595th (North Riding Fortress) Company, Royal Engineers

The North Riding (Fortress) Coy, Royal Engineers was raised at Middlesbrough on 27th of November 1886 as the Tees Division Submarine Miners, detailed to man the fixed mines which were being installed to defend British seaports. They were based at the Submarine miners depot at South Gare with their HQ at the Drill Hall in Bright Street. In 1907 submarine mining duties were handed over to Militia units and the Volunteer submarine miners were converted into electrical engineers and to continue manning the electric searchlights of the harbour defences. The Middlesbrough unit was briefly retitled the Tees Division Electrical Engineers. They were renamed under the Haldane Reforms in 1908 and when the TF companies of the RE were numbered in February 1917, the unit became 595th North Riding Fortress Company.
As the war progressed and air raids became more frequent, the RE fortress companies began to operate coastal defence guns in an Anti-Aircraft role in addition to operating the searchlights. By mid-1916, the North Riding and East Riding Fortress Engineers had combined to provide personnel for No 3 (Yorkshire) AA Company, RE. Later a barrage line of lights was organised up the East Coast with the North Riding Fortress Engineers forming No 36 (North Riding) AA Company at Middlesbrough. By May 1918 the Tees AA Defence Control formed part of Northern Air Defences. The men were demobilised in 1919, but the TA units would reform in 1920.

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11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment

10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens

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