City of Dundee Fortress Engineers 320th (City of Dundee) Searchlight Battery 126 Army Engineer Regiment | |
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Active | 1908–1950 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Army (United Kingdom) |
Role | Coast Defence Air Defence Army Engineers |
Size | 1–2 Companies |
Part of | 71st Division (1916–18) 51st (Highland) Searchlight Regiment (1938–42) 124th (Highland) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1942–45) |
Garrison/HQ | Dundee |
Engagements | North Russia The Blitz Normandy North West Europe |
The Dundee Fortress Royal Engineers was a Scottish volunteer unit of the British Army formed in 1908. Its main role was the defence of the harbours and shipyards on the River Tay, but it also provided a detachment that saw active service in North Russia at the end of World War I. In the 1930s, it was turned into an air defence unit, in which role it served in World War II. A brief postwar revival ended in disbandment in 1950.