the_Trades_Union_Congress
Leader of the British trade union
1980 Terry Parry Fire Brigades Union 1981 Alan Fisher National Union of Public Employees 1982 Alan Sapper Association of Cinematograph Television and
President of the Trades Union Congress
President_of_the_Trades_Union_Congress
Scottish trade unionist
left-wing group, including Rodney Bickerstaffe, Ken Cameron, Bill Keys, Alan Sapper and Jim Slater. In 1981, he won election as chair of the Trades Councils
Doug_Grieve
British trade union leader
Succeeded by Alan Sapper Preceded by New position General Secretary of the Federation of Entertainment Unions 1968–1970 Succeeded by Alan Sapper Preceded by
George_Elvin
(Fed Up With Losing) in 1999 after a discussion with Kenny Cameron, Alan Sapper and Ken Gill. The group became more widely known in the public and media
Mick_Rix
British trade union leader (1921–2004)
General Council of the TUC 1970 – 1982 Council reorganised Preceded by Alan Sapper President of the Trades Union Congress 1983 Succeeded by Ray Buckton
Frank_Chapple
British trade union leader and political activist
Non-manual Workers representative on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress 1968–1970 With: Tom O'Brien Succeeded by Tom O'Brien and Alan Sapper
Leslie_Littlewood
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Tunnelling Company, Corps of Royal Engineers. He was 43 years old and a Sapper in British Army during the First World War when he performed a deed for
William_Hackett_(VC)
New Zealand cricketer
McLean could play first-class cricket. A carpenter by trade, he served as a sapper with New Zealand forces in North Africa. In 1947-48, at the age of 36, McLean
Alan McLean (New Zealand cricketer)
Alan_McLean_(New_Zealand_cricketer)
Steam engineering company, best known for their road rollers
steam sappers being supplied other than for road use. Nowers states that sapper number 9 was fitted with railway wheels for a trial and that sapper number
Aveling_and_Porter
1979 British TV drama series
can Gordon Kane as Sapper Gordon Mulley, also Ash's batman. He falls in love with the landlady's daughter. Robert Pugh as Sapper 'Tiny' Powell, a coarse
Danger_UXB
English author and bookseller (1920–1996)
examination. His father used his influence to allow Milne to join as a sapper in the 2nd Training Battalion of the Royal Engineers. He was commissioned
Christopher_Robin_Milne
Business laptops and tablets series from Lenovo
Richard Sapper and Tom Hardy, head of the corporate IBM Design Program. Development of the 700C also involved a close working relationship between Sapper and
ThinkPad
English architect, historian, critic and teacher (1921–2012)
London. In the Second World War Colquhoun was a captain in the Bengal Sappers and Miners, at Roorkee, India, where he first met future friend and architectural
Alan_Colquhoun
1968 play by Alan Bennett
sex education. There is a parody of the adventure novels of John Buchan, "Sapper" and their kind, described as "the school of Snobbery with Violence". We
Forty_Years_On_(play)
Fictional character by H. C. McNeile
fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard
Bulldog_Drummond
British actor (born 1948)
graduated in 1976. He appeared in the 1979 production of Danger UXB as Sapper Powell, a young Royal Engineer in a Bomb Disposal Company during the Second
Robert_Pugh
English actor (born 1942)
1963–1966 Play of the Week Mick / Frank Barnes / Arthur 4 episodes 1964 Redcap Sapper Russell Episode: "Epitaph for a Sweat" The Sullavan Brothers David Hemming
Ian_McShane
Form factor
radio cassette player, which was introduced in 1974 (the designer Richard Sapper was responsible for all three of these, and was subsequently involved in
Clamshell_design
Scottish actor
Orawn, NK-33, Private Cote, Private Ganbar, Private Wicke, Ri Farrona, Sapper, Sergeant, Sergeant Jaymis, Sergeant Pratt, Sith, Sith Apprentice, Soldier
Alec_Newman
2006 studio album by Kitarō
Naito - Executive Producer, Management Dino Malito - A&R, Management Howard Sapper - Business & Legal Affairs Hitoshi Saito - Marketing Kio Griffith - Art
Spiritual_Garden
4th episode of the 3rd season of The Wire
parole despite Pearlman's protests, and Cutty, Slim Charles, Gerard, and Sapper survey one of their dealers who has been short on his count. Later, Bodie
Hamsterdam
who was ready for war, The Telegraph, retrieved 8 March 2021, Life for Sapper Patrick Azimkar, one of the two British soldiers shot dead...The son of
List_of_British_Turks
Burnley (1933–1936). Died on active service in French Algeria serving as a sapper in the Royal Engineers on 6 March 1943 aged 32. Andy Ducat – England international
List of footballers killed during World War II
List_of_footballers_killed_during_World_War_II
5th episode of the 3rd season of The Wire
would be present, leaves the church. After snorting cocaine with Gerard and Sapper, Cutty is put in touch with an old man who helps him cheat a urine test
Straight_and_True
McBain Charles McCarry Val McDermid Andy McDermott Andy McNab H. C. McNeile (Sapper) Brad Meltzer Deon Meyer Alex Michaelides Margaret Millar Mark Mills Zygmunt
List_of_thriller_writers
Crewed full ocean depth rated submersible
to use the HES system to continue exploring the ocean depths, led by Prof Alan Jamieson of the University of Western Australia, who was chief scientist
DSV_Limiting_Factor
Fictional spy
Bulldog Drummond tales of Lieutenant Colonel Herman Cyril McNeile (aka "Sapper") and the Richard Hannay stories of John Buchan. His genius was to repackage
James Bond (literary character)
James_Bond_(literary_character)
1683 battle between the Christian European States and the Ottomans
000 men. During early September, approximately 5,000 experienced Ottoman sappers had repeatedly demolished large portions of the walls between the Burg
Battle_of_Vienna
War actions of the German military officer
counterattack supported by tanks, and went into the water himself, encouraging the sappers and helping lash together the pontoons. By 16 May Rommel reached Avesnes
Erwin Rommel in the Second World War
Erwin_Rommel_in_the_Second_World_War
British television period mystery series
being gassed in the First World War, and he also mentions that he was a sapper. He wears several rows of medal ribbons and multiple loose medals, suggesting
Father_Brown_(2013_TV_series)
Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) IV Motorized Engineer Battalion XI Sapper Battalion (attached) 4th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) Division
Operation Husky order of battle
Operation_Husky_order_of_battle
Syrian state from 1963 to 2024
Archived from the original on 18 April 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2008. George, Alan (2003). Syria: neither bread nor freedom. London: Zed Books. pp. 56–58.
Ba'athist_Syria
British writer (1908–1964)
devoured the Bulldog Drummond tales of Lieutenant Colonel H. C. McNeile (aka "Sapper") and the Richard Hannay stories of John Buchan. His genius was to repackage
Ian_Fleming
3rd episode of the 3rd season of The Wire
gently rebuffs his attempt to rekindle their past relationship. Gerard and Sapper: Young and idiotic Barksdale enforcers involved in the gunfight following
Dead_Soldiers
Royal Air Force officer rank
Two Bars, DFC – World War II bomber pilot and captain of "F for Freddie" Alan Rawlinson OBE, DFC & Bar, AFC, – Australian RAAF World War II fighter ace
Group_captain
Twelve members of Zionist paramilitary organizations executed by the British
planting three suitcase bombs at the Jerusalem train station, which killed one sapper endeavouring to remove them. He committed suicide on April 21, 1947, while
Olei_Hagardom
Family of Israeli submachine guns
nhân dân) informed that Technical Department of Special Operation Command (Sapper) had a project to design and manufacture calibration device for MARS attached
Uzi
American soldier and memoir writer (1760–1850)
Revolutionary War, and was mustered out as a 23-year-old Sergeant in a Sapper company. His published narrative of his experiences, re-discovered in the
Joseph_Plumb_Martin
1953 novel by Ian Fleming, the first James Bond book
Bulldog Drummond tales of Lieutenant Colonel Herman Cyril McNeile (aka "Sapper") and the Richard Hannay stories of John Buchan. His genius was to repackage
Casino_Royale_(novel)
Airport
Historical Research Agency. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2018. Vick, Alan (1995). Snakes in the Eagle's Nest A History of Ground Attacks on Air bases
Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base
Udorn_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base
World War II campaign in Russia
two rifle divisions in second echelon positions. Artillery support and sapper teams were also concentrated along major roads that German troops were expected
Battle_of_Moscow
Archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean
2009, in accordance with the UK's obligations under the Ottawa Treaty, and Sapper Hill Corral was cleared of mines in 2012, allowing access to an important
Falkland_Islands
American science fiction media franchise
2048: Nowhere to Run, also directed by Scott, follows Nexus-8 replicant Sapper Morton (Dave Bautista) as he protects a mother and daughter from thugs.
Blade_Runner_(franchise)
1989 military action in Panama
Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division [Scouts] and 59th Engineer Company (sappers) in a nighttime air assault which secured the fort in the early hours of
United States invasion of Panama
United_States_invasion_of_Panama
Parisien. January 12, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2025. Paris Brigade of Sappers & Firefighters [(BSPP, Paris' Bravest) ...] Issuance of an intervention
List of fires in high-rise buildings
List_of_fires_in_high-rise_buildings
Sergeant Steven Roberts 2nd Royal Tank Regiment Friendly fire 24 March 2003 Sapper Luke Allsopp Royal Engineers Killed by crowd 23 March 2003 Staff Sergeant
List of British casualties during the Iraq War
List_of_British_casualties_during_the_Iraq_War
2022 | Archive News year". www.armyrecognition.com. 17 February 2022. * "Alan Lushnikov: State Contracts for Supply of KUB Guided Munitions Fulfilled Early"
List of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces
List_of_equipment_of_the_Russian_Ground_Forces
British educator (1831–1915)
Edwards, a non-commissioned officer in the East India Company's Corps of Sappers and Miners, on 15 March 1829 in St James's Church, Tannah, Bombay Presidency
Anna_Leonowens
French Army corps of foreign nationals
of the Foreign Legion. The sapper traditionally sport large beards, wear leather aprons and gloves and hold axes. The sappers were very common in European
French_Foreign_Legion
Military unit
"Documents". www.wood.army.mil. Sapper Leader Course. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017. "SAPPER LEADER COURSE PAMPHLET" (PDF)
Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Army_Reserve_Officers'_Training_Corps
End of the Vietnam War, 30 April 1975
people for donations of blood, food, etc. On the morning of 30 April, PAVN sappers attempted to seize the Newport Bridge but were repulsed by the ARVN Airborne
Fall_of_Saigon
Canadian murderer (1913–1943)
illiteracy. One of these colleagues to compose letters for Sangret was a sapper named Clarence Bear, whom Sangret asked to write a letter to a woman with
August_Sangret
Чонкина Aleksey Kiryushchenko Adventure, Comedy, War. 2007 Russia Ukraine Sappers Саперы Boris Shcherbakov Vasily Shcherbakov 2007 Belarus Homeland or death
List of World War II feature films since 1990
List_of_World_War_II_feature_films_since_1990
Appointments made by King Charles III
Commander Brian Mark Colligan Air Specialist (Class 1) David John Goodwin Sapper Alex Appleby-Mason, The Royal Engineers, Army Reserve Lieutenant Commander
2026_Birthday_Honours
ISBN 978-1-4008-2128-0. Roe, John Alan (2002). Shakespeare and Machiavelli. DS Brewer. ISBN 978-0-85991-764-3. Roe, John Alan (2002). Shakespeare and Machiavelli
List_of_stock_characters
English actor (1923–2009)
(1950) as 2nd Sapper Officer The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) as Duke of Dorset A Tale of Five Cities (1951) Death Is a Number (1951) as Alan Robert The Gentle
Terence_Alexander
Demand of the Indian armed forces
of 3 Gorkha Rifles), Maj Gen Lalji D Singh (Corps of Engineers, Bombay Sappers), Maj Gen Chander Nandwani, Brig KG Behl, Brig RS Rawat, Brig Vijay Kumar
One_Rank,_One_Pension
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
Vegetable, Mineral? and Song Hunter, a series about folk music presented by Alan Lomax. Attenborough's association with natural history programmes began when
David_Attenborough
Hypothetical devices to extract oxygen from water
problems involved. Bill Christensen (2005). "Breathe Like A Fish Thanks To Alan Bodner". Science Fiction in the News. Technovelgy.com. Archived from the
Artificial_gills_(human)
Irregular soldiers, made up of unmarried youths
azebs. Azebs in fortresses had duties such as building bridges, working as sappers and doing the job of armorers, especially after conscription of devshirme
Azeb
Military airport in Rayong, Thailand
in April 1972. On 10 January 1972, three communist sappers attempted to destroy B-52s in a sapper attack using grenades and satchel charges. One attacker
U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
U-Tapao_Royal_Thai_Navy_Airfield
ITmedia. Retrieved 19 April 2025. "Mod. 5140". Richard Sapper. Retrieved 3 April 2026. Sapper, Richard (1986), IBM PC Convertible, retrieved 3 April 2026
History_of_laptops
English writer and poet (1865–1936)
work of engineers in some of his poems, such as "The Sons of Martha", "Sappers" and "McAndrew's Hymn", and in other writings, including short-story anthologies
Rudyard_Kipling
German field marshal (1891–1944)
counterattack supported by tanks, and went into the water himself, encouraging the sappers and helping lash together the pontoons. By 16 May Rommel reached Avesnes
Erwin_Rommel
Flying ace and police chief (1896–1961)
Lieutenant Alan Rice-Oxley (1 July 1896 – 21 July 1961) was a British pilot during World War I. He became a flying ace in 1918, credited with six aerial
Alan_Rice-Oxley
Kirti Chakra awardees
Posthumous Deputy Commandant Harshpal Singh Central Reserve Police Force Sapper Prakash Jadhav The Corps of Engineers / 1st Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles
List of Kirti Chakra award recipients
List_of_Kirti_Chakra_award_recipients
1967 war between Israel and Arab states
crossings together with the Central Command's 10th. Engineering Corps sappers blew up the Abdullah and Hussein bridges with captured Jordanian mortar
Six-Day_War
Military history and organisation
Corps of Royal Military Artificers, which was renamed the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners in 1812. After the Ordnance Department was dissolved in 1855
British Army during the Victorian Era
British_Army_during_the_Victorian_Era
Military unit
Park Camp, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire which became the new home of a sapper battalion from the 3rd Carpathian Division, and London Road Camp in Brandon
3rd_Carpathian_Rifle_Division
Armed conflict in the Gaza Strip
areas. The Israeli advance was spearheaded by Combat Engineering Corps sappers opening routes and allowing the ground forces to advance while dismantling
Gaza_War_(2008–2009)
a Global Perspective, University of New Mexico Press, pp. 147–172. Karl Sapper. Das Element der Wirklichkeit und die Welt der Erfahrung. Grundlinien einer
Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Population_history_of_the_Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
British general (1833–1885)
took part in the assault of the Redan from 18 June to 8 September. As a sapper, Gordon had to map out the Russian fortifications at the city-fortress of
Charles_George_Gordon
British royal recognitions
Royal Logistic Corps. Capt Helen Margaret Loughborough, Intelligence Corps. Sapper Christopher Jeffrey Mann, Corps of Royal Engineers. Maj Stephen Douglas
2000_New_Year_Honours
Violent tactic resulting in the attacker's intentional death
armaments. He graduated Command and HQ School. Among his positions: instructor, sapper, Production Officer, Experimental Branch Head, 276 Battalion Commander,
Suicide_attack
1948 battle during the First Kashmir war
which bombarded the Pakistani troops for 20 minutes. Meanwhile the Indian sappers prepared to destroy the bridge and it was destroyed after two attempts
Battle_of_Chunj
8th episode of the 3rd season of The Wire
Omar's grandmother. Charles has Sapper and Gerard to stake out the house and tells them to wait for Omar to show up. Sapper once more fails to understand
Moral_Midgetry
Evil land in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
Tartar horsemen" or "eastern cavalry"; the siege of the walls by "Turkish sappers" or Mordor's Orcs; relief by a battle further downstream, whether by Charles
Mordor
English science fiction writer (1917–2008)
as quick as we can." In a three-day "dialogue on man and his world" with Alan Watts, Clarke said he was biased against religion and could not forgive religions
Arthur_C._Clarke
Military unit
33 Indian Mountain Regt IA 7 Indian Anti-Tank Regt IA Indian Engineers: Sappers & Miners 63rd & 425th Field Coys Q.V.O. Madras 93rd FD Company Royal Bombay
25th Infantry Division (India)
25th_Infantry_Division_(India)
Allied World War II special operation in Borneo
Hagger, Signaller John Richard Chandler, Private Ronald Edward Eagleton, Sapper Edgar Thomas 'Mick' Dennis. Caught by unexpected currents, the four folboats
Operation_Copper
William Rodgers 70 25 5 November 1981 Roy Hattersley, Nigel Lawson, Alan Sapper, Elizabeth Sidney 71 26 12 November 1981 Robin Cook, Ian Gilmore, Detta
List of Question Time episodes
List_of_Question_Time_episodes
Baronet Brigadier F W Houghton DSO MC, Royal Engineers, Bombay Miners and Sappers General Lord Houghton of Richmond Major-General Robert Houghton Lieutenant-General
List of British generals and brigadiers
List_of_British_generals_and_brigadiers
Modified tanks first used in the Normandy Landings
from the Royal Armoured Corps. One of the RE crew was a demolitions NCO sapper responsible for priming the "flying dustbin" as well as leading or supervising
Hobart's_Funnies
English writer and novelist (1885–1960)
'Chandos' novels to which Alan Bennett especially refers in naming Dornford Yates in the play Forty Years On (1972): "Sapper, Buchan, Dornford Yates, practitioners
Dornford_Yates
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