73 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)

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73 Engineer Regiment
Active1969 - 2014
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Branch Army
Type Engineers
Size Regiment
Part of I Corps
29th Engineer Brigade
12th Engineer Brigade
Garrison/HQ Nottingham

73 Engineer Regiment was a Territorial regiment of the Royal Engineers, part of the British Army active from 1969 to 2014.

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History

73 Engineer Regiment was formed when the Territorial Army was drastically reduced in the late 1960s. The regiment was created as a reinforcement combat engineer unit to support I (BR) Corps in Germany.

During 1969 - 1991, the regiment was assigned to 29 Engineer Brigade. It sponsored the Robin Hood Battalion cadre during 1969-71. In 1991, the regiment was re-organized to become 73 Air Support Engineer Regiment. In 1997, the regiment was assigned to 12 (Air Support) Engineer Brigade. [1] Parts of the regiment served in Operation Telic I and Operation Telic III. [2] In 2006, the regiment was re-organized to become 73 Engineer Regiment. [2] In 2014, the 350th Squadron was transferred to 33 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Engineer Regiment [2] ; the rest of the regiment was disbanded.

Structure

The regiment's structure changed over its history; the structure just before disbandment was: [2] [3]

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575 Squadron
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129 Squadron
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350 Squadron
Locations:
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Other squadrons that served with the regiment were: [2]

References

  1. THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS: ORGANIZATION AND UNITS 1889—2018. p. 314.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS: ORGANIZATION AND UNITS 1889—2018. p. 315.
  3. "73 Engineer Regiment (V) [UK]". 2007-12-18. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  4. 1 2 3 4 THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS: ORGANIZATION AND UNITS 1889—2018. p. 322.
  5. 1 2 THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS: ORGANIZATION AND UNITS 1889—2018. p. 319.
  6. "West Riding Engineers [UK]". 2007-11-30. Archived from the original on 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  7. THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS: ORGANIZATION AND UNITS 1889—2018. p. 320.
  8. "1st London Engineers [UK]". 2007-11-22. Archived from the original on 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  9. THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS: ORGANIZATION AND UNITS 1889—2018. p. 321.
  10. "The West Riding Regiment, RA (T) [UK]". 2008-01-06. Archived from the original on 2008-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  11. THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS: ORGANIZATION AND UNITS 1889—2018. p. 318.
  12. "West Riding Engineers [UK]". 2007-11-28. Archived from the original on 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  13. "Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey [UK]". 2008-01-03. Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2019-01-05.