320:. The squadron then saw four deployments to Northern Ireland; 8 November 1972—6 March 1973 (Ballykelly), 15 December 1974—11 April 1975 (Long Kesh), and 25 September 1976—29 December 1976 (Londonderry). In 1978, the British Army of the Rhine was re-organised as a result of the 1975 Mason Review. Part of the changes was the elimination of titles e.g.; 20th Armoured Brigade became Task Force Hotel. In accordance with these reforms, the 21st Engineer Regiment was renamed as the 1st Armoured Divisional Engineer Regiment, yet the squadron remained in their barracks. After this minor change, the squadron deployed to Ballykelly in Northern Ireland from 23 June 1978—25 October.
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Expeditionary Force was assembled. Among the troops assigned for this force was the 1st Fortress Company of the Corps of Royal Engineers. The company embarked from Gibraltar en route for Egypt where it joined the force later moving to Mudros that same month. By January 1916 the expedition was called off due to failures of moving through the peninsula. The company as a result moved to France on the Western Front where it joined the BEF.
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Armoured Divisional Engineers being separated back into the 21st Engineer Regiment. Again, the squadron remained part of the new regiment and remained in their barracks. From July—November 1984 the squadron saw deployment to the Falkland Islands assigned to the 37th Engineer Regiment as part of the routine engineer squadron deployment.
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Engineers went through a major re-organisation, this meant that all former engineer regiment will given a number thus, the 1st Division's Engineers became 21st Engineer Regiment. Following this change, the squadron was placed under the direct control of the regiment, but remained in their barracks in Neinburg.
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Gibraltar in 1971 when it was disbanded. In 1948 the 1st Field Squadron was reformed after the end of the war, this was the 2nd regiment to be part of the lineage of the squadron. By later 1948 the squadron moved to Singapore, in 1949
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Engineer Regiment. In 1994 the "Front Line First" paper was announced, these paper's main purpose was to reduce, namely the army's, forces in Germany. As a result, the 21st Engineer Regiment was told they were to move to Assaye Barracks Nienburg,another location in Germany as part
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Regiment was formed, and the squadron was designated as the senior unit of the regiment. In 1957 the 27th Field Regiment was disbanded and the squadron moved under the control of the 4th armoured divisional engineer regiment. After moving to Alanbrooke Barracks
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Divisional Engineers, and by 1962 moved to Assaye Barracks in Neinburg as a result of the regiment's move. In 1964 the squadron was placed under the 11th Infantry Brigade following the re-organisation of the divisional engineer regiment.
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Government. These reforms became known as "The Way Forward" and reduced the regular army while expanding the territorial army. Among many other changes to the other services and corps, the British Army of the Rhine was renamed back to their
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Hamilton proposed a planned invasion of the Ottoman Empire via the Dardanelles. This expedition later became known as the Gallipoli Campaign, of which would become world known for many of the wrong reasons many years later. Because of this expeditionary force, known as the
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From 30 April—5 August 1971, the squadron saw a deployment with the 21st Engineer Regiment to Long Kesh in the infantry role. This deployment was the first of many deployments the squadron would see in support of
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in the Serbian Autonomous Province of Kosovo. Following the Strategic Defence Review of 1998, the squadron along with 21 Engineer Regiment again moved, this time to Roberts Barracks.
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in 2008 along with the brigade they were supporting, the 4th Mechanised Brigade. Just before move as a result of the Army 2020 reforms, the squadron had the following structure;
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was in Hong Kong in the independent role, and by February 1950 moved to St Georges Barracks in Minden under the 27th Field Engineer Regiment.
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of the closing of many stations in the western part of Hanover. In 1995 the squadron saw deployment to Gornji Vakuf and Bugojno on
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In 2010, the initial Army 2020 reforms were announced, and the 21st Engineer Regiment was moved under control of the
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