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]
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]
The Squadron consisted of a Headquarters and three Signal troops: