73 Engineer Regiment was a Territorial regiment of the Royal Engineers, part of the British Army active from 1969 to 2014.
History 73 Engineer Regiment was formed when the Territorial Army was drastically reduced in the late 1960s asa reinforcement combat engineer unit to support I (BR) Corps in Germany.
During 1969 - 1991, the regiment was assigned to 29 Engineer Brigade. It sponsored the Robin Hood Battalion cadre during 1969-71. In 1991, the regiment was re-organized to become 73 Air Support Engineer Regiment. In 1997, the regiment was assigned to 12 (Air Support) Engineer Brigade. Parts of the regiment served in Operation Telic I and Operation Telic III. In 2006, the regiment was re-organized to become 73 Engineer Regiment. In 2014, 350 Squadron was transferred to 33 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Engineer Regiment; the rest of the regiment was disbanded.
Structure The regiment's structure changed over its history; the structure just before disbandment was:
Headquarters Troop 575 (Sherwood Foresters) Field Squadron 129 (East Riding) Field Squadron 350 (Nottinghamshire) Field Squadron
Other squadrons that served with the regiment were:
129 Headquarters and Support Squadron 217 (London) Field Squadron 272 (West Riding Artillery) Field Squadron 873 Movement Light Squadron 106 (West Riding) Field Squadron The Jersey Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
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