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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