71 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)

71 Engineer Regiment is an Army Reserve regiment of the Royal Engineers, British Army. Its headquarters is at RAF Leuchars, Fife, and has units across Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland. Its regular army paired unit is 39 Engineer Regiment, at Kinloss, Moray.

71 Engineer Regiment
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RoleCombat engineering
SizeThree field squadrons

History

The regiment was formed on 1 April 1967 from 52 Lowland Divisional Engineers, 80 (Scottish) Port Regiment, 432 (City of Edinburgh) Corps Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers and 102 Corps Engineer Regiment (Paisley) The first CO was Lt Col Donald Macey.[1] 432 Corps Engineer Regiment became 104 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Engineers.102 Regiment became 102 Field Squadron (AER). 80 Port regiment became RHQ. 52 Lowland divisional engineers became 124 Field Squadron.[2] The other two Scottish regiments were 51 (Highland) Divisional Engineer Regiment and 117 Corps Engineer Regiment. They formed 117 Field Support Squadron with Hq and two troops in Dundee, and a Plant Troop in Aberdeen. 117 came under command 71 Regiment at a later date

Organization

Today the regiment consists of:[3]

References
  1. T.F. Mills, 71 Engineer Regiment
  2. Edinburgh Engineers at Regiments.org
  3. "Army Reserve Units". Google My Maps. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  4. "Royal Engineers Units". British Army. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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