The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 (SDSR10) directed that the Army should restructure from 6 deployable Brigades to 5 Multi-Role Brigades (MRBs). Secretary of State has agreed that 19 Lt Bde should be disbanded.

As part of this plan the Brigade Headquarters and Signals Squadron, 40th Regiment Royal Artillery, 38 Engineer Regiment and 19 Combat Service Support Battalion will be disbanded.

http://defenceintranet.diiweb.r.mil....ghtBrigade.htm

This was always going to happen anyway wasnt it. Regardless of SDSR.

And how much did it cost to move them from Catterick, Ripon and Topcliffe, never mind what it will cost to close down. I am glad my 2 year no pay rise is going in the usual direction. Mind you, they could become TA without the recruiting costs and deploy on Herrick according to schedule!!

It can only be a good thing to lose 19css Bn, not only was the CO and I believe QM sacked for failing an ECI re-insp (how a REME Bn fails an ECI I'll never know even if it is half Retards Last Chance) it was an embarrassment to the Corps.

I had the pleasure of working quite closely with that particular unit in the not so distant past and it was a complete and utter shambles, the trade skills were non existent, the attitude of the tradesmen was abysmal, the discipline was atrocious, morale was through the floor and all in all it was the most disheartening experience of my REME career. I firmly lay the blame for all this at the door of the officers and SNCO's of the said unit, the junior members of the Bn were let down by weak leadership, bad management and a definite lack of direction.

The news of the closure of this unit leaves me with mixed feelings, on one hand I am glad this blight on the Corps will be erased from existence but my worry is what will happen to the people that allowed this mess to happen in the first place. My hope is that they shall be spread to the four winds and become the leaders that their Sandhurst and Artificer courses must have instilled in them at one time, here's hoping.

Arte Et Marte!

Originally Posted by BrettTaylor

It can only be a good thing to lose 19css Bn, not only was the CO and I believe QM sacked for failing an ECI re-insp (how a REME Bn fails an ECI I'll never know even if it is half Retards Last Chance) it was an embarrassment to the Corps.

I had the pleasure of working quite closely with that particular unit in the not so distant past and it was a complete and utter shambles, the trade skills were non existent, the attitude of the tradesmen was abysmal, the discipline was atrocious, morale was through the floor and all in all it was the most disheartening experience of my REME career. I firmly lay the blame for all this at the door of the officers and SNCO's of the said unit, the junior members of the Bn were let down by weak leadership, bad management and a definite lack of direction.

The news of the closure of this unit leaves me with mixed feelings, on one hand I am glad this blight on the Corps will be erased from existence but my worry is what will happen to the people that allowed this mess to happen in the first place. My hope is that they shall be spread to the four winds and become the leaders that their Sandhurst and Artificer courses must have instilled in them at one time, here's hoping.

Arte Et Marte!

Err, so you didn't think much of them, then?....


And yes, I'd heard that this was on the cards ages ago, come to thinkof it probably even before the SDSR was a twinkle in Dr Fox's eye.

Originally Posted by OldSnowy

Err, so you didn't think much of them, then?....


And yes, I'd heard that this was on the cards ages ago, come to thinkof it probably even before the SDSR was a twinkle in Dr Fox's eye.

Arrr not fussed either way to be honest. ;)

Originally Posted by BrettTaylor

It can only be a good thing to lose 19css Bn, not only was the CO and I believe QM sacked for failing an ECI re-insp (how a REME Bn fails an ECI I'll never know even if it is half Retards Last Chance) it was an embarrassment to the Corps.

I had the pleasure of working quite closely with that particular unit in the not so distant past and it was a complete and utter shambles, the trade skills were non existent, the attitude of the tradesmen was abysmal, the discipline was atrocious, morale was through the floor and all in all it was the most disheartening experience of my REME career. I firmly lay the blame for all this at the door of the officers and SNCO's of the said unit, the junior members of the Bn were let down by weak leadership, bad management and a definite lack of direction.

The news of the closure of this unit leaves me with mixed feelings, on one hand I am glad this blight on the Corps will be erased from existence but my worry is what will happen to the people that allowed this mess to happen in the first place. My hope is that they shall be spread to the four winds and become the leaders that their Sandhurst and Artificer courses must have instilled in them at one time, here's hoping.

Arte Et Marte!

Was this by chance the unit known in a previous generation as 8 Fd Wksp in Colchester.?

No, I believe 19 CSS are based in norn iron, 8 Fd Wksp (one of my old units) is now a Wksp Coy but from which Bn I know not

8 Fd Wksp became part of 7Bn REME in support of 16 X.

8 Fd Wksp was part of 24 Air Mobile CSS Bn (akin to 19 CSS) - Our last DEME(A) was CO there and even wore an RLC stablebelt!!. When 16 Air Asslt Bde formed, 8 Fd Coy (then renamed 8 CS Coy) became part of 7 Air Asslt Bn and the RLC element became 13 Air Asslt Sp Regt RLC