25 Regiment - 2 Div Regt

25 Field Engineer Regiment 
Dates Location Sub-units - Remarks
1950 England: Maidstone  Formed: Sqns newly formed with numbers transferred from 24 and 32 Regts when their sqns were renumbered. Under command 3 Infantry Division: 37, 39 & 50 Fd Sqns and 46 Fd Pk Sqn
1951.11 Cyprus: 37 Field Squadron in Libya 37, 39 & 50 Fd Sqns and 46 Fd Pk Sqn
1952.04 Egypt: Canal Zone 37, 39 & 50 Fd Sqns and 46 Fd Pk Sqn
1955.01 England: Maidstone  37, 39 & 50 Fd Sqns and 46 Fd Pk Sqn
  1956 Detailed for ‘Op Musketeer’ (Suez Invasion) but only RHQ and 37 Fd Sqn left UK.  
  Aug 57 - Feb 58: Christmas Island: 50 Fd & 46 Fd Pk Sqns remained in UK  
  Sep 58: 46 Fd Pk Sqn transferred to 36 Regiment  
1958.09 Germany: Roberts Bks, Osnabruck: Renamed 25 Corps Engineer Regiment  37, 39 & 50 Fd Sqns
joined 1 (BR) Corps
  1960?: 65 Corps Fd Park Sqn formed 37, 39 & 50 Fd Sqns and 65 Fd Pk Sqn
  May 62: 23 Amph RC Sqn formed under local command.  
  Aug 63: 23 Amph RC Sqn renamed 23 Armd Engr Sqn.  
  May 64: 23 Armd Engr Sqn became indep and left regt.    
  Aug 64 - Oct 65: 50 Fd Squadron in Aden then moved to 38 Corps Engr Regt 37 & 39 Fd Sqns and 65 Fd Pk Sqn
  Oct 64: 43 Fd Park Sqn under local command.  
  Nov 64: 65 Corps Fd Park Sqn transferred to 35 Corps Engr Regt.   
  Dec 64: 12 Fd Park Sqn transferred from 38 Corps Engr Regt. 37 & 39 Fd Sqns and 12 Fd Pk Sqn
  Jan 68: 43 Fd Park Sqn became 43 Fd Sup Sqn.   
  Feb 68: 37 Fd Sqn transferred to HQRE 2 Div.  
  1969 43 Fd Sup Sqn transferred to 23 Engr Regt.   
  Apr 69: Regiment redesignated 25 Engineer Regiment.  
  1 Aug - 30 Nov 73: Northern Ireland Tour: Infantry role: East Belfast   
  Sep 76: Amalgamated with 23 Engr Regt to form 2 Armoured Division Engineer Regiment   
     
2 Armoured Division Engineer Regiment 
1976.09 Germany: Roberts Bks, Osnabruck 12, 16 and 39 Fd Sqns and 43 Fd Sp Sqn
23 Engr Regt and 25 Engr Regt amalgamated to form 2 Armd Div Engr Regt
  9 Jun - 11 Oct 77: Northern Ireland Tour: Infantry Role: Belfast (City Centre/Markets)  
  2 Oct 79 - 2 Feb 80: Northern Ireland Tour: Infantry Role: Belfast (Monagh)  
  1982: 2 Armd Div Engr Regt redesignated 25 Engineer Regiment  
     
25 Engineer Regiment
1982 Germany: Roberts Bks, Osnabruck  12, 16 and 39 Fd Sqns and 43 Fd Sp Sqn
From 2 Armd Div Engr Regt
  1983: 39 Fd Sqn transferred to 23 Eng Regt  12, 16 Fd Sqns and 43 Fd Sp Sqn
  Jun 83: 43 Fd Sp Sqn renamed 43 Plant Sqn 12, 16 Fd Sqns and 43 Plant Sqn
  Aug 92: 16 Fd Sqn disbanded  
1992 Northern Ireland, Antrim 12 Fd Sqn, 43 Plant Sqn, 33 Fd Sqn u/c
Supports Headquarters Northern Ireland
  1993: 12 Fd Sqn transferred to 28 Eng Regt  
     
25 Engineer Regiment (Air Support)
2007 England: Waterbeach Bks, Waterbeach, near Cambridge 43 HQ & Sp, 34 & 53 Field Sqns
Air Support Engineer Regiment
  19 Apr 12: Disbanded: 34 Field Squadron (Air Support) & 53 Field Squadron (Air Support) transferred to 39 Engr Regt. 43 HQ & Sp Sqn disbanded.  
     
  will be removed from the ORBAT not before October 2015  

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