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| unit_name = Military Works Force<br>170 Infrastructure Engineer Group
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'''170 (Infastructure Support) Engineer Group''' is an engineering command HQ of the [[British Army|British Army's]] [[Corps of Royal Engineers]]. The group is currently the highest numbered command of the [[British Army]], although formed earlier then some of the other commands. The group was first formed as the [[Military Works Force]], but later reformed following the 2002 field army re-organisation.
  
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'''170 (Infastructure Support) Engineer Group''' is an engineering command of the [[British Army|British Army's]] [[Corps of Royal Engineers]]. The group is currently the highest numbered command of the [[British Army]], although formed earlier then some of the other commands. The group was first formed as the [[Military Works Force]], but later reformed following the 2002 field army re-organisation.
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Today the group controls all of the STREs of the army in addition to [[20 Works Group (Air Support) (United Kingdom)|20 Works Group (Air Support)]], [[Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers|Royal Monmouthshire Militia]], and the command squadron 43 HQ and Support Squadron.<ref name=":5" />
   
 
== History ==
  
== History ==
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In 1978, following the 1975 Mason Review, the '''Military Works Force''' was formed at [[Chetwynd Barracks]] to control the [[Corps of Royal Engineers]]'s works groups. The command as a result controlled the specialist engineering units and helped in commanding and providing those special services. The group was originally formed with the control of just two CREs<ref name=":0" group="Notes">CRE - Chief Royal Engineers, Works</ref> each with three STREs<ref name=":1" group="Notes">STRE - Special Team, Royal Engineers</ref>, but this force was later expanded. At one time, the command controlled 530 STRE (Maintenance)<ref name=":1" group="Notes" />, but it is unknown when this STRE<ref name=":1" group="Notes" /> was formed, disbanded, and assigned to the group.<ref name=":0">Watson and Rinaldi, p. 218</ref> The four CREs<ref name=":0" group="Notes" /> of the command included;<ref name=":0" />
  
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=== Military Works Force ===
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In 1978, following the 1975 Mason Review, the '''Military Works Force''' was formed at [[Chetwynd Barracks]] to control the [[Corps of Royal Engineers]]'s works groups. The command as a result controlled the specialist engineering units and helped in commanding and providing those special services. The group was originally formed with the control of just two CREs<ref name=":0" group="Notes">CRE - Command, Royal Engineers</ref> each with three STREs<ref name=":1" group="Notes">STRE - Specialist Team, Royal Engineers</ref>, but this force was later expanded. At one time, the command controlled 530 STRE (Maintenance)<ref name=":1" group="Notes" />, but it is unknown when this STRE<ref name=":1" group="Notes" /> was formed, disbanded, and assigned to the group.<ref name=":0">Watson and Rinaldi, p. 218</ref> The four CREs<ref name=":0" group="Notes" /> of the command included;<ref name=":0" />
   
 
* Command Headquarters, [[Chetwynd Barracks]]
  
* Command Headquarters, [[Chetwynd Barracks]]
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* ''65 Chief Engineer Command (Works) (V)'' [Civilian infrastructure, railway and ports infrastructure lines of communications]<ref name=":0" />
  
* ''65 Chief Engineer Command (Works) (V)'' [Civilian infrastructure, railway and ports infrastructure lines of communications]<ref name=":0" />
   
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=== 170 Engineer Group ===
 
In 2003, the [[2003 Delivering Security in a Changing World]] reforms were announced, which dramatically reformed the [[British Army]] as a whole, but more importantly the way the army was structured. By 2005, engineer groups were regulated and renamed, one the changes being the MWF's renaming as '''170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group''' and placed under the [[8th Force Engineer Brigade]]. In addition to the changed of the group, the CRE units were re-titled as Works Groups. The name was also brought to represent the group as a military organisation rather than a civil organisation.<ref name=":1">Watson and Rinaldi, p.267</ref> Between 2005 and present, the group saw many units come and go, they included;<ref name=":1" />
  
In 2003, the [[2003 Delivering Security in a Changing World]] reforms were announced, which dramatically reformed the [[British Army]] as a whole, but more importantly the way the army was structured. By 2005, engineer groups were regulated and renamed, one the changes being the MWF's renaming as '''170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group''' and placed under the [[8th Force Engineer Brigade]]. In addition to the changed of the group, the CRE units were re-titled as Works Groups. The name was also brought to represent the group as a military organisation rather than a civil organisation.<ref name=":1">Watson and Rinaldi, p.267</ref> Between 2005 and present, the group saw many units come and go, they included;<ref name=":1" />
   
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* ''65 Works Group (V) (2011—Present)''
  
* ''65 Works Group (V) (2011—Present)''
 
* [[Royal Monmouthshire Militia|Royal Monmouthshire Militia RE]] (2013—????) [Removed before 2015]
  
* [[Royal Monmouthshire Militia|Royal Monmouthshire Militia RE]] (2013—????) [Removed before 2015]
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* Provisional Reconstruction Team ([[Operation Herrick]])<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011731/http://www.army.mod.uk/royalengineers/units/28733.aspx|title=170 Infra Sp Engr Gp - British Army Website|date=2018-01-03|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>
   
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During the sub-groups' time within the engineer group, many saw themselves take on a territorial, later reserve, specialist team. Following the initial Army 2020 reforms, each works group control a reserve specialist team regularly, as apposed to randomly for deployments. Following these initial reforms, the group was due to take control of the [[Royal Monmouthshire Militia]], but this was reverted in 2015 when the refine announced they were to move under control of [[Headquarters Royal Engineers, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">"Transforming the British Army an Update"http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2014-0042/20140110-PQ01968B-SOames-A2020-Update-Glossy-U.pdf</ref>
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During the sub-groups' time within the engineer group, many saw themselves take on a territorial, later reserve, specialist team. Following the initial Army 2020 reforms, each works group control a reserve specialist team regularly, as apposed to randomly for deployments. Following these initial reforms, the group was due to take control of the [[Royal Monmouthshire Militia]], but this was reverted in 2015 when the refine announced they were to move under control of [[Headquarters Royal Engineers, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2014-0042/20140110-PQ01968B-SOames-A2020-Update-Glossy-U.pdf|title="Transforming the British Army, an Update"|last=|first=|date=July 2013|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>
   
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In 2015, the [[Army 2020 Refine]] was published, as an "updated chapter" to the initial [[Army 2020]] reform. Under this refine, the group HQ is to move to [[Gamcock Barracks]]. The group HQ is also due to have a decrease of 9 personnel.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">"Information on the Army 2020 refine exercise" https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632554/2017-02130.pdf</ref> Following the initial reforms and refines, the group now has the following structure;<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">Watson and Rinaldi, p. 338</ref><ref name=":3" />
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In 2015, the [[Army 2020 Refine]] was published, as an "updated chapter" to the initial [[Army 2020]] reform. Under this refine, the group HQ is to move to [[Gamcock Barracks]]. The group HQ is also due to have a decrease of 9 personnel.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632554/2017-02130.pdf|title="Information on the Army 2020 refine exercise"}}</ref> Following the initial reforms and refines, the group now has the following full structure;<ref name=":4">Watson and Rinaldi, p. 338</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
   
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* Group Headquarters, [[Chetwynd Barracks]] (Moving to [[Gamecock Barracks]] by 2021)<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />
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* Group Headquarters, [[Chetwynd Barracks]] (Moving to [[Gamecock Barracks]] by 2021)<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" />
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** 43 Headquarters and Support Squadron, [[Chetwynd Barracks]]<ref name=":4" />
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** 43 Headquarters and Support Squadron, [[Chetwynd Barracks]] (Moving to [[Gamecock Barracks]] by 2021)<ref name=":4" />
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* 20 Works Group (Air Support), [[RAF Wittering]]
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* [[20 Works Group (Air Support) (United Kingdom)|20 Works Group (Air Support)]], [[RAF Wittering]]
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** Group HQ and 529 Airfield STRE<ref name=":1" group="Notes" />
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* 62 Works Group, [[Chetwynd Barracks]]
  
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* 63 Works Group, [[Chetwynd Barracks]]
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** 531 STRE, [[RAF Waddington]]
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* 64 Works Group, [[Chetwynd Barracks]]
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** 532 STRE, [[RAF Coningsby]]
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* ''65 Works Group (V), [[Chetwynd Barracks]]''
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** 533 STRE, [[RAF Wattisham]]
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* 66 Works Group, [[Chetwynd Barracks]]
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** 534 STRE, [[RAF Marham]]
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* 62 Works Group, [[Chetwynd Barracks]] (Providing water support) (Moving to [[Gamecock Barracks]] by 2021)
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** 519 STRE (Works)
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** 523 STRE (Works)
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** 521 STRE (Water Development)
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** ''506 STRE (Water Infastructure) (V)''
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* 63 Works Group, [[Chetwynd Barracks]] (Providing power support) (Moving to [[Gamecock Barracks]] by 2021)
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** 518 STRE (Works)
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** 523 STRE (Works)
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** 528 STRE (Power)
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** ''504 STRE (Power Infrastructure) (V)''
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* 64 Works Group, [[Chetwynd Barracks]] (Fuel support) (Moving to [[Gamecock Barracks]] by 2021)
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** 516 STRE (Bulk Petroleum)
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** 524 STRE (Works)
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** 527 STRE (Works)
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** ''503 STRE (Fuels Infrastructure) (V)''
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* ''65 Works Group (V), [[Chetwynd Barracks]] (Infrastructure support) (Moving to [[Gamecock Barracks]] by 2021)''
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** ''507 STRE (Railway Infastructure) (V)''
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** ''508 STRE (Works) (V)''
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** ''509 STRE (Works Infastructure) (V)''
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** ''525 STRE (Works) (V)''
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** ''526 STRE (Works) (V)''
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* 66 Works Group, [[Chetwynd Barracks]] (Air support) (Moving to [[Gamecock Barracks]] by 2021)
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** 517 STRE (Works)
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** 522 STRE (Works)
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** 530 STRE (Materials)
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** ''510 STRE (Air Infastructure) (V)''
   
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* Watson, Graham E, and Richard A Rinaldi. ''The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organisation and Units 1889-2018''. Tiger Lilly Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1717901804
  
   
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* Watson, Graham E, and Richard A Rinaldi. ''The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organisation and Units 1889-2018''. Tiger Lilly Books, 2018. {{ISBN|978-1717901804}}
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Revision as of 03:20, 11 October 2019

Military Works Force
170 Infrastructure Engineer Group
Active 1978—Present
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch

Flag of the British Army British Army

Type Engineers
Size Group
Part of 8 Engineer Brigade
Garrison/HQ Chetwynd Barracks
Nickname(s) 170 Infra Sp Engr Gp
Website 170 Infra Sp Engr Gp
"Military Works Force" redirects here. For other uses, see [[Military Works Force (disambiguation)]].

170 (Infastructure Support) Engineer Group is an engineering command of the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers. The group is currently the highest numbered command of the British Army, although formed earlier then some of the other commands. The group was first formed as the Military Works Force, but later reformed following the 2002 field army re-organisation.

Today the group controls all of the STREs of the army in addition to 20 Works Group (Air Support), Royal Monmouthshire Militia, and the command squadron 43 HQ and Support Squadron.[1]

History

Military Works Force

In 1978, following the 1975 Mason Review, the Military Works Force was formed at Chetwynd Barracks to control the Corps of Royal Engineers's works groups. The command as a result controlled the specialist engineering units and helped in commanding and providing those special services. The group was originally formed with the control of just two CREs[Notes 1] each with three STREs[Notes 2], but this force was later expanded. At one time, the command controlled 530 STRE (Maintenance)[Notes 2], but it is unknown when this STRE[Notes 2] was formed, disbanded, and assigned to the group.[2] The four CREs[Notes 1] of the command included;[2]

  • Command Headquarters, Chetwynd Barracks
  • 62 Chief Engineer Command (Works) [Water utilities, water development, and well drilling]
  • 63 Chief Engineer Command (Works) [Electrical power generation and distribution, originally utilities and force protection]
  • 64 Chief Engineer Command (Works) [Fuels, fuel production, and distribution]
  • 65 Chief Engineer Command (Works) (V) [Civilian infrastructure, railway and ports infrastructure lines of communications][2]

170 Engineer Group

In 2003, the 2003 Delivering Security in a Changing World reforms were announced, which dramatically reformed the British Army as a whole, but more importantly the way the army was structured. By 2005, engineer groups were regulated and renamed, one the changes being the MWF's renaming as 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group and placed under the 8th Force Engineer Brigade. In addition to the changed of the group, the CRE units were re-titled as Works Groups. The name was also brought to represent the group as a military organisation rather than a civil organisation.[3] Between 2005 and present, the group saw many units come and go, they included;[3]

  • 20 Works Group (Air Support) (2015—Present)
  • 62 Works Group (2008—Present)
  • 63 Works Group (2008—Present)
  • 64 Works Group (2008—Present)
  • 66 Works Group (2008—Present)
  • 67 Works Group (2011—2015) [Disbanded under Army 2020]
  • 65 Works Group (V) (2011—Present)
  • Royal Monmouthshire Militia RE (2013—????) [Removed before 2015]
  • Provisional Reconstruction Team (Operation Herrick)[1]

During the sub-groups' time within the engineer group, many saw themselves take on a territorial, later reserve, specialist team. Following the initial Army 2020 reforms, each works group control a reserve specialist team regularly, as apposed to randomly for deployments. Following these initial reforms, the group was due to take control of the Royal Monmouthshire Militia, but this was reverted in 2015 when the refine announced they were to move under control of Headquarters Royal Engineers, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division.[3][4]

In 2015, the Army 2020 Refine was published, as an "updated chapter" to the initial Army 2020 reform. Under this refine, the group HQ is to move to Gamcock Barracks. The group HQ is also due to have a decrease of 9 personnel.[4][5] Following the initial reforms and refines, the group now has the following full structure;[6][4][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 CRE - Command, Royal Engineers
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 STRE - Specialist Team, Royal Engineers

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "170 Infra Sp Engr Gp - British Army Website". 2018-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011731/http://www.army.mod.uk/royalengineers/units/28733.aspx. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Watson and Rinaldi, p. 218
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Watson and Rinaldi, p.267
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Transforming the British Army, an Update". July 2013. http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2014-0042/20140110-PQ01968B-SOames-A2020-Update-Glossy-U.pdf. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Information on the Army 2020 refine exercise". https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632554/2017-02130.pdf. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Watson and Rinaldi, p. 338

Sources

  • Watson, Graham E, and Richard A Rinaldi. The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organisation and Units 1889-2018. Tiger Lilly Books, 2018. ISBN 978-1717901804
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