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The royal" target="_blank">Royal Monmouthshire royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers (Militia) is the most senior regiment of the British Army Reserve. The regiment was formed in 1539 during the reign of by King Henry VIII. The R Mon RE (M) became a militia unit in 1660 and then became a part of the royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers in 1877.
History
= The two 'Royals'
=The regiment was formed as a posse comitatus in 1539 during the reign of by King Henry VIII; it went on to become a trained band and then a militia unit in 1660. It is unique in having the word 'royal" target="_blank">Royal' appear twice in its name. It gained the first royal" target="_blank">Royal in 1804 when it was the Monmouth and Brecon Militia. The second was acquired in 1877 when the regiment transferred from an infantry unit into a Special Reserve section of the expanding royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers.
On 1 April 1967, the existing regiment absorbed 43rd Wessex Division RE (TA), 48th South Midland Division RE (TA) and 53rd Welsh Division RE (TA).
= Seniority dispute with the Honourable Artillery Company
=The records of the Honorable Artillery Company (HAC) indicate that it was formed two years prior to the royal" target="_blank">Royal Monmouthshire royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers (Militia). However, in 1930 the Army Council (Army Board from 1964) reviewed the Army's precedence table and King George V agreed that, on account of its status as a militia unit, the royal" target="_blank">Royal Monmouthshire royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers (Militia) were the senior regiment. In 1957 the matter was investigated further and Queen Elizabeth II also agreed that the royal" target="_blank">Royal Monmouthshire royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers (Militia) were the senior regiment:
From:-Lieut.-Colonel The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Adeane, K.C.B., K.C.V.O . Private Secretary to the Queen, Buckingham Palace, S.W.1. 12th March, 1957.
My dear Playfair,
Thank you for your letter of 8th March which I have laid before The Queen and which Her Majesty has read with interest.
I am to say that the recommendation of the Honours and Distinctions Committee with regard to the relative precedence of the royal" target="_blank">Royal Monmouthshire royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers and the Honourable ArtiIlery Company meets with the Queen's approval.
Yours sincerely,
M. E. ADEANE
= The royal" target="_blank">Royal Jersey Militia
=The Jersey Militia were brought under the command of the R Mon RE (M) in 2007. The Jersey Militia was formed in 1337 when Edward III ordered "all his faithful peoples of the islands" to be prepared - by forming a militia - for possible war with France. The militia defended the island against several pirate raids, and in 1549 against a French invasion attempt. The militia played a role in the Battle of Jersey, for which its actions gained it the 'royal" target="_blank">Royal' title.
= Militia and Militiamen
=Militia historically were regarded as light infantry regiments. In recognition of its Light Infantry ancestry the regiment was afforded the right to wear the Militia flash in 1943. A small, light infantry green rectangle, often referred to as the snooker table; worn at the top of the left arm. Soldiers of the regiment are Sappers but also militiamen and wear the militia flash in perpetuity, as observed by Brigadier John Henry Ridge CBE when inspecting troops during the Sapper 300 celebrations in 2016.
Current organisation
The current organisation of the regiment is as follows:
Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, at Monmouth Castle
100 (Militia) Field Squadron, at Chapman House, Cwmbran
1 Troop, at Artillery Grounds, Bristol
Cardiff Troop
108 (Welsh) Field Squadron (Militia), at John Chard VC House, Swansea
225 (City of Birmingham) Field Squadron (Militia), at Gundolph House, Oldbury
1 Troop, at Baskeyfield House, Stoke-on-Trent
2 Troop, in Cannock
Jersey Field Squadron (royal" target="_blank">Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey), in Saint Helier, Jersey
Guernsey Troop, at Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
Regimental museum
The regimental museum of the royal" target="_blank">Royal Monmouthshire royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers is in Monmouth Castle.
Charitable trust
The royal" target="_blank">Royal Monmouthshire royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers (Militia) Charitable Trust is a wholly voluntary charity that supports the wider life of the Regiment. It was registered in 2002 and is registered (Number 1093105) with the Charity Commission.
Notable Officers
Maj Martha Fairlie, ITV news reporter. Currently OC 225 Field Squadron (Militia).
Jules Hudson, television producer and presenter, best known for presenting the BBC series Escape to the Country.
Notable Soldiers
Jon Latimer, military historian, author, and part-time lecturer at Swansea University.
John Williams (VC), the last surviving VC recipient of the engagement at Rorke's Drift.
Order of precedence
References
External links
Regimental/Museum/Trust & Dining Club site
Official site
Regimental Museum
royal" target="_blank">Royal Engineers Museum - Militia, Volunteers and Territorials (1757–1979)
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- Monmouth Castle
- Great Castle House
- Monmouth
- Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
- Royal Engineers
- Units of the Royal Engineers
- War Memorial of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
- British Army order of precedence
- List of British Army regiments and corps
- Monmouth Castle
- Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers
- Glamorgan Fortress Royal Engineers
- 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers
