1st Signal Regiment (United Kingdom) explained

Unit Name:1 Signal Regiment, Royal Signals
Dates:1905–1992
1993–Present
Country: United Kingdom
Type:Signals
Size:Regiment
383 personnel[1]
Command Structure:11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands
Garrison:Swinton Barracks, Perham Down

1 Signal Regiment is a military communications regiment of the British Army. The regiment is now part of the 11th Signal Brigade.

History

The regiment's antecedents date to the formation of the 1st Division, Telegraph Battalion, Royal Engineers, in 1905. From 1905 to 1960, the regiment title changed several times, for example, from 1st Divisional Signal Company to 1st Divisional Signal Regiment. As a result of the 1957 Defence White Paper, the regiment was re-titled as 1st Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment, and moved to Verden in 1978. In 1993, as a result of the Options for Change force reductions, 1st Armoured Division disbanded, reforming as HQ Lower Saxony District.

After the Army 2020 Refine reforms the regiment was titled as 1 Signal Regiment, and fell under operational command of 11th Signal Brigade.[2] [3] Under Army 2020 Refine, the regiment will support the 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade as a close support signal communications regiment.[4] [5] By 2025, the regiment will move from its current location at MOD Stafford to Swinton Barracks in Perham Down, thereby co-locating with the remainder of the regular units of 7th Signal Group.[6]

Current Organisation

The Regiment is currently based at Perham Down, Wiltshire.

As of 2020, after its conversion to a "armoured infantry brigade signals" unit, the regiment's squadron include:[7] [8]

Alliances

References

  1. Web site: Army – Question for Ministry of Defence. 1. 14 December 2020. 2020-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200915161827/https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616. dead.
  2. Web site: HQ 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB. 2018-12-30.
  3. Web site: Royal Signals Regiments Royal Signals Museum. en-GB. 2018-12-30.
  4. Web site: Royal Signals Journal. 8 January 2019. 30 December 2018. 5 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180405024505/https://royalsignals.org/FileTransfer/RSI-Journal/PDF/RSI-Journal-Spring-2014.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: Royal Signals Regiments Royal Signals Museum. en-GB. 2019-01-08.
  6. Web site: 18 July 2019. FOI(A) regarding Army 2020 Refine changes since 2017. 24 June 2021. United Kingdom Parliamentary Publishings.
  7. https://www.army.mod.uk/umbraco/Surface/Download/Get/14596 Royal Signals Interactive Map
  8. Web site: 1 Signal Regiment. 2020-08-20. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB.
  9. Book: Royal Corps of Signals : Unit Histories of the Corps (1920-2001) and Its Antecedents. Helion and Company. 2003. 1 874622 92 2. West Midlands, United Kingdom. 26.

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