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.

73 Engineer Regiment
Active	1969 - 2014
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Engineers
Size	Regiment
Part of	I Corps 29th Engineer Brigade 12th Engineer Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Nottingham

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.

During 1969 - 1991, the regiment was assigned to 29 Engineer Brigade. It sponsored the Robin Hood Battalion cadre during 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.^[1] Parts of the regiment served in Operation Telic I and Operation Telic III.^[2] In 2006, the regiment was re-organized to become 73 Engineer Regiment.^[2] In 2014, the 350th Squadron was transferred to 33 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Engineer Regiment;^[2] the rest of the regiment was disbanded.

Structure

The regiment's structure changed over its history; the structure just before disbandment was:^[2][3]

575 Squadron

129 Squadron

350 Squadron

Locations:
Squadron Location

• Headquarters Troop
• 575 (Sherwood Foresters) Field Squadron^[4]
• 129 (East Riding) Field Squadron^[5][6]
• 350 (Nottinghamshire) Field Squadron^[4]

Other squadrons that served with the regiment were:^[2]

• 129 Headquarters and Support Squadron^[5]
• 217 (London) Field Squadron^[7][8]
• 272 (West Riding Artillery) Field Squadron^[9][10]
• 873 Movement Light Squadron^[4]
• 106 (West Riding) Field Squadron^[11][12]
• The Jersey Field Squadron, Royal Engineers^[4][13]