31st Reserve Engineering Company | |
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Unit Flash of the 31st Res COE |
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Active | 1959 - Present |
Country | Ireland |
Branch | Army |
Type | Irish Army Engineer Corps |
Role | Combat Engineering and General Engineering |
Size | Company |
Part of | Southern Brigade |
Garrison/HQ | Sarsfield and Collins Barracks |
Commanders | |
Current commander |
Cmdt. Beatty
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The 31 Company of Engineers (previously 3rd Company of Engineers) is an Irish Defence Forces Engineering Support Company under the command of the Southern Reserve Brigade.
The unit is based in both Sarsfield Barracks Limerick (2 Platoons), and Collins Barracks (Cork) (1 Platoon).
From 1959 to 2005, the company was part of the Forsa Cosanta Aituil and known as the 3rd COE.
It was decommissioned and replaced on 1 October 2005 with the integration of the Irish Defence Forces and the restructure of the Irish Army Reserve under the RDF.