Also 4th Regt of Drop Shorts as Lodgers. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. We still had to sleep in the rooms whilst they were drying out,(not so good!). 51 Fd Sqn (Airfds) transferred from 39 Engr Regt as 51 Fd Sqn (Const), 11 & 32 Fd Sqns, 51 Fd Sqn (Const), 15 Fd Sup Sqn. It was then re-designated a Railway Company in 1885 serving in the Boer War, Sudan and both World Wars. 38 Corps Engineer Regiment. In 1996 the OC was a great bloke Mike Marples. Cheers The next year the regiment was inactivated by relief personnel and re-organised the next year within the Organized Reserves as a RAI unit and HQd in San Antonia, Texas. Served the comunity for 21 years as a Councillor in Gillingham and Medway. 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Armd Inf) (Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany) 7th Armoured Brigade (Bergen-Hohne, Lower Saxony, Germany) 23rd Engineer Regiment (Close Support) (Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England) 13th Air Assault Support Regiment, RLC (Colchester, Essex, England) As Royal Engineers we are expected to be a Soldiers first, secondly a Combat Engineers and finally a Tradesmen. WebThe 23rd Engineer Regiment (Road) was reconstituted and consolidated with the 23rd Engineer Regiment (General Service) on 28 April 1932 and remained part of Third Corps. The regiment was later disbanded in 1993 as a result of the Options for Change. Jonathan is currently looking for photographs, cine or just good old drivers tales of the Wickham trolleys used on the various military railways in the UK such as Bicester, Bramshall, East Riggs, Eskemeals, Kineton, Longmoor, Pontrilas & Uttoxeter. Have fun. The regiment served as infantry in Northern Ireland from March - July 1972. Barracks Your donation goes towards maintaining and developing the Sappers website. Web21 Engineer Regiment Timeline Formed in Holzminden, Germany in 1949, the Regiment moved to Nienburg in 1951, and granted the Freedom of the city in 1980. 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment - Wikipedia Member Profile: Ken Webber - Find a Grave I arrived in March 1982 first impressions where is everybody, answer out on jobs. More info will be added here as I get the time, but for now it's a "base" for establishing comms with other members of the same unit. 33 sqn joined 37 eng reg in 1967 from Cyprus. For reasons like this, I have avoided ALL names such as Amph, Cdo, Indep, Hugh, Pugh and Barney McGrue, This is the main page for the squadron or unit. In 1932 the battalion consolidated with the 23rd Engineer Regiment (Highways) which had been re-constituted that same day. Former Royal Netherlands Army Base "Elias Beeckman", Former 3 Base Ammunition Depot Bracht, 3BAD / Nature reserve Brachter Wald. Twitter : owlapps Squadrons The regiment was later disbanded in 1993 as a result of the Options for Change. 15 HQ Sqn one troop in Northern Ireland. It provides engineer support to 16 Air Assault Brigade in both the British Army units from 1945 on - 23 Regiment 23rd Engineer Battalion (United States) - Military Wiki Advice if you get through you will be out on jobs often living in digs, you will be paid subsistence, if you muck up with your money see me and we will sort. NORTHAG wartime structure in 1989 | Military Wiki | Fandom The regiment served as infantry in Northern Ireland from March - July 1972. Sadly on the 23 May 1982 aboard HMS Antelope S/Sgt Jim Prescott CGM was killed and SSM John Phillips DSC lost his arm. HQRE 2 Div moved to Osnabruck. Meanwhile, I've had this lot from Derek Stevenson; POCKET HISTORY OF 16th FIELD SQUADRON The beginning The oldest squadron in the Corps today is lst Fortress Squadron, which was formed in 1772. In April 1956, the 23rd began shipping out to Europe for the third time. Osnabruck - Royal Engineers 1945 to Sept 1958 - Facebook The regiment is currently based at Rock Barracks in Suffolk and consists of three regular squadrons and one Army Reserve squadron. Web35 Engineer Regiment RE; Date: Place / notes: Sub units / remarks: 35 Army Engineer Regiment: 1948: Germany: Roberts Bks, Osnabruck: 16, 30 and 42 Fd Sqns Joined 11 Engineer Group, 1 (BR) Corps as Corps Engineer Regt. Sub-units - Remarks. From late 1967 to mid 1969, the Squadron was the nucleus and administrative hub of the Engineer Task Force for the earthwork construction of a German civilian airport at Greven, near Munster, and was thus responsible for the largest earthmoving operation ever undertaken by the Corps.