Brigade insignia of the 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, also used by 9 Parachute Squadron.
Active
6 March 1772–Present
Country
Great Britain (1772–1800) United Kingdom (1801–present)
Branch
British Army
Type
Airborne forces
Role
Combat engineering
Part of
Royal Engineers
1st (UK) Division
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team
23 Parachute Engineer Regiment
Engagements
Great Seige of Gibraltar
Kaffir Wars
Crimean War
Siege of Sevastopol[1]
World War I
Retreat from Mons
First Battle of the Marne
First Battle of the Aisne
Battle of Armentières
Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of St. Julien
Battle of Frezenberg
Battle of Bellewaarde
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Albert
Battle of Le Transloy
Battle of Arras
Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)
Battle of Polygon Wood
Battle of Broodseinde
Battle of Poelcappelle
First Battle of Bapaume
Battle of the Lys
Battle of Hazebrouck
Battle of Béthune
Second Battle of the Somme
Battle of the Scarpe
Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line
Battle of the Canal du Nord
Battle of the Selle
Battle of Valenciennes
World War II
Operation Freshman
Operation Ladbroke
Operation Slapstick
Operation Market Garden[2]
Operation Sheepskin (Anguilla)
Operation Banner (The Northern Ireland Troubles)
Falklands War
Battle of Mount Longdon
Battle of Mount Tumbledown
UN Mission in Rwanda (Operation Gabriel)[3]
Macedonia Insurgency[4]
Operation Telic (Iraq War)
Operation Branta[5] (MFO Egypt)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Operation Fingal
Operation Herrick
Operation Herrick IV[6]
Operation Herrick VIII[7]
Operation Pitting[8] (UK Evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan)
Commanders
Current commander
Maj P Dobinson MBE
Notable commanders
Peter Wall (British Army officer)
Insignia
DZ flash pre-2008
DZ flash today
Military unit
9 Parachute Squadron RE (often abbreviated to '9 Sqn'[9]) is an airborne squadron of the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers. It is part of 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment based at Rock Barracks in Woodbridge, Suffolk and provides close engineer support to 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team. It traces its heritage to the first Soldier Artificer Company raised in Gibraltar in 1772. The squadron remains the longest continually serving in-role fighting unit in Airborne Forces.[10][11]
^Porter Vol I 1889, p. 454.
^"9 Parachute Squadron". British Army. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^"Rwanda (Operation GABRIEL)". Para Data. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^"Macedonia (Operation BESSEMER)". Para Data. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^Gilbert, Dominic (26 April 2017). "Norwich army officer David Stead recognised for life saving work in fight against Da'esh". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^McNab 2009.
^"16 Air Assault Brigade to replace 52 Infantry Brigade". Ministry of Defence. 6 February 2008. Archived from the original on 12 February 2008.
^"23 Parachute Engineer Regiment". Facebook. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^"Unofficial Parachute Regiment website". Archived from the original on 6 October 2006. Retrieved 4 November 2007.
^"9 Parachute Squadron RE". Para Data. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^Purves 1988, p. 5.
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