6 Squadron.

History taken from Corp of Royal Engineers:

Units and Organisation, 1899 to 2001.

By Dr. Graham E. Watson and Richard A. Rinaldi.

1787: Formed as Chatham Company of the Royal Military Articifers.

1886: Sent to Bermuda as a Fortress Company.

Unkown date sent to South Africa.

1902: Moved to South Africa. 1903: Moved to Cork.

1905: Moved to Weymouth, (1905 to 1918 no service details).

1918: Weymouth, redesignated 6th Works Coy RE, with LofC (BEF).

1921: Moved to Belfast. 1922 Disbanded.

1923: 6th Field Park Coy RE, formed at Aldershot, with 1st Division (A).

3 September 1939: Aldershot, mobilised with 1st Infantry Division.

1939/40: With BEF. March 1943 to Dec 1943: Italy.

February 1945: Palestine remained there after the war.

June 1948: Redesignation of 1st Division to 22 Engineer Regiment. (B)

Jan 1968: Redesignated as 6 Field Support Squadron.

1993: Redesignated as 6 Headquarters and Support Squadron RE.

Later restyled as 6 Headquarters Squadron RE.

Stayed with 22 Engineer Regiment to present date.

(a) (b) details of these Divisions to follow.

 

6 Headquarters Squadron.

(Formerly 6 Field Support Squadron)

6 Headquarters Squadron was formed as the Chatham Company of the Royal Articifers in 1787. It was sent to Bermuda in 1886 where it became a Fortress Company and its emblem is based on the two-tailed Bermudan Lion.

In 1948 it was incorporated into 22 Engineer Regiment and it has been part of the Regiment ever since.

6 Headquarters Squadron completed a 3 month exercise in Kenya building schools, runways and waterholes, as well as repairing flood damaged roads and bridges in March 1998. The Squadron deployed with the Regiment to Bosnia between March and September 1999.

The Squadron was fullly committed throughout 2000 in supporting the Regiment on the high number of exercises carried out during their Training Year.

Scource: http://www.army.mod.uk/royalengineers/org/22regt/6sqn.htm