Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers is the most senior regiment in the British Army Reserve, having given continuous loyal service to the crown since 1539. It is part of the reserve forces, and is the only remaining Militia unit in the British Army.History
The regiment is also unusual in having the word Royal appear twice in its name. It gained the first "Royal" in 1804 when it was known as the Monmouth and Brecon Militia. The second was acquired in 1877 when the regiment transferred from an infantry unit into a Special Reserve section of the expanding Royal Engineers.
On 1 April 1967, the existing regiment absorbed 43rd Wessex Division RE, 48 South Midland Division RE and 53rd Welsh Division RE.Organization
The Regimental Headquarters are at Monmouth Castle in Monmouth and its sub-units are:
- Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, in Monmouth
- * Regimental Headquarters Troop, at Monmouth Castle
- * 100 Militia Field Squadron, Cwmbran
- * 108 Welsh Field Squadron, Swansea
- **3 Troop, City of Bristol
- ***3 Troop detachment, Cardiff
- * 225 Militia Field Squadron, Oldbury
- **1 Troop, Stoke-on-Trent
- **2 Troop, Bridgtown
- * Jersey Field Squadron, St Helier
- **Guernsey Troop, Elizabeth College
Regimental museum
The regimental museum of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers is in Monmouth Castle.Order of precedence
