56 Squadron
| Dates | Location | Higher Formation / Notes |
| 56 Field Company | ||
| 1947.01 | Egypt | 1 Armoured Division Engrs |
| Jun 47: Redesignated 56 Field Squadron | ||
| 1947.06 | Palestine | 1 Armoured Division Engrs |
| 1947.10 | Kenya: 1 Armd Div Engrs renamed HQ East African Engrs | HQ East African Engrs |
| Nov 47: HQ East African Engrs renamed 34 Army Engr Regt | 34 Army Engineer Regiment | |
| Jun 49: Regt and Sqn disbanded | ||
| 56 Field Squadron | ||
| 1950.01 | Hong Kong: Gordon Hard Camp, New Territories | Formed by retitling 37 Field Squadron 24 Field Engineer Regiment |
| 1958.05 | England: Barton Stacey | 24 Field Engineer Regiment |
| Jun 58: Reduced to cadre at Aldershot combined with B Sqn 4 Trg Regt to form 56 (MT) Squadron | ||
| 1958.06 | England: Aldershot | B Sqn 4 Trg Regt 4 Training Regiment |
| Jun 62: Absorbed MT element of 55 Sqn and joined 1 Trg Regt | 1 Training Regiment | |
| 1963.07 | England: Crookham | 1 Training Regiment |
| Jan 68: 3 Trg Regt reformed, Sqn transferred to 3 Trg Regiment | 3 Training Regiment | |
| Jul 77: Sqn transferred to 1 Trg Regiment | 1 Training Regiment | |
| 1979.09 | England: Gibraltar Barracks, Camberly | 1 Training Regiment |
| 1994: Disbanded | ||
| 56 Commando Field Squadron | ||
| c2008 | England: Chivenor, North Devon | 24 Commando Engineer Regiment |
| Oct 08 - Apr 09: Afghanistan: Op Herrick 9 | ||
| Apr - Oct 11: Afghanistan: Op Herrick 14 | ||
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