4 Engineer Support Regiment (french: links=no, 4^e Régiment d'appui du génie) is a

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of the

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headquartered at

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, New Brunswick. It is tasked to provide general engineer support to the whole of the

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. 4 ESR was officially formed in 1993 when 4 Combat Engineer Regiment (4 CER) returned from

CFB Lahr Canadian Forces Base Lahr ( IATA:LHA, ICAO: EDTL, former code EDAN) was a military operated commercial airport located in Lahr, Germany. It was operated primarily as a French air force base, and later as a Canadian army base, beginning in the la ...

in Germany when

4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (4CMBG; french: 4e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada, 4GBMC) was a formation of the Canadian Army, then Mobile Command of the unified Canadian Forces. It was part of the European formation known as Canad ...

was stood down. 4 CER absorbed 22 Field Squadron, a detached and independent unit affiliated with

2 Combat Engineer Regiment 2 Combat Engineer Regiment is a regiment of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers; a subdivision of the Canadian Military Engineers. It is located at Garrison Petawawa, and is part of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. 2 CER was redesigna ...

. 22 Field Squadron was stationed in

supporting the 2nd Battalion

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Battle Group, the Combat Training Centre and 4 CER in Germany. On 1 June 2022, the perpetuation of

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of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force was assigned to the

, with 4 Engineer Support Regiment being responsible for ongoing public recognition of the perpetuation.Canadian Forces General Order 079/22

Lineage

4 Engineer Support Regiment

* Originated on 17 June 1977, in

Lahr, Germany Lahr (officially Lahr/Schwarzwald since 30 September 1978) (); gsw, label=Low Alemannic, Lohr) is a town in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 50 km north of Freiburg im Breisgau, 40 km southeast of Strasbourg, and 95&nbs ...

, as 4 Combat Engineer Regiment. * Redesignated on 4 September 1992, as 4th Engineer Support Regiment. * Redesignated on 30 September 1993, as 4 Engineer Support Regiment.

4 Field Engineer Squadron

* Originated on 1 August 1951, in

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, as 59th Independent Field Squadron, RCE. * Redesignated on 16 October 1953, as 4th Field Squadron, RCE. * Redesignated on 30 April 1958, as 4 Field Squadron. * Redesignated on 21 May 1975, as 4 Field Engineer Squadron. * Reorganized as a regiment on 17 June 1977, and Designated as 4 Combat Engineer Regiment.

Sub-units

The unit currently consists of: * Regimental Headquarters * 42 Field Squadron * 43 Counter Improvised Explosive Device Squadron * 45 Support Squadron * 48 Combat Service Support Squadron.

References

*4 ESR ATD 12/13

Order of precedence