Royal School of Signals explained

Unit Name:Royal School of Signals
Dates:1869 – present
Country:United Kingdom
Command Structure:Defence School of Communications and Information Systems
Type:Defence training school
Role:Communications and information systems training
Garrison:Blandford Camp, Dorset
Colonel Of The Regiment Label:Commandant

The Royal School of Signals is a military training establishment that is part of the United Kingdom's Defence School of Communications and Information Systems. It is at Blandford Camp in Dorset. The soldiers and officers who are attending courses at the school are assigned to the 11th Signal Regiment,[1] the training regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals.

History

The school was founded in 1869 at Chatham in Kent as the Signal Wing of the Royal School of Military Engineering.[2] It moved to Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire in 1915, Maresfield Park in Sussex in 1920, Catterick Camp in North Yorkshire in 1925 and Blandford Camp in Dorset in 1967.[2] It became the Royal School of Signals in 1992.[2]

Composition

The current units controlled by the school include:

Training

The school includes the home of the Cadet Forces Signals Training Team (CFSTT).[5]

Notable commanding officers

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11 Sigs official page . 2011-02-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110124223657/http://www.army.mod.uk/8596.aspx . 2011-01-24 .
  2. http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/blandford_section_4.pdf Blandford and West Moors
  3. Web site: 11 Signal Regiment. 2020-07-10. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB.
  4. Web site: Royal Signals Interactive Map. 10 July 2020. army.mod.uk.
  5. Web site: Cadet Signals Courses at RSS Blandford . 2011-02-25.