11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment 11 EOD Regiment RLC is a specialist regiment of the British Army ' s Royal Logistic Corps ( RLC ) responsible for counter terrorist Explosive Ordnance Disposal ( EOD ) , the safe recovery or disposal of conventional munitions . The regiment also has an ammunition inspectorate role supporting the Inspector Explosives ( Army ) . The Regiment has sub units geographically based throughout the UK to provide a nationwide high readiness response capability in support of the police . From 1982 to 1993 , the Regiment was titled 11 Ordnance Battalion ( EOD ) but was retitled to 11 EOD Regiment RLC following the formation of the RLC on 5 April 1993 . Prior to that the unit was titled No1 Ammunition Inspection & Disposal Unit RAOC which in itself was formed by the grouping of the regional Command Ammunition Inspectorates into one unit . The unit is mainly manned by Ammunition Technical Officer s and Ammunition Technician s supported by Royal Signals and Intelligence Corps personnel and stores and administrative staff . The Regiment is also supported by Joint Service EOD Operators of the Royal Engineers , Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force , in responding to suspicious package / bomb calls in the UK mainland outside of London ; the Metropolitan Police have their own specialist unit for the London area . The Regiment reports to 29 EOD & Search Group , part of 8 Force Engineer Brigade . In addition to its counter terrorist bomb disposal duties in UK , the Regiment provides the high threat Bomb Disposal teams in Afghanistan ( Op Herrick ) and has lost 6 of its operators killed in action in Helmand Province . The Regiment provides bomb disposal teams to work with other countries EOD units and has trained bomb disposal teams in many countries . Another major part of the units role is to ensure the safety of military ammunition and explosives in storage and in use , both in training and on operations . Teams from the regiment inspect unit ammunition storage sites annually and issue licences to store ammunition in safe storage conditions . The regiment will also carry out technical investigations of all incidents where ammunition may not have functioned as intended , the intention being to determine if the ammunition design was at fault or whether the way the ammunition has been Stored , handled or used may have contributed to the failure . Honours . The Regiment is based at Vauxhall Barracks , Didcot , Oxfordshire having moved there from Old Sarum in 1982 . Due to its long and close association with the town , the Regiment was awarded the Freedom of Didcot on 17 September 2007 and were conferred " the honour and distinction of exercising all customary Regimental Privileges when parading in or marching through the Town of Didcot " . The Regiment proudly exercised its right to march through the town of Didcot on 22 September 2007 led by the Commanding Officer Lt Col RL Maybery QGM RLC . On 19 November 2010 , in a ceremony at Didcot Parkway railway station , a High Speed Train locomotive , no . 43087 operated by First Great Western ( FGW ) , was named " 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment Royal Logistic Corps " . The ceremony was attended by Lt Col Gareth Bex ( Commanding Officer ) ; soldiers of the Regiment ; Mark Hopwood , of FGW ; Keith Mitchell , leader of the county council ; and the MP for Wantage , Ed Vaizey .