In February 1947 a cadre of 19 Topographic Squadron RE moved to Egypt and was initially titled as 19 Field Survey Regiment. It later was renamed as 42 Survey Engineer Regiment on 31 August 1948 and was based near
RAF Fayid. In 1948, 13 Field Survey Squadron was posted to Egypt and its personnel were absorbed into the regiment. 13 Squadron was assigned the role of map production which remains its core duties to this day. 14 Field Survey Squadron remained in Germany after the
Second World War, and provided geographic support to the British Army on the Rhine. This squadron deployed to Northern Ireland in 1973 as an infantry unit and in 1995, the Squadron moved to
Ayrshire Barracks,
Mönchengladbach before it was eventually reunited with the regiment in July 2013. The engineers lived in
Denison Barracks in
Hermitage for many years until July 2014 when the regiment in moved to
RAF Wyton as part of the
Joint Forces Intelligence Group. The regiment operates the Tactical Information and Geospatial Intelligence Systems (TIGAS) vehicle system as part of the Field Deployable
GEOINT (FDG) capability. On 10 November 2021 the regiment won Best Security, Defence or Law Enforcement IT Project of the Year at the UK IT Industry Awards. ==Freedoms==