73 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)

The 73rd Engineer Regiment was formed when the Territorial Army was drastically reduced in the late 1960s. The regiment was created as a reinforcement combat engineer unit to support the I (BR) Corps in Germany. From 1969 - 1991 the regiment was assigned to the 29th Engineer Brigade. In 1991 the regiment was re-organized to become the 73rd Air Support Engineer Regiment. In 1997 the regiment was assigned to 12 (Air Support) Engineer Brigade.[1] Parts of the regiment served in Operation Telic I and Operation Telic III.[2] In 2006 the regiment was re-organized to become the 73rd Engineer Regiment.[2] In 2014 the regiment was disbanded and only 1 squadron remained and moved to the 33rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Engineer Regiment.[2]

The regiment's structure changed a bit through its history, the structure just before disbandment:[2][3]

575 Squadron

129 Squadron

350 Squadron

Locations:
Squadron Location

• Headquarters Troop
• 575 (Sherwood Foresters) Field Squadron[4]
• 129 (East Riding) Field Squadron[5][6]
• 350 (Nottinghamshire) Field Squadron[4]

A number of former squadrons served with the regiment including:[2]

• 129 Headquarters and Support Squadron[5]
• 217 (London) Field Squadron[7][8]
• 272 (West Riding Artillery) Field Squadron[9][10]
• 873 Movement Light Squadron[4]
• 106 (West Riding) Field Squadron[11][12]
• The Jersey Field Squadron, Royal Engineers[4][13]