8th Engineer Brigade (United Kingdom)

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8th Engineer Brigade
8th Force Engineer Brigade
Headquarters Royal Engineers, Theatre Troops
8th Engineer Brigade UK badge.png
Formation badge of the brigade
Active2005 – present
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
TypeSupport formation
Role Military Engineering
Size Brigade
Part of Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
Brigade HQ Gibraltar Barracks, Minley
Engagements
Website 8th Engineer Brigade

8th Engineer Brigade (8 Eng Bde) is an engineering support formation of the British Army, under the command of HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, supporting NATO.

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History

In August 2001, Headquarters Royal Engineers, Theatre Troops was established as a subdivision of HQ Theatre Troops based in Upavon. On 1 April 2005, the headquarters was redesignated as part of the LANDmark review as 8th Force Engineer Brigade and subsequently took control of the three engineer groups: 12th (Air Support), 29th (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search), and 170th (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Groups. The new brigade's headquarters was also based at Upavon, now at Trenchard Lines. [1]

As part of the Army 2020 reorganisation following the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010, HQ Theatre Troops was redesignated as Force Troops Command, while the brigade headquarters was moved to Gibraltar Barracks in Minley and subsequently took control of 25th (Close Support) Engineer Group. However, in 2016 as part of the subsequent Army 2020 Refine changes, 25 Engineer Group was moved under direct control of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. Consequently, two regiments of 25 Engineer Group; 32nd and 35th Engineer Regiments were moved under 12 Engineer Group. [1]

In August 2020, a reorganisation of the Field Army, the brigade was moved under control of 1st (United Kingdom) Division. The brigade has been also regionally aligned with the South Asian region as part of defence engagement. [2] [3] [4]

In 2024, the brigade was resubordinated to HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, supporting the NATO High Readiness Force (Land). [5]

Structure

The current structure of the brigade is as follows: [6] [7]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Watson & Rinaldi, p. 266
  2. "8 Engineer Brigade". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. "Information regarding British Army brigades being regionally aligned" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Ministry of Defence UK. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020. Responsible Organisation 8th Engineer Brigade Region South Asia
  4. "Army restructures to confront evolving threats". GOV.UK. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. "SOLDIER". edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  6. 1 2 "FOI(A) regarding the order of battle of 8th Engineer Brigade" (PDF). What do they know?. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. 1 2 Army 2020 Update Archived 10 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "HQ 8 Engr Bde CIS Tp". Twitter. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Army, Question for Ministry of Defence — current Order of Battle by manpower and basing locations for the corps". United Kingdom Parliament — Written questions, answers, and statements. 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  10. "Transforming A 'Super Garrison': Construction At Catterick". Forces Network. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  11. 1 2 3 Ministry of Defence (July 2013). "Transforming the British Army an Update" (PDF). Parliamentary Publishments. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  12. Cooper, Tim. "Queen's Gurkha Engineers Celebrate 73rd Birthday". Forces Network. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Written Question for the Ministry of Defence regarding Army basing and personnel". Parliamentary Replies. 22 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  14. "36 Engineer Regiment". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  15. "36 Engineer Regiment". 36 Engineer Regiment — Twitter. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  16. "39 Engineer Regiment". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  17. Watson & Rinaldi, p. 281.
  18. "OC 43 HQ & Sp Sqn RE". OC 43 HQ & Sp Sqn RE — Twitter. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  19. "20 Works Group RE (Air Support)". British Army. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  20. "Royal Engineers Work Groups location 2018". British Army. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  21. 1 2 "Information regarding locations of Army Reserve units" (PDF). What do they know?. 6 July 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  22. Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 335–338. (RE Order of Battle Army 2020)
  23. Lord & Watson, p. 127.
  24. Royal Corps of Signals, The Wire Summer 2021
  25. Army Secretariat, FOI(A) Request in relation to current British Army Garrisons/Installations with Garrison Sergeant Major s (20 March 2018). assets.publishging.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  26. "Force Troops Command Handbook" . Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  27. "Falcon Squadron: Meet The Army's Chemical Hazard Team". Forces Network. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  28. "The FUCHS Simulator is alive once more. Rhinemetall prove all systems work ready for its move south to Harman Lines, in perpetration for its refurbishment with FALCON". The Royal Tank Regiment – Facebook. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  29. "Written evidence - Ministry of Defence". data.parliament.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

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