33 Engineer Regiment (EOD&S) is a regiment of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkha ...

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 head ...

. It is based at

Carver Barracks Carver Barracks is a British Army base on the former site of RAF Debden, approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden, in Essex. The nearest town is Saffron Walden. History The airfield was built in 1935–37 and the runways laid in 194 ...

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Organization

Today the regiment consists of: * 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD&S), in

Wimbish Wimbish is a village and civil parish within Uttlesford, in Essex, England. The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referred to as Winebisc. It was subsequently referred to as Wimbeis in the Domesday Book. The village h ...

** Regimental HQ and HQ Troop **49 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Squadron (reformed 2018) **58 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Field Squadron **217 (London) EOD Field Squadron in Ilford and

Prittlewell Prittlewell is an inner city area of Southend-on-Sea in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. Historically, Prittlewell is the original settlement of the city, Southend being the ''south end'' of Prittlewell. ...

**350 (Sherwood Foresters) EOD Field Squadron in

Chilwell Chilwell is a village and residential suburb of Nottingham, in the borough of Broxtowe of Nottinghamshire, west of Nottingham city. Until 1974 it was part of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, having been in Stapleford Rural District un ...

and at Wallis Barracks **821 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Field Squadron ***x2 Commando Troops (supporting HQ 3 Cdo Bgd) ***x2 Troops (supporting HQ 16 AA Bgd) **Explosive Ordnance Clearance Group

References

External links

* Regiments of the Royal Engineers {{UK-mil-unit-stub