75 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)

75 Engineer Regiment
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Role Combat engineering
Size Three field squadrons

75 Engineer Regiment is a Royal Engineers regiment, part of the British Army's Army Reserve.

History

On formation in 1967 the regiment was partially made up of squadrons (125 and 143 Squadrons) from the former North Midland Divisional Engineers. In 1993 and 1999 respectively, 125 (Staffordshire) Field Squadron at Stoke-on-Trent and 143 Plant Squadron at Walsall joined 75 Engineer Regiment. 143 Plant Squadron was subsequently disbanded, but 125 Field Squdron has a Plant Troop at Cannock.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 118–432 Rgts RE at British Army 1945 on. Archived February 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Divisional RE at British Army 1945 on.
  3. ↑ 75 Engineer Rgt at Regiments.org
  4. ↑ 75 Engineer Rgt at MoD site (archived December 2005)
  5. ↑ 75 Engineer Rgt at Sappers.co.uk

References

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