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21 Engineer Regiment

21 Engineer Regiment provides light role, close support engineering to the Adaptable Force. It has three Squadrons based in Ripon, North Yorkshire.

Active From

1949

Role

Light Role Close Support Engineering

Specialism

Combat Engineering

Each Field Squadron provides close support engineering to units within the Adaptive Force, allowing them to live, move and fight within their area of operations.

The Headquarters and Support Squadron holds specialised capabilities such as a Reconnaissance Troop, Construction Design Cell, Divers, plant vehicles, and Automotive Bridge Launching Equipment (ABLE) for General Support Bridging (GSB).

  • Combat Engineer

  • Artisan Tradesman

  • Plant Operator

  • Driver

  • Communications Specialist

  • Resources Specialist

  • Reconnaissance Specialist

  • Army Diver

Operation Trenton - Supporting the United Nation's Peace Keeping Force in South Sudan

Operation Catan - Somalia

Operation Herrick - Afghanistan

I enjoy travelling with my regiment.

Sapper - 21 Engineer Regiment

21 Engineer Regiment Timeline

Formed in Holzminden, Germany in 1949, the Regiment moved to Nienburg in 1951, and granted the Freedom of the city in 1980.

In 1996 the Regiment moved to Osnabruck, where it was presented the Fahnnenband (German Military Colours).

In 2008 the Regiment moved to Ripon, Yorkshire. The Regiment has served on operations in Northern Ireland, Kuwait, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

21 Engineer Regiment was formed in Holzminden, Germany.

The Regiment received a bear’s paw from the city of Nienburg, now the Regiment’s emblem.

21 Engineer Regiment deployed on Operation Granby, the liberation of Kuwait.

The Regiment received the Wilkinson Sword of Peace, after multiple deployments in the Balkans.

21 Engineer Regiment deployed to Iraq on Operation Telic for the second time.

21 Engineer Regiment deployed to Afghanistan on Operation Herrick 12.

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