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{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name=Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)
|image=
|caption=Cap Badge of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
|dates=1539-
|country=United Kingdom
|allegiance=
|branch=Territorial Army
|type=Militia
|role=Engineers
|size=One regiment
|command_structure=160 (Welsh) Brigade
|current_commander=
|garrison=RHQ - Monmouth
100 Fd Sqn - Cwmbran
108 Fd Sqn - Swansea
225 Fd Sqn - Warbury
Jersey Fd Sqn - St Helier
|ceremonial_chief=HRH The Duke of Gloucester
|ceremonial_chief_label=Royal Honorary Colonel
|colonel_of_the_regiment=Major-General Keith Harington Cima
|colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Honorary Colonel
|nickname=
|motto=''Ich Dein'' (I Serve)
''Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt'' (Where Right and Glory Lead)
|colors=
|march=''Wings'' (Regimental March, Royal Engineers)
|identification_symbol=
|identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash
|identification_symbol_2=Militia Flash
|identification_symbol_2_label=Arm Badge
|mascot=
|battles=1760-1854 {Home Defence}
Crimean War {detachment with Royal Welch Fusiliers};
South Africa;
World War I;
World War II
Iraq War
|notable_commanders=
|anniversaries=
}}
The 'Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)' (R MON RE(M)) is the most senior regiment in the British Territorial Army, having given continuous loyal service to the crown since 1539. It is part of the reserve forces.
It is not the oldest regiment in the British Army; this honour goes to the Honourable Artillery Company (from 1296 but chartered in 1537), but Militia always takes precedence over Volunteers, and the aforementioned regiment has not given continuous loyal service to the crown, having fought for Parliament in the English civil war.
The regiment is also unusual in having the word Royal appear twice in its name. It gained the first "Royal" in 1804 when it was known as the 'Monmouth and Brecon Militia'. The second was acquired in 1877 when the Regiment transferred into a Special Reserve section of the expanding Royal Engineers. The regiment is also the only Royal Engineer regiment to possess colours.
The regiment is headquartered at Monmouth Castle in Monmouth but has sub-units in Cwmbran, Cardiff, Bristol, Swansea and Birmingham.

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External links

External links

★ Official Army website

★ Regimental Museum

★ Royal Engineers Museum - Militia, Volunteers and Territorials (1757-1979)

★ regiments.org