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101 REGIMENT (City of London) RE
The Regiment has regularly been in touch with us since the last issue of the Journal
and not surprisingly, staff have moved on and there have been some changes since
the last issue of the Journal.
In 2021 the regiment saw a full return to physical training with a number of military
exercises being conducted to “brush off the cobwebs” after the Covid-19 lockdowns
earlier in the year. They started with a weekend focusing on management development and
leadership training as well as search and Driver Training. This was then followed by a Battlefield
Study of the history of explosives, which included a tour of the Royal Gunpowder Mills, Black
Powder Ranges, RE Minefield Clearance and EOD tasks, and was followed by Formal Dinner on
HMS Belfast and a walking tour of London looking at the sites of recent terrorist attacks in the
capital.
Summer 2021 saw the Annual Deployment Exercise in which service
personnel from 101 Engineer Regiment received ‘Soldier First’ training from
the London Regiment before deploying to Sennybridge for a challenging
field exercise. This was followed by a series of cohesion events in Bicester,
which included Crazy Golf and the Regimental Sports Day. A Combat
Engineering weekend was held during October in Minley, Surrey where
Bridging and Demolition and combat engineering skills such as battle GPMG Training with London Regiment
trenches and abatis were developed.
In addition, sub-units conducted their own training including a mountain
biking exercise on the south coast and stand-up paddleboarding and sea-
kayaking in Jersey.
The Regiment also had several members deployed on search operations in
the UK in conjunction with 29 EOD and Search Group, not the least of which
were the G7 Summit in Cornwall and the Conservative Party Conference in
Spr Yousif on Exercise in Sennybridge Liverpool.

Many internal awards were received by members of the Regiment, including Chief Royal Engineer
Commendations and other service medals. Major Eb Mukhtar was awarded the MBE for his work in
support of logistics for Operation RESCRIPT. Major Mukhtar was also appointed Regimental
Second in Command.

In 2022, with Covid-19 firmly behind them, the Regiment resumed a robust training programme
and, with a new war in Europe adding urgency to their efforts, many of the Regiment’s Army
Reservists are increasingly being asked to support regular forces.
The 2022 Annual Deployment exercise was conducted in several training areas in Cornwall, with
troops completing a package of standardised mandatory training, before moving on to a series of
challenging Search tasks, in which searchers were challenged by novel environments including an
airframe and a local mine, forcing them to adopt new techniques and hone their skills. Following
this, the Regiment deployed to Tregantle Training Area, going through a programme of urban
combat training that culminated in an exciting dawn assault on Scraesdon Fort, winding down with
some social activities and adventurous training.
Following the postponement of the parade in 2020 due to Covid-19, in July, and as an affiliated
Regiment to the City of London, the Regiment were proud to be invited to parade within Guildhall
Yard to commemorate their return from de-hybridisation. Our Master, David Sheehan and PM
Arthur Seymour were invited to attend and pictures of the parade are on page 10.

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