Kent Fortress Royal Engineers

Kent Fortress Royal Engineers
RE Cap badge (King George V cipher)
Active1908–1919
1932–1946
1947–1967
CountryUnited Kingdom
Branch Territorial Army
RoleCoast Defence
Field Engineering
Assault rafting
Bomb disposal
Garrison/HQChatham, Kent
EngagementsWorld War I


World War II

Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Sir David Salomons, 2nd Baronet
Notable
commanders
Clifford Brazier

The Kent Fortress Royal Engineers (KFRE) was a volunteer Territorial unit of the British Army that saw service in both World Wars. They are notable for their successful actions in May 1940, when they destroyed substantial oil stocks and installations just ahead of the German advance, and in August 1944 during the assault crossing of the River Seine.