71 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)
71 Engineer Regiment is a Scottish Army Reserve (formerly Territorial Army) regiment of the Royal Engineers, British Army. Its headquarters are at RAF Leuchars, Fife, and it has units across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Its regular army paired unit is 39 Engineer Regiment, at Kinloss, Moray.
The regiment was formed on 1 April 1967 from 51 Highland Divisional Engineers, 52 Lowland Divisional Engineers, 80 (Scottish) Port Regiment, and 432 (City of Edinburgh) Corps Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers.[1] 432 Corps Engineer REgiment became 104 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Engineers.[2]
The three squadrons are:[3]
- 102 Field Squadron at Paisley – the former 102 (Clyde) Field Squadron, successor to the Renfrewshire Fortress Royal Engineers[4]
- 124 Field Squadron at Cumbernauld with Troop detachments in Leuchars and Orkney and a Training Location in Kinloss Barracks.
- 591 Field Squadron at Bangor
It also has troops at Leuchars, in the Orkneys (10 Troop) and at Kinloss.[3]
References
- ↑ T.F. Mills, 71 Engineer Regiment
- ↑ Edinburgh Engineers at Regiments.org
- 1 2 http://www.army.mod.uk/royalengineers/units/28726.aspx
- ↑ 80–177 Rgts RE at British Army 1945 on.
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