1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron Explained

Unit Name:1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomany) Signal Squadron
Dates:(As Signals) 1995 - Present
Country:United Kingdom
Branch:Territorial Army
Type:Royal Corps of Signals
Command Structure:2 Signal Group
11 Signal Brigade
Role:Support Regular Army
Size:4 Troops
Commander1:The Princess Royal
Commander1 Label:R. Signals Colonel in Chief
Commander2:Vacant
Commander2 Label:Honorary Colonel
Commander3:Major S. Osei-Agyemang
Commander3 Label:Officer Commanding
Commander4:WO2 (SSM) M. Gott
Commander4 Label:Squadron Sergeant Major
Garrison:SHQ - Bletchley
899 (RBY) Signal Troop - Bletchley
891 (Warwickshire) Signal Troop - Rugby
805 (QOOH) Signal Troop - Banbury
Motto:Certa Cito (“Swift and Sure”)
Colors:Sky Blue, Navy and Green (Air, Sea and Land)
Identification Symbol Label:Tactical Recognition Flash
March:Quick - Begone Dull Care
Slow - HRH (Princess Royal)
Mascot:Mercury (“Jimmy”)

1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron was a British Territorial Army Squadron of the Royal Corps of Signals.[1]

History

The squadron was formed at Bletchley on 1 April 1995 from a detachment of 5 Squadron of 39 Signal Regiment and 602 Signal Troop, perpetuating the traditions of the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry from 20 October 1996, a title that had been dormant since the disbandment of B Company, 2nd Battalion Wessex Volunteers a decade earlier. The squadron left 39 Signal Regiment to become an independent unit on 1 July 1999.[2]

Structure

The Squadron consisted of a Headquarters and three Signal troops:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 . 1 Signal Squadron . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180404115030/https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-signals/ . 4 April 2018 . 21 October 2014 . British Army.
  2. Book: The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920-2001) and its Antecedents. 147 and 148.