Unit Name: | 35 Engineer Support Regiment |
Dates: | 1946 - present |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | |
Type: | Military engineering |
Size: | Regiment |
Command Structure: | South African Army Engineer Formation Army Conventional |
Garrison: | Dunnottar |
Motto: | Sustincere vincere est” support for victory |
Colors: | Guardsman Red and Oxford Blue[1] |
Battles: | |
Identification Symbol: | Bursting grenade with nine flames |
Identification Symbol Label: | Collar Badge |
Identification Symbol 2: | Oxford blue |
Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Beret Colour |
Identification Symbol 3 Label: | Engineers Company Emblems |
Identification Symbol 4 Label: | Engineers Beret Bar circa 1992 |
35 Engineer Support Regiment is a regiment of the South African Engineer Corps. The role of the unit is to be the depot of prime mission equipment for the engineer corps.[2]
Originally established at Kroonstad as 35 Field Park Squadron but later renamed 35 Engineer Support Unit. The unit was moved to Mariedale near Springs and renamed 35 Engineer Support Regiment with the number 35 being replaced on its flash by the bee.