9 Parachute Squadron RE

9 Parachute Squadron
9 Parachute Squadron
	Brigade insignia of the 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, also used by 9 Parachute Squadron.
Active	6 March 1772 – present
Country	Great Britain (1772–1800); United Kingdom; (1801–present)
Branch	British Army
Type	Airborne forces
Role	Combat engineering
Part of	Royal Engineers; 1st (UK) Division 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment; ; ;
Engagements	Great Siege of Gibraltar; Kaffir Wars; Crimean War Siege of Sevastopol; ; World War I Retreat from Mons; First Battle of the Marne; First Battle of the Aisne; Battle of Armentières; Second Battle of Ypres Battle of St. Julien; Battle of Frezenberg; Battle of Bellewaarde; ; Battle of the Somme Battle of Albert; Battle of Le Transloy; ; Battle of Arras; Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) Battle of Polygon Wood; Battle of Broodseinde; Battle of Poelcappelle; ; First Battle of Bapaume; Battle of the Lys Battle of Hazebrouck; Battle of Béthune; ; Second Battle of the Somme Battle of the Scarpe; Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line; ; Battle of the Canal du Nord; Battle of the Selle; Battle of Valenciennes; ; World War II Operation Freshman; Operation Ladbroke; Operation Slapstick; Operation Market Garden; ; Operation Sheepskin (Anguilla); Operation Banner (The Northern Ireland Troubles); Falklands War Battle of Mount Longdon; Battle of Mount Tumbledown; ; UN Mission in Rwanda (Operation Gabriel); Macedonia Insurgency; Operation Telic (Iraq War); Operation Branta (MFO Egypt); War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Operation Fingal; Operation Herrick Operation Herrick IV; Operation Herrick VIII; ; Operation Pitting (UK Evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan); ;
Commanders
Current; commander	Maj C J Swanwick
Notable; commanders	Peter Wall (British Army officer)
Insignia
DZ flash pre-2008
DZ flash today

9 Parachute Squadron RE (often abbreviated to '9 Sqn') is an airborne squadron of the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers. It is part of 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment based at Rock Barracks in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and provides close engineer support to 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team. It traces its heritage to the first Soldier Artificer Company raised in Gibraltar in 1772. The squadron remains the longest continually serving in-role fighting unit in Airborne Forces.