1st Newcastle Engineers
| 1st Newcastle Engineers, RE | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1 September 1860 – present |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
|
| Branch |
 Territorial Army
|
| Type | Field Engineer |
| Role | Divisional Engineers |
| Part of |
50th (Northumbrian) Division 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division 15th Indian Division 23rd (Northumbrian) Division 72 (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Engineer Regiment (V) |
| Garrison/HQ | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Engagements |
Second Boer War World War I: * Gravenstafel Ridge * St Julien * Frezenberg Ridge * Bellewarde Ridge * Flers–Courcelette * Morval * Le Transloy * Butte de Warlencourt * First Scarpe * Second Scarpe * Second Passchendaele * First Somme (1918) * Rosières * Estaires * Third Aisne * Beaurevoir * Cambrai * Selle * Sambre * Macedonia * Mesopotamia World War II: * Arras * Dunkirk * Gazala * Mersa Matruh * Alamein * Sicily landings * Primosole Bridge * Normandy landings * Villers-Bocage * Mont Pincon * Operation Market Garden * Operation Plunder |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Col Sir Charles Palmer |
The 1st Newcastle Engineer Volunteers, later Northumbrian Divisional Engineers, was a Royal Engineer (RE) unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army founded in 1860. Its companies saw action in both World Wars, particularly at the Battle of Rosières and the assault crossing of the River Selle in 1918, and on D-Day in 1944. Its successors continue to serve in today's Army Reserve.
The 1st Newcastle Engineer Volunteers (EV) was raised at company strength in Newcastle upon Tyne during the enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement engendered by the invasion scare of 1859; its first officers' commissions were dated 1 September 1860. Many early volunteers came from Armstrong's engineering works at Elswick. The company was attached for administrative purposes to the 1st Newcastle upon Tyne Rifle Volunteer Corps.
In 1874 the Newcastle company was united with the larger (8 companies) 1st Durham EV at Jarrow on the opposite (County Durham) bank of the River Tyne. This unit had been raised and commanded by Charles Palmer (1822–1907), founder of Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company and later the first mayor and Member of Parliament for Jarrow. The two units were formed into the 1st Durham Administrative Battalion EV, consolidated in 1880 as the 1st Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham EV, with Palmer as commanding officer and an establishment of 1300 men.
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