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The most widely accepted origin is a Royal Signals boxer, Jimmy Emblen, who was the British Army Champion in 1924 and represented the Royal Corps of Signals from 1921 to 1924. [24] The first use so far recorded of "Jimmy" in this context is to be found in the (RE) Signal Service Training Camp magazine, The Wire, June 1920.
50 (Northumbrian) Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals.It had its origins in a signal company and a cyclist battalion formed in 1908 and it provided the divisional signals for the 50th (Northumbrian) Division and its duplicates during World War II.
3rd Signal Group (V) (1967—1975) 4th Signal Group (1969—1992) 12th Signal Group (1967—1982), later 12th Signal Brigade; 13th Signal Group (V) (1967—1972) Headquarters, Radio Group British Army of the Rhine (1963—1977) Headquarters, Communications and Security Group (United Kingdom) Headquarters, Royal Signals Malta
The City of London Signals was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals.It had its origins in a signal company of the Royal Engineers formed in 1908 and during World War II it provided the divisional signals for the 56th (London) Division and its duplicates as well as communications for the Royal Air Force in the Middle East.
48 (South Midland) Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals from 1920. It had its origins in a Volunteer unit of the Royal Engineers formed in 1861 and provided the communications for several infantry divisions during World War II. Postwar it went through a number of reorganisations.
1st Armoured Division Signals was a unit [a] of Britain's Royal Corps of Signals providing communications for the 1st Armoured Division during the Second World War.It was present during the Battle of France, the Western Desert Campaign, including the battles of Gazala and Alamein, the Tunisian Campaign, and the Battle of Coriano during the Italian Campaign.
47 (London) Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals. It had its origins in an engineer company and a cyclist battalion of the former Territorial Force that were amalgamated in 1920. It provided corps signal units during and after World War II.
[2] [7] By now corps signal units had disbanded their third company and divided its duties between signal troops assigned to individual artillery regiments and the new Army Groups Royal Artillery (AGRAs). [14] At this point I Corps Signals HQ commanded the following units: [23] I Corps' formation sign during World War II. I Corps Artillery ...