Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)


caption=Cap Badge of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
dates=1539-
country=United Kingdom
allegiance=
branch=Territorial Army
type=Militia
role=Engineers
size=One regiment
command_structure=160 (Wales) Brigade
current_commander=
garrison=RHQ - Monmouth
100 Fd Sqn - Cwmbran
108 Fd Sqn - Swansea
225 Fd Sqn - Oldbury
Jersey Fd Sqn - St Helier
ceremonial_chief=HRH The Duke of Gloucester
ceremonial_chief_label=Royal Honorary Colonel
colonel_of_the_regiment=Major-General Keith Harington Cima
colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Honorary Colonel
nickname=
motto="Ich Dien" (I Serve)
"Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt" (Where Right and Glory Lead)
colors=
march="Wings" (Regimental March, Royal Engineers)
identification_symbol=
identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash
identification_symbol_2=Militia Flash
identification_symbol_2_label=Arm Badge
mascot=
battles=1760-1854 {Home Defence}
Crimean War {detachment with Royal Welch Fusiliers};
South Africa;
World War I;
World War II
Iraq War
notable_commanders=
anniversaries=The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) (R MON RE(M)) is the most senior regiment in the British Territorial Army, having given continuous loyal service to the crown since 1539. It is part of the reserve forces.

It is not the oldest regiment in the British Army; this honour goes to the Honourable Artillery Company (from 1296 but chartered in 1537), but Militia always takes precedence over Volunteers, although The Jersey Field Squadron (M) can trace its origins back to 1337.

The regiment is also unusual in having the word Royal appear twice in its name. It gained the first "Royal" in 1804 when it was known as the Monmouth and Brecon Militia. The second was acquired in 1877 when the regiment transferred into a Special Reserve section of the expanding Royal Engineers. The regiment is also the only Royal Engineer regiment to possess colours because in 1914 they were given the colours of the East Monmouth Militia for safekeeping.

The regiment is headquartered at Monmouth Castle in Monmouth but has sub-units in Cwmbran, Cardiff, Bristol, Swansea, Birmingham and Jersey.

External links

* [http://www.army.mod.uk/rmonre/ Official Army website]
* [http://www.monmouthcastlemuseum.org.uk Regimental Museum]
* [http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part11.htm Royal Engineers Museum] - Militia, Volunteers and Territorials (1757-1979)
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-wales/militia/monRE.htm regiments.org]