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{{Short description|Maintenance arm of the British Army}}
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Corps of Royal Electrical<br/>and Mechanical Engineers
| image                         = REME cap badge.png
| image_size                    = 120px
| caption                       = Queen Elizabeth II [[Cap badge]] of REME
| dates                         = 1 October 1942 – present
| country                       = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch                        = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| type                          = 
| role                          = 
| size                          = 8,032 personnel
| command_structure             = 
| garrison                      = [[MoD Lyneham]]
| motto                         = ''Arte et Marte'' ([[Latin]] for<br/>"By Skill and By Fighting")
| colours                       = Blue Yellow Red
| march                         = "[[Lillibullero]]"
| mascot                        = 
| battles                       = 
| anniversaries                 = 
| notable_commanders            = 
| identification_symbol         = [[File:REME TRF.svg|100px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Tactical Recognition Flash
| commander1                    = [[Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh]]
| commander1_label              = Colonel-in-Chief
| current_commander             = 
| commander2                    = Lieutenant General [[David Eastman (British Army officer)|David J. Eastman]]
| commander2_label              = Master General
}}
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The '''Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers''' ('''REME''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|iː|m|iː}} {{respell|REE|mee}}) is the maintenance arm of the [[British Army]] that maintains the equipment that the Army uses. The corps is described as the "British Army's professional engineers".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/corps-of-royal-electrical-and-mechanical-engineers-reme/|website=www.army.mod.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

==History==
Prior to REME's formation, maintenance was the responsibility of several different corps:
* [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]]—weapons and armoured vehicles
* [[Royal Engineers]]—engineering plant and machinery, and RE motor transport
* [[Royal Corps of Signals]]—communications equipment
* [[Royal Army Service Corps]]—other motor transport
* [[Royal Artillery]]—heavy weapons artificers

During World War II, the increase in quantity and complexity of equipment exposed the flaws in this system. Pursuant to the recommendation of a Committee on Skilled Men in the Services chaired by [[William Beveridge]], the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers was formed on 1 October 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/reme/32002.aspx|title=Our history|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDqcBQAAQBAJ|title=The Pillars of Security (Works of William H. Beveridge)|author=William H. Beveridge|date=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-57304-3|orig-year=1943}}</ref>

===Phase I===
Such a major re-organisation was too complex to be carried out quickly and completely in the middle of a world war. Therefore, the changeover was undertaken in two phases. In Phase I, which was implemented immediately, REME was formed on the existing framework of the [[RAOC]] Engineering Branch, strengthened by the transfer of certain technical units and tradesmen from the [[Royal Engineers|RE]] and [[Royal Army Service Corps|RASC]].

At the same time, a number of individual tradesmen were transferred into REME from other corps. The new corps was made responsible for repairing the technical equipment of all arms with certain major exceptions.

REME did not yet undertake:

* Those repairs that were carried out by unit tradesmen who were driver/mechanics or fitters in [[regiment]]s and belonged to the unit rather than being attached to it.
* Repairs of RASC-operated vehicles, which remained the responsibility of the RASC; each RASC Transport Company had its own workshop.
* Repairs of RE specialist equipment, which remained the responsibility of the RE.<ref name=regra>{{cite web|url=http://www.26thregra-asc.com/reme.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516054732/http://www.26thregra-asc.com/reme.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 May 2008|title=Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: A history|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref>

===Phase II===
In 1949, it was decided that "REME Phase II" should be implemented. This decision was published in [[Army Council (1904)|Army Council]] Instruction 110 of 1949, and the necessary reorganisation was carried out in the various arms and services in three stages between July 1951 and January 1952. The main changes were:
* The transfer to REME of most of the unit repair responsibilities of other arms ([[Infantry]], [[Royal Artillery]], [[Royal Armoured Corps]] etc.).
* The provision of [[Light Aid Detachment]]s for certain units that had not possessed them under the old organisation.
* The provision of new REME Workshops to carry out field repairs in RASC transport companies. Maintenance of vessels of the RASC fleet whilst in port was given to the fleet repair branch, a civilian organisation which came under the REME umbrella.
This organisation was also responsible for arranging and overseeing ship refits.<ref name=regra/>

===Cap badges===
[[File:REME Cap Badge 1945.jpg|thumb|left|REME cap badge, first version, 1942–1947]]
After some interim designs, the badge of the Corps was formalised in June 1943 for use as the cap-badge, collar-badge, and on the buttons. It consisted of an oval Royally Crowned laurel wreath; on the wreath were four small shields at the compass points, each shield bearing one of the letters of "REME".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=H1Mym2l6fb0C&dq=four+shields+bearing+the+letters+%22+REME%22%2C&pg=PA27 Robert Wilkinson-Latham, Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons, Shire Publications Ltd 2006] {{ISBN|0-7478-0484-2}} (p.27)</ref> Within the wreath was a pair of [[caliper]]s.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2f8NAQAAMAAJ&q=four+shields+bearing+the+letters+%22+REME%22, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Volume 25 (London 1947)] (p. 171)</ref> Examples of these early badges can be found at the [[REME Museum]]. In 1947, the Horse and Lightning was adopted as the cap badge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.remeassociation-scotland.org.uk/6.html|title=The Aims of the REME Association|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref> designed by [[Stephen Gooden]].<ref>D.J. Wright (1982). The History of R.E.M.E. Cap Badge. ''R.E.M.E. Journal'', April 1982, pp 38-41.</ref>

=== Major Ivan Hirst REME and Volkswagen ===
At the end of the war, the Allies occupied the major German industrial centres to decide their fate. The [[Volkswagen]] factory at [[Wolfsburg]] became part of the British Zone in June 1945 and No. 30 Workshop Control Unit, REME, assumed control in July. They operated under the overall direction of Colonel Michael McEvoy at Rhine Army Headquarters, Bad Oeynhausen. Uniquely, he had experience of the KdF Wagen in his pre-war career as a motor racing engineer; whilst attending the Berlin Motor Show in 1939, he was able to test drive one.<ref name=volk>REME Archives - Arborfield</ref>

After visiting the Volkswagen factory, McEvoy had the idea of trying to get Volkswagen back into production to provide light transport for the occupying forces. The British Army, Red Cross and essential German services were chronically short of light vehicles. If the factory could provide them, there would be no cost to the British taxpayer and the factory could be saved. To do this, a good manager with technical experience would be needed. Maj. [[Ivan Hirst]] was told simply to "take charge of" the Volkswagen plant before arriving in August 1945. He had drains fixed and bomb craters filled in; land in front of the factory was given over to food production.<ref name=volk/>

At first, the wartime [[Volkswagen Kübelwagen|Kubelwagen]] was viewed as a suitable vehicle. Once it became clear it could not be put back into production, the Volkswagen saloon or Kaefer ([[Volkswagen Beetle|Beetle]]) was suggested. Hirst had an example delivered to Rhine Army headquarters, where it was demonstrated by Colonel McEvoy. The positive reaction led to the Military Government placing an order for 20,000 Volkswagens in September 1945.<ref name=volk/>

==Museum==
The [[REME Museum]] is based at [[MoD Lyneham]] in Wiltshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/14212213.New_REME_Museum_moves_into_new_home_in_Lyneham/|title=New REME Museum moves into new home in Lyneham|date=18 January 2016|publisher=Gazette and Herald|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>

==Training==
The [[Defence School of Electro-Mechanical Engineering]] at MoD Lyneham meets most of the training needs of the Corps and other parts of Defence including Royal Marines Vehicle Mechanics, Technicians, Metalsmiths and Armourers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-schools-and-colleges/electro-mechanical-engineering/|title=Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering|publisher=British Army|access-date=21 July 2018}}</ref>

==Units==
The Corps is structured as follows:
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*'''Regular Army Battalions'''
**[[1 Close Support Battalion REME]]
**[[2 Close Support Battalion REME]]
**[[3 Armoured Close Support Battalion REME]]
**[[4 Armoured Close Support Battalion REME]]
**[[5 Force Support Battalion REME]]
**[[6 Armoured Close Support Battalion REME]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/corps-of-royal-electrical-and-mechanical-engineers-reme/6-armoured-close-support-battalion/|title=6 Armoured Close Support Battalion REME|publisher=British Army|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>
**[[7 Aviation Support Battalion REME]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.army.mod.uk/reme/41434.aspx |access-date=2017-08-07 |title=7 Aviation Support Battalion (Official Website)}}</ref>
**8 Training Battalion REME
**9 Theatre Support Battalion REME

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*'''Army Reserve Battalions'''
**[[101 Battalion REME]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://army.mod.uk:80/101bnreme/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013111335/http://army.mod.uk:80/101bnreme/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2007|title=Welcome to 101 Battalion REME|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref> 
**[[102 Battalion REME]]
**[[103 Battalion REME]]
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[[File:Two soldiers from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) abseil from an Army Air Corps Lynx helicopter MOD 45148285.jpg|thumb|200px|Two soldiers from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) abseil from an Army Air Corps Lynx helicopter]]
[[File:British helmet mg 3385.jpg|thumb|REME full dress home service helmet with [[Brunswick star]] cap badge]]'''Separate Units'''

* Regimental Headquarters, at Prince Philip Barracks, [[MoD Lyneham]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/corps-of-royal-electrical-and-mechanical-engineers-reme/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=www.army.mod.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 8 Field Company (Para), [[16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team]], [[Colchester Garrison|Merville Barracks]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-02 |title=Colchester's Airborne Craftsmen put fitness, teamwork and tech skills to the test |url=https://www.forcesnews.com/services/army/colchesters-airborne-craftsmen-put-teamwork-fitness-and-tech-skills-test |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.forcesnews.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[British Forces South Atlantic Islands|Falkland Islands]] Motor Transport Workshop<ref name=":504">Peregrine & Croucher, pp. 383–398</ref>
* [[24 Commando Royal Engineers|24 Commando]] REME Workshop, [[RM Chivenor|Chivenor]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=REME COMMANDO {{!}} Commando Screening week located RMB Chivenor.🗡️ #commando #army #unitedweconquer {{!}} Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/3cdoxreme/p/C8rADOhNfTk/?img_index=1 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
* [[3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery]] Workshop
* [[British Army Training Unit Suffield|BATUS]] Workshop<ref name=":504" />
* [[British Army Training Unit Kenya|BATUK]] Workshop, HQ in [[Nanyuki]] (small rear workshop in Nairobi)<ref name=":504" />
* [[British Forces Brunei|Brunei Garrison]] Workshop<ref name=":504" />
* [[British Forces Cyprus|Cyprus]] Force Workshop Company, HQ at [[RAF Akrotiri]] (part of the Cyprus Service Support Unit)<ref name=":504" />
* [[Waterloo Lines|Land Warfare Centre]] battlegroup light aid detachment, at [[Harman Lines]], [[Warminster Garrison]]<ref name=":03">{{Cite web|title=Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harman+Lines/@51.2173717,-2.1456327,3a,21.8y,86.65h,88.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sY6ipjge7A4AF3TSd0Dtw9g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x4873d119861bd59f:0x8903f0e11c7e3ba9!2sHarman+Lines!8m2!3d51.2176583!4d-2.1452734!3m4!1s0x4873d119861bd59f:0x8903f0e11c7e3ba9!8m2!3d51.2176583!4d-2.1452734|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Google Maps|language=en}}</ref>
* Lightning Bolts Army Parachute Display Team, the parachute display team of REME, one of the four official Army parachute display teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/army-parachute-display-teams/|title= Army Parachute Display Teams|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>

== List of Directors of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering / Master General REME ==
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The head of REME was officially known as Director of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Army) or DEME(A).
*Major-General [[Eric Bertram Rowcroft|Eric Rowcroft]] (1942 to 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rblferndown.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/REME/REME-Newsletter-April-2014.pdf|title=Maj Gen Sir Eric Bertram Rowcroft, CB, KBE, M.I. Mech.E., M.I.E.E. 1891 – 1963|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref>
*Major-General [[W S Tope|Wilfred (Bill) S Tope]] (1947 to 1949)
*Major-General [[S W Joslin|Stanley William Joslin]] (1950 to 1953)
*Major-General [[Wilfred Austin Lord]] (1954 to 1957)
*Major-General [[Sir L N Tyler|Sir Leslie Norman Tyler]] (1957 to 1960)
*Major General [[Denis Redman]] (1960 to 1963)<ref name="Obit - Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Major-General Denis Redman|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/6005922/Major-General-Denis-Redman.html|access-date=19 December 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=10 August 2009}}</ref>
*Major General [[Sir Leonard Henry Atkinson]] (1963 to 1966)<ref>{{cite web|title=ATKINSON, Sir Leonard Henry (1910-1990), Major General|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/ATKINSON1.shtml|work=Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives|publisher=King's College London|access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref>
*Major-General [[A McGill]] (1966 to 1968)
*Major-General [[P H Girling|Peter Howard Girling]] (1969 to 1972)
*Major-General [[A M McKay]] (1972 to 1975)
*Major-General [[H Macdonald-Smith|Hugh Macdonald-Smith]] (1975 to 1978)
*Major-General [[J V Homan]] (1978 to 1979)
*Major-General Pat Lee (1979 to 1981)
*Major-General [[T B Palmer]] (1983 to 1985)
*Major-General [[J Boyne]] (1985 to 1988)
*Major-General [[D Shaw]] (1988 to 1991)
*Major-General [[M S Heath]] (1991 to 1993)
*Major-General [[P J G Corp]] (1993 to 1997)
*Major-General [[P V R Besgrove|Peter V R Besgrove]] (1997 to 1999)
*Brigadier [[R J Croucher|Roderick J Croucher]] (1999 to 2002)
*Brigadier [[Stephen Tetlow]] (2002 to 2005)
*Brigadier [[N T S Williams]] (2005 to 2007)
*Brigadier [[B W McCall]] (2007 to 2010)
*Brigadier [[M J Boswell]] (2010 to 2012)

In 2012, a new post of Master General REME was created with Lieutenant General [[Andrew Figgures]] as the first incumbent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/reme-soldiers-march-through-wokingham-9455501|title=REME soldiers march through Wokingham for the last time|date=15 June 2015|publisher=Get Reading|access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
*Lieutenant General [[Andrew Figgures]] (2012 to 2017)
*Lieutenant General [[Paul Jaques]] (2017 to 2023)
*Lieutenant General [[David Eastman (British Army officer)|David James Eastman]] (2023 to present)<ref name=LG64276>{{London Gazette|issue=64276|date=2 January 2024 |page=26495|supp=y}}</ref>

===List of Colonel Commandants===
*Lieutenant-General Sir [[Patrick Sanders (British Army officer)|Patrick Sanders]] (until 1 November 2018)<ref name=LG62486>{{London Gazette|issue=62486|supp=y|page=21992|date=4 December 2018}}</ref>
*Major-General G. I. Mitchell, CB (until 2023)<ref name=LG64276 />
*Major-General [[David Eastman (British Army officer)|David James Eastman]] (until 2023)<ref name=LG64276 />
*Lieutenant-General Dame [[Sharon Nesmith]], 1 November 2018–1 November 2023<ref name=LG62486 /><ref name=LG64307>{{London Gazette|issue=64307|supp=y|page=2283|date=6 February 2024}}</ref>
*Major-General [[William O'Leary (British Army officer)|William O'Leary]] (until 1 June 2024)<ref name=LG64412>{{London Gazette |issue= 64412 |date= 4 June 2024  |page= 10721 |supp= y }}</ref>
*Colonel I. J. Phillips (until August 2024)<ref name=LG64509>{{London Gazette |issue= 64509 |date= 10 September 2024  |page= 17456 |supp= y }}</ref>
*Lt-Gen. [[Simon Hamilton (officer)|Simon Hamilton]] (until May 2025)<ref name=LG64754>{{London Gazette| issue=64754 |page=11656 |supp=y|date=10 June 2025}}</ref>
*Major-General Darren Howard Crook, 31 March 2023–present <ref name=LG64276 />
*Major-General Anna-Lee Reilly, 1 April 2023–present<ref name=LG64276 />
*Major-General Neil B. Thorpe, 1 April 2023–present<ref name=LG64276 />
*Major-General [[Paul Griffiths (British Army officer)|Paul Raymond Griffiths]], 1 November 2023–present<ref name=LG64307 />
*Brigadier Ingrid Anne Rolland, 1 June 2024–present<ref name=LG64412 />
*Colonel I. S. Wallace, 31 August 2024–present<ref name=LG64509 />
*Major-General [[Phil Prosser|Philip David Prosser]], 1 June 2025<ref name=LG64754 />

==Freedoms==
The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers has received the [[freedom of the city|freedom]] of several UK local government areas.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+Local government areas awarding freedom to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers or its units
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!data-sort-type="date"| Date !! Area !! Notes !! Refs

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|data-sort-value="21 October 1978"| 21 October 1978 || [[Borough of Wokingham]] || Berkshire England || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/reme-soldiers-march-through-wokingham-9455501|title=REME soldiers march through Wokingham for the last time|first=Rahul|last=Vashisht|date=15 June 2015}}</ref>

|-
| October 1987 || [[Newton Aycliffe|Great Aycliffe]] || Durham England 124 Recovery Company [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|(V)]] || <ref name="books.google.ca">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uc6XAwAAQBAJ&q=Freedom+of+the+Town+of+Prestatyn+Wales&pg=PA319|title=Craftsmen of the Army: The Story of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Vol II 1969–1992|first1=J. M.|last1=Kneen|first2=D. J.|last2=Sutton|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Pen and Sword|via=Google Books|isbn=9780850525496}}</ref>

|-
| 12 September 1992 || [[Prestatyn]]  || [[Denbighshire]] Wales. 119 (Holywell) Recovery Company [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|(V)]] || .<ref name="books.google.ca"/>

|-
| 2012 || [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]] || [[North Yorkshire]] England. [[1 Close Support Battalion REME|1 Close Support Battalion]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmond.org/guide/freedom.html |title=Richmond Online Guide to Richmond, Yorkshire - Honorary Freedoms of the Town |access-date=11 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421035528/http://www.richmond.org/guide/freedom.html |archive-date=21 April 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guide to Richmond Honorary Freedoms of the Town |url=https://www.richmond.org/guide/freedom.php |website=Richmond Online |access-date=16 September 2021 |language=en |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916100224/https://www.richmond.org/guide/freedom.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|-
| 5 April 2013 || [[Wrexham]] || Wales. 101 Force Support Battalion || <ref>{{cite news|title=Hundreds turnout for soldiers town centre march in Wrexham|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/need_to_read/2013/04/06/hundreds-turnout-for-soldiers-town-centre-march-in-wrexham-55578-33124579/|work=[[Daily Post (North Wales)|Daily Post]]|date=6 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=REME Freedom March – Route Announcement|url=http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/council/news/reme_route13.htm|publisher=[[Wrexham County Borough Council]]|date=3 April 2013}}</ref>

|-
|  27 June 2015 || [[Bordon]] || [[East Hampshire]] England. || <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clanfieldpost.co.uk/|title=About Us|website=clanfieldpost.co.uk|access-date=6 December 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129064046/http://clanfieldpost.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-
| 6 July 2017 || [[Royal Wootton Bassett]] || Wiltshire England. 8 Training Battalion || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalwoottonbassett.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1499761730-full_council_minutes_06_07_2017.pdf |title=City Council Minutes |date=2017 |website=www.royalwoottonbassett.gov.uk |access-date=2020-12-08 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004415/http://www.royalwoottonbassett.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1499761730-full_council_minutes_06_07_2017.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|-
| 23 June 2024 || [[Lenham]] || [[Borough of Maidstone|Maidstone]] [[Kent]] England. || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/freedom-of-the-parish-honour-on-80th-anniversary-of-doodlebu-307993/ |title=Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) given Freedom of the Parish of Lenham on 80th anniversary of Doodlebug tragedy two weeks after D-Day landings  |last=Smith |first=Alan |date=7 June 2024 |website=Kent Online |access-date=9 June 2024 }}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom}}

* [[Units of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Durie |first1=William |title=The British Garrison Berlin 1945 - 1994: nowhere to go ... a pictorial historiography of the British Military occupation / presence in Berlin |date=2012 |publisher=Vergangenheitsverlag ([[:de:Vergangenheitsverlag|de]]) |location=Berlin |isbn=978-3-86408-068-5 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/978161722 |language=English |oclc=978161722}}
*{{Cite book|last1=Peregrine|first1=Colonel R. B.|title=Craftsmen of the Army: The Story of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers|last2=Croucher|first2=Brigadier R. J.|publisher=Pen & Sword Military|year=2017|isbn=978-1473899889|volume=III: 1993 – 2015|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom|oclc=990984905}}
*{{cite book|author=RHQ Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers|title=Craftsmen of the Army: The Story of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1993-2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQPMDwAAQBAJ&q=Upavon+%22Adjutant+General%22+Land+Forces+Andover&pg=PP253|publisher=Pen & Sword|date=2017|isbn=9781473899902}}
*REME, Craftsmen of the Army Vol 2 1969–1992 (1996)
*REME, Craftsmen of the Army Vol 1 1942–1968 (1970)

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/corps-of-royal-electrical-and-mechanical-engineers-reme/}}
*[http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/ REME Museum]
*[http://www.intriguing-history.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/R.E.M.E-1942-1947.jpg Image of the 1943 REME cap badge]

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