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9 Parachute Squadron RE (often abbreviated to '9 Sqn' [9]) is an airborne squadron of the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers.It is part of 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment based at Rock Barracks in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and provides close engineer support to 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team.
23 Parachute Engineer Regiment is a Royal Engineers regiment in the British Army that was formed in 2003. It provides engineer support to 16 Air Assault Brigade in both the parachute and Air assault role. The regiment is currently based at Rock Barracks in Suffolk and consists of three regular squadrons and one Army Reserve squadron. As part of ...
Royal Engineers' Surveyors in Europe Combat Engineers of 20 Field Squadron, ... 9 Parachute Squadron; 51 Parachute Squadron; 299 Parachute Squadron, ...
Middleton joined the army in 1998 [4] [non-primary source needed] at the age of 17 where he served in 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers and served tours of duty in Northern Ireland in 1999 during Operation Banner, and in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001 during Operation Essential Harvest.
0–9. 1 Field Engineer Squadron; 9 Parachute Squadron RE; 10th Field Squadron (United Kingdom) 15 Field Squadron (Search) RE; 17 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
0–9. I Airborne Corps (United Kingdom) 9 Parachute Squadron RE; 13 Air Assault Support Regiment RLC; 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment; 216 Parachute Signal Squadron; 299 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers; 562 Parachute Squadron Royal Corps of Transport (Volunteers)
Between January 1963 and January 2003, 9 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers was based at Haig Lines. [4] The Royal Army Medical Corps moved their depot to Keogh Barracks in 1964 [3] and were replaced by training regiments of the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965 and by the Gurkha Regiments in 1970. [2]
3 PARA and the supporting Royal Engineers from the 9 Parachute Squadron RE [16] crossed the hills North of Mount Simon to seize the high ground above the settlement known as Estancia House. The weather conditions were atrocious, with the Paras traversing steep slippery hillocks to the objective.