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The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. Signals units are among the first into action, providing the battlefield communications and information systems essential to all operations.
The Royal Signals trades are the employment specialisations of the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. Every soldier in the Corps is trained both as a field soldier and a tradesman. There are currently six different trades, all of which is open to both men and women:
3rd Air Formation Signals, Royal Corps of Signals; 4th Air Formation Signals (North Somerset Yeomanry), Royal Corps of Signals; 4th Army Signals, Royal Corps of Signals; 4th Line of Communication Signals, Royal Corps of Signals; 8th Army Signals, Royal Corps of Signals; 12th Signal Brigade (United Kingdom) 12th Signal Group (Volunteers) 18th ...
Units and formations of the Royal Corps of Signals (6 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Royal Corps of Signals" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment is an Army Reserve regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment forms part of 1 Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations. The Lynx badge is a reminder of the unit's connection with the Worshipful Company of Skinners.
By 1892 both units had been linked as Volunteer Battalions to the King's Royal Rifle Corps, and continued this link until the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908. [3] At this time the headquarters of the 2nd (South Middlesex) was at Beaufort House, Walham Green and the 4th (West Middlesex) were at Iverna Gardens, High Street, Kensington. [4]
The 2nd Signal Brigade (later 2nd Signal Group), was a military formation of the British Army composed of Royal Corps of Signals units. The brigade was first formed following the reorganisation of the old Territorial Army in 1967, and was disbanded in 2012 under the Army 2020 programme.
The regiment can trace its history back to "The Telegraph Battalion, Royal Engineers". In 1903, it was designated as the 'telegraph battalion' for 3rd Division . In 1945, the regiment was re-titled as the " 3rd Infantry Division Signal Regiment ".