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E.M.E., REME, n.3|ˈriːmiː|
Also Reemy.
[Acronym f. initials of Royal (Corps of) Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.]
A Corps of the British Army, formed on 1 June 1942, which handles the repair and maintenance of military machinery. Also attrib.
1942Daily Tel. 1 Sept. 4/4 R.E.M.E.—you may pronounce it ‘Reemie’—marks an important step forward in Army organisation and a break with a tradition which goes back to Creçy and Poitiers. 1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 55 Reemy, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, formed in 1942 for the repair of Army tanks. 1944A. Jacob Traveller's War xiii. 219 It could not have functioned without R.E.M.E. and the enormous industrial undertaking in the rear which this corps operated. 1965A. Nicol Truly Married Woman 16 He had had an outing..with Higgins, a REME Lieutenant, to see some ruined, Roman fortifications. 1975C. Mott-Radclyffe Foreign Body in Eye xiii. 209 My son is a corporal in the REME and is working as a fitter in one of the ordnance sheds at Tel-el-Kebir. 1978R. V. Jones Most Secret War xlix. 484 We had two other R.E.M.E. officers, Majors K. G. Dobson and R. A. Fell. |