Identify this Royal Engineers Photo (1960)

This photo of Royal Engineers dated 1960 has ended up in the History Photo Album of the AAS Carlisle.

Although we at Carlisle did have a few RE's. This looks like everyone is a RE?

The photo belongs else where! But where?  The visit of so many RE's could have been down to a Quadrangular Games even?

Can anyone recognise any of the guys, or the location? Is there a connection from maybe Chepstow AAS

Thanks  Alan

I think it must be Chepstow. I was 60C B Coy at Arborfield and we all worn AAS badges. Although we lived in spiders just like the one in the background. When I first saw Chepstow it was all new buildings because it could be seen from the Severn Bridge when they opened it.
I can promise that there isn't a single face there I recognise.
Didn't the REs have a place at Chatham?

alan8376 wrote:

This photo of Royal Engineers dated 1960 has ended up in the History Photo Album of the AAS Carlisle.

Although we at Carlisle did have a few RE's. This looks like everyone is a RE?

The photo belongs else where! But where?  The visit of so many RE's could have been down to a Quadrangular Games even?

Can anyone recognise any of the guys, or the location? Is there a connection from maybe Chepstow AAS

Thanks  Alan

The photo is later, 60 B is a junior intake and No 2 Dress was not introduced until 1962, maybe JLR Dover?

Well spotted Alan! We were in 'button-up-to-the-neck' SDs until then.

This looks a lot like a pass-out photo for a party from 1 Trg Regt RE at |Cove, Farnborough, Hants, the fact that all the NCOs, including junior NCOs carry drill canes lends weight to this conclusion. I went through 9Trg Regt RE at Cove in Feb 1959 and 6 Trg Regt RE, that became 1 Trg Regt, was just up the road from us. 9Trg Regt RE was absorbed into 1 Trg Regt RE sometime in 1959(ish). Don't think Number 2 dress was issued to Sappers until sometime in 1962/3.