22 Engineer Regiment is a regiment of the

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's Royal Engineers. It is based at

Swinton Barracks Swinton Barracks is a military installation accommodating two engineer regiments at Perham Down in Wiltshire, England. The site is on the east edge of Salisbury Plain, about east of the garrison at Tidworth. The camp forms part of the Tidworth, ...

Perham Down Perham Down is a village in Wiltshire, England, in Tidworth parish on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. It lies on a minor road about east of the town of Tidworth and southwest of the town of Ludgershall. The county border with Hampshire is ...

, Tidworth, Wiltshire.

History

22 Engineer Regiment can trace its postwar history back to 1948 when the 22nd Field Engineer Regiment was formed in British Libya from the former 1st Infantry Divisional Engineers. In 1951, the regiment moved to the Suez Canal Zone. In 1954, the regiment returned to Libya and in 1955 transferred to the British

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. When the 1st Division returned to the United Kingdom, the regiment fell under the command of the

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until 1957 when it shifted to

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, Wiltshire and joined the 3rd Infantry Division. The regiment was broken up in March 1960 and its headquarters was renamed as the Headquarters Royal Engineers, 3rd Division. In 1972 the regiment served in

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. By 1975, the regiment moved to

, also in Wiltshire, and in 1979 assisted the civil community in the Dominican Republic during

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. In 1977, the regiment was assigned to the 8th Field Force and in 1982 fell under the command of the 1st Mechanized Brigade. In 1996, the regiment deployed as part of the

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in Bosnia and returned in a second deployment in 1999. As part of Operation Telic, the regiment deployed to Iraq and served in TELIC IV (April–November 2004) and TELIC X (June–December 2007). As part of

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the regiment deployed for its last time to Afghanistan as part of HERRICK XVIII (April–October 2013).

Organization

The regiment's structure is as follows: * 22 Engineer Regiment, in Tidworth ** 6 Headquarters and Support Squadron ** 3 Armoured Engineer Squadron ** 5 Armoured Engineer Squadron ** 52 Armoured Engineer Squadron ** Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Light Aid Detachment (

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)

References

External links

* {{official, https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/corps-of-royal-engineers/22-engineer-regiment/ Regiments of the Royal Engineers Royal Engineers