Units of the Royal Engineers

This is a list of units of the British Army's Royal Engineers.

Groups

2 Railway Construction and Maintenance Group (-1948)[1]
3 Railway Operating Group (-1951)[1]
11 Engineer Group (1951-1969)[2]
40 Army Support Group (1983-1992)[3]
170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group[4]

Division

1[5]
2nd Armoured Division Engineer Regiment[6] 23 Engr Regt and 25 Engr Regt amalgamated to form 2 Armd Div Engr Regt, September 1976. Based at Roberts Barracks, Osnabruck, served two tours in Northern Ireland; redesignated 25 Engineer Regiment in 1982.[7]
4[8]
7 Armoured[9]

Establishment

1 Engineer Training[9] became 21 Field Engineer Regiment

Regiments

Advanced Engineer Stores

40 (1952-)[10]

Amphibious Engineer

28[11]

Armoured Engineer

32[5]

Army Engineer

37[2]

Army Engineer Support

40[3]

Commando Engineer

24[4]

Corps Engineer

25[12]
35[13]
36[13]
38[2]

Engineer

Field Engineer

21 (1949-)[17]
23[18]
26[19]
27[20]

Parachute Engineer

23[4]

Squadrons

Amphibious

23[5]
64[11]

Amphibious Engineer

23[21]
28[22]
64[21]

Armoured

26[23]
31[23]
77[23]

Armoured Engineer

2[5]
3[4]
5[4]
8[4]
25[15]
26[12]
29[15]
30[4]
31[14]
33[4]
37[24]
39[15]
52[4]
73[14]
77[25]

Armoured Field

15[4]
26[4]
31[4]

Army Field Park

41[13]

Artillery Field

591 Antrim[4]

Assault

26[13]

Commando

54[4]
59[4]
131[4]

Corps Field Park

65[2]

Corps Support

65[11]

Depot

B[9]

Field

1[9]
2[18]
4[17]
5[18]
7[17]
10[26]
12[27]
16[13]
17[4]
20[13]
21[4]
24[13]
25[28]
27[17]
28[28]
29[19]
30[13]
33[2]
34[2]
37[12]
38[18]
39[12]
40[2]
42[13]
48[29]
49[4]
50[27]
51[30]
53[4]
57[1]
58[4]
59[12]
60[19]
61[1]
62[2]
63[2]
65[4]
66[1]
73[6]
100[4]
103 (1st Newcastle)[4]
106[4]
107[4]
209[9] became 4 Field Squadron
210[9] became 6 Field Squadron
211[9] became 45 Field Squadron
217 (EOD)[4]
221 (EOD)[4]
225[4]
350 (EOD)[4]
562[1]
564[1]
565[1]
579 (EOD)[4]
821[4]
'B' Depot Sqn[9]

Field (Militia)

100[24]

Field Park

20[1]
21[18]
41[2]
43[19]
44[28]
45[17]
65[15]
563[1]

Field Support

2[31]
43[32]
44[33]
45[34]
61[4]
65[15]
124[4]
202[4]

Field Survey

14[1]

Geographic

13[4]
14[16]
16[4]
135[4]

Gurkha Field

69[4]
70[15]

Headquarters

1[15]
2[15]
7[15]
44[24]
64[15]
71[11]

Headquarters & Support

2[4]
6[4]
7[4]
12[4]
38[4]
50[4]
60[4]

Independent Field Park

65[12]

Para

9[9]

Parachute

9[4]
51[4]
299[4]

Park

21[26]

Plant

41[35]
66[36]
339[10]

Railway

253[1]
254[1]
348[1]

Support

15[24]
21[37]
45[15]
103[37]

Topographic

14[38]

Training

24[4]
36[4]
55[4]
57[4]

Workshop

2[38]
46[38]
80[10]
1254[10]
1255[10]

Workshops and Park

21[35]
46[35]

Troops

Amphibious Engineer

412[4]

Army Troops

29[1]
30[1]

Troop

10 Orkney[4]
236[4]
412[15]
Hackett[4]

References

Citations

Watson 2005, p. 13.
Watson 2005, p. 32.
Watson 2005, p. 103.
"Royal Engineer Units". British Army. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
Watson 2005, p. 67.
Watson 2005, p. 68.
"British Army units from 1945 on - 2 Regiment".
Watson 2005, p. 70.
Watson 2005, p. 17.
Watson 2005, p. 31.
Watson 2005, p. 80.
Watson 2005, p. 53.
Watson 2005, p. 40.
Watson 2005, p. 69.
Watson 2005, p. 136.
Watson 2005, p. 140.
Watson 2005, p. 15.
Watson 2005, p. 14.
Watson 2005, p. 36.
Watson 2005, p. 47.
Watson 2005, p. 114.
Watson 2005, p. 58.
Watson 2005, p. 104.
Watson 2005, p. 137.
Watson 2005, p. 94.
Watson 2005, p. 79.
Watson 2005, p. 66.
Watson 2005, p. 34.
Watson 2005, p. 35.
Watson 2005, p. 111.
Watson 2005, p. 90.
Watson 2005, p. 83.
Watson 2005, p. 84.
Watson 2005, p. 81.
Watson 2005, p. 51.
"66 Plant Squadron ( Probably the Greatest Squadron of All) | the Sappers site".
Watson 2005, p. 87.
Watson 2005, p. 65.

Bibliography

Watson, G; Rinaldi, R (2005). The British Army in Germany: An Organizational History 1947-2004. Tiger Lily Publications. ISBN 0-9720296-9-9.

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[FOOTNOTEWatson200513-1] Watson 2005, p. 13.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200532-2] Watson 2005, p. 32.

[FOOTNOTEWatson2005103-3] Watson 2005, p. 103.

[REU-4] "Royal Engineer Units". British Army. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200567-5] Watson 2005, p. 67.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200568-6] Watson 2005, p. 68.

[7] "British Army units from 1945 on - 2 Regiment".

[FOOTNOTEWatson200570-8] Watson 2005, p. 70.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200517-9] Watson 2005, p. 17.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200531-10] Watson 2005, p. 31.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200580-11] Watson 2005, p. 80.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200553-12] Watson 2005, p. 53.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200540-13] Watson 2005, p. 40.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200569-14] Watson 2005, p. 69.

[FOOTNOTEWatson2005136-15] Watson 2005, p. 136.

[FOOTNOTEWatson2005140-16] Watson 2005, p. 140.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200515-17] Watson 2005, p. 15.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200514-18] Watson 2005, p. 14.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200536-19] Watson 2005, p. 36.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200547-20] Watson 2005, p. 47.

[FOOTNOTEWatson2005114-21] Watson 2005, p. 114.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200558-22] Watson 2005, p. 58.

[FOOTNOTEWatson2005104-23] Watson 2005, p. 104.

[FOOTNOTEWatson2005137-24] Watson 2005, p. 137.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200594-25] Watson 2005, p. 94.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200579-26] Watson 2005, p. 79.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200566-27] Watson 2005, p. 66.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200534-28] Watson 2005, p. 34.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200535-29] Watson 2005, p. 35.

[FOOTNOTEWatson2005111-30] Watson 2005, p. 111.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200590-31] Watson 2005, p. 90.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200583-32] Watson 2005, p. 83.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200584-33] Watson 2005, p. 84.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200581-34] Watson 2005, p. 81.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200551-35] Watson 2005, p. 51.

[36] "66 Plant Squadron ( Probably the Greatest Squadron of All) | the Sappers site".

[FOOTNOTEWatson200587-37] Watson 2005, p. 87.

[FOOTNOTEWatson200565-38] Watson 2005, p. 65.