73 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)

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

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.

From 1969 - 1991 the regiment was assigned to 29 Engineer Brigade. It sponsored the Robin Hood Battalion cadre, 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. Parts of the regiment served in Operation Telic I and Operation Telic III. In 2006 the regiment was re-organized to become 73 Engineer Regiment. In 2014 the regiment was disbanded and only 1 squadron remained and moved to 33 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Engineer Regiment.

Structure

The regiment's structure changed a bit through its history, the structure just before disbandment:

• Headquarters Troop
• 575 (Sherwood Foresters) Field Squadron
• 129 (East Riding) Field Squadron
• 350 (Nottinghamshire) Field Squadron

A number of former squadrons served with the regiment including:

• 129 Headquarters and Support Squadron
• 217 (London) Field Squadron
• 272 (West Riding Artillery) Field Squadron
• 873 Movement Light Squadron
• 106 (West Riding) Field Squadron
• The Jersey Field Squadron, Royal Engineers

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