Our history
1 Close Support Medical Regiment had been formed in Germany on 1 April 2000 by the amalgamation of 1, 2 and 3 Armoured Field Ambulances (themselves formed from the six field ambulances of the British Army of the Rhine, see detail below).
1 Medical Regiment had only existed for six years, having been formed on 1 April 2008 when 1 Close Support Medical Regiment disbanded to form 1 and 2 Medical Regiments.
The regiment was reformed and transitioned from its original role of providing close medical support to 20th Armoured Brigade, which was based in Sennelager, northern Germany, under command of the 1st (United Kingdom) Division
The Regiment came under the operational command of the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division on 6 January 2015, and now forms part of the Army’s Reaction Force, attached to 101st Logistic Brigade.
The Regiment moved in September 2015 from Bergen-Hohne to Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager.
As part of the overall withdrawal of British troops, the Regiment is scheduled to move from Sennelager to Bhurtpore Barracks, Tidworth in 2019, thus starting another chapter in the eventful and distinguished history of the medical regiments of the British Army.