21 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)
21 Engineer Regiment RE is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Engineers. It is based at Claro Barracks, Ripon, Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire.History
21 Engineer Regiment was first formed in 1949 at Holzminden for the 7th Armoured Division engineer support regiment as the 21st Field Regiment. In 1958, the regiment was split as the 7th Armoured Division was disbanded and became the new 5th Infantry Division. As a result of the change the regiment was broken up and became the new 21st Engineer Regiment and the divisional engineer regiment for the 1st Armoured Division. In 1969 the regiment was reformed as 21 Engineer Regiment. In 1978 the regiment was renamed to 1st Armoured Division Engineer Regiment. In 1992 as a result of the Options for Change the division along with the regiment were disbanded, but later reformed in 1993 and the regiment remained in Germany until 2008 when it moved to Ripon. Under Army 2020 the regiment joins the 12 Engineer Group and becomes responsible for Afghanistan operations.
As a result of the Army 2020 Refine, the regiment will move to Catterick and gain a Mechanised Infantry Vehicle variantOrganization
Regimental Structure after the Army 2020 reforms:
