HistorY
Read how the 12th Field Squadron came into being as a detachment of Royal Military Artificers sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1797.
WORLD WAR I
Find out about the 12th Field Company RE during the First World War. Starting in the summer of 1914 in Ireland and continuing on their return back to England in May 1919. Including Home Service in the early 1920’s in Limerick, Aldershot and Turkey.
WORLD WAR II
North Africa & the Middle East
Read detailed accounts of the 12th Field Company RE during the Second World War, through the first hand accounts of DV Hutchinson, an Officer with the Company in Egypt from the summer of 1940 up & down the Western Deserts several times, then to Syria, back to relieve the Australian Garrison at Tobruk and once more to Syria before departing for India in March 1942.
India & Burma
Find out about the 12th Field Company RE as they disembarked in Bombay in early 1942 and transited across India for period of training before deploying to Operations in the Arakan in 1943, back to India for intensive training and deep into the Burmese jungle in 1944 with the 23rd Long-range Penetration Brigade in 34 & 55 Columns.
POST WWII/THE TROUBLES/GULF WAR
Read more information on the 12th Field Company RE from 1947 through to 1999.
PRESENT DAY
Find out more of the 12th Field Company RE’s current role, as the British Army announced in 2018 the reorganisation of 23 Engineer Regiment with the return of 12 Parachute Headquarters and Support Squadron.
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