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The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is headed by the Chief Royal Engineer .
The 1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers was a specialised armoured formation of the British Army active in the Second World War.It was formed in mid-1943 and its structure was three assault regiments of the Royal Engineers.
VIII Corps Troops, Royal Engineers (VIII CTRE) was a battalion-sized unit of Royal Engineers (RE) attached to the British Army's VIII Corps Headquarters in World War II. It served with 21st Army Group during the campaign in North West Europe 1944–45 .
23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron, in Sennelager [13] (from 2021 to present part of German-British Engineer Battalion 130 of the German Army) [14] [15] [16] 29 Field Squadron [ 17 ] 22 Engineer Regiment , at Swinton Barracks , Perham Down [ 18 ]
II Corps Troops, Royal Engineers (II CTRE) was a battalion-sized unit of Royal Engineers (RE) attached to the British II Corps Headquarters in World War II. It served with the British Expeditionary Force in the Battle of France and Dunkirk evacuation , and later in Home Defence until disbandment in 1943.
For example, I Canadian Corps consisted of 1 infantry division, 1 armour division, 1 armour brigade and Corps Troops (20 plus companies from the Corps of engineers, signals, medicine, military police, etc...) Military formations within the British Empire were composed of a changing mix of units from across Britain, its colonies and the dominions.
This is a list of regiments within the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps during the Second World War.. On the creation of the corps in 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, it comprised those regular cavalry and Territorial Army Yeomanry regiments that had been mechanised, [1] together with the Royal Tank Regiment. [2]
R. Raiding Support Regiment; Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 108 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps