25 (Close Support) Engineer Group is an engineering group of the

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Corps of Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...

History

The group was formed in 2014 under the

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programme.

Current structure

After the Army 2020 Refine, the group now has the following structure (Volunteer units have RHQ location shown); *Group Headquarters, at Wing Barracks,

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** 21 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at

Claro Barracks Claro Barracks is a military installation at Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. History The barracks, which were originally established as the command depot i.e. convalescent camp for Northern Command, opened in April 1915 during the First Wor ...

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** 22 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, 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, ...

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** 26 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Swinton Barracks, Perham Down

Commanding officers

The Commanding officers have been: *2014–2015: Col. Charles S.E. Thackway *2015–2019: Col. Paul B. Nicholson *2019–present: Col. Stephen W. Davies

References

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