1st Middlesex Engineer Volunteers 47th (2nd London) Divisional RE 56th (London) Divisional RE 101 (London) Field Engineer Regiment | |
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Active | 1860–1967 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Army |
Type | Field engineers |
Part of | 1st Middlesex Volunteers 1st London Division/56th (London) Division 2nd London Division/47th (London) Infantry Division 47th (1/2nd London) Division 60th (2/2nd London) Division 27 Engineer Group |
Garrison/HQ | Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea |
Nickname(s) | '1st Mids' |
Engagements | Second Boer War First World War: |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Colonel Norman MacLeod of MacLeod Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney D'Aguilar Crookshank Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Thomson |
The 1st Middlesex Engineers was the senior engineer unit of Britain's Volunteer Force, raised in 1860 and originally recruited from the South Kensington Museum. It provided Royal Engineers (RE) units to the 47th (1/2nd London) Division, the 47th (London) Infantry Division, the 56th (London) Divisions, and the 60th (2/2nd London) Division during both World Wars. The engineers served on the First World War's Western Front from 1915 to 1918, and in a number of theatres during the Second World War. It also served in the postwar Territorial Army, until 1967.