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The '''Royal Corps of Signals''' is a combat support "arm" of the [[British Army]], responsible for the installation, maintainenance and operation of telecommunications equipment and information systems.
 
The '''Royal Corps of Signals''' is a combat support "arm" of the [[British Army]], responsible for the installation, maintainenance and operation of telecommunications equipment and information systems.
  
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It consists of:
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==Units==
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*1st (UK) Armd Div HQ and Signal Regiment  1 SIG REGT
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===Brigades===
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*2nd Signal Regiment  2 SIG REGT
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*3rd (UK) Div HQ & Signal Regiment 3 SIG REGT
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*1 Signal Brigade ([[Germany]]) (7 and 16 Signal Regiments plus Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion)
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*7th (ARRC) Signal Regiment 7 SIG REGT
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*2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade (10, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 40 and 71 Signal Regiments, plus 1, 2 and 81 Signal Squadrons and LIAG)
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*10th Signal Regiment 10 SIG REGT
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*11 Signal Brigade (2, 14, 30, 33, 34 and 35 Signal Regiments)  
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*11th Signal Regiment (Trg Regt) 11 SIG REGT
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*14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) 14 SIG REGT
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===Regular Army===
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*15th Signal Regiment 15 SIG REGT
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*16th Signal Regiment 16 SIG REGT
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*2 Signal Regiment
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*21st Signal Regiment (Air Support) 21 SIG REGT
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**214 Signal Squadron
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*30th Signal Regiment 30 SIG REGT
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**219 Signal Squadron
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*Queen's Gurkha Signals QGS
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**246 Gurkha Signal Squadron
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*7 (Allied Rapid Reaction Corps) Signal Regiment
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**Headquarters Squadron
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**229 Signal Squadron
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**231 Signal Squadron
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**232 Signal Squadron
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*10 Signal Regiment
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**238 ([[London]]) Signal Squadron
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**241 Signal Squadron
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**243 Signal Squadron
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**251 Signal Squadron
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**ECM Signal Squadron ([[Northern Ireland]])
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*14 Signal Regiment ([[Electronic Warfare]])
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**Headquarters Squadron
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**224 Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
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**226 Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
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**237 Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
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**245 Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
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*15 Signal Regiment
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** Headquarters Squadron
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**233 Signal Squadron
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**225 Signal Squadron
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*16 Signal Regiment
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**Headquarters Squadron
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**230 Signal Squadron
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**255 Signal Squadron
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**252 Signal Squadron
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*18(UKSF) Signal Regiment
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*21 Signal Regiment (Air Support)
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**HQ Squadron
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**220 Signal Squadron
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**244 Signal Squadron
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**248 Gurkha Signal Squadron
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*22 Signal Regiment
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**HQ Squadron
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**217 Signal Squadron
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**222 Signal Squadron
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**248 Gurkha Signal Squadron (From 21 Signal Regiment (Air Support))
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*30 Signal Regiment
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**Support Squadron
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**250 Gurkha Signal Squadron
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**256 Signal Squadron
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**258 Signal Squadron
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*British 1st Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment
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**Headquarters Squadron
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**201 Signal Squadron(Wheeled Sqn)
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**211 Signal Squadron (Armoured Sqn)
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**212 Signal Squadron (Armoured Sqn)
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*3 (UK) Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment
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**Headquarters (Somme) Squadron
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**202 Signal Squadron
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**206 Signal Squadron
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**222 Signal Squadron
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*Royal School of Signals
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**11 Signal Regiment
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*British 20th Armoured Brigade 20th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (200)
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*British 4th Armoured Brigade 4th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (204)
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*British 7th Armoured Brigade 7th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (207)
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*British 1st Infantry Brigade (Guards) 1 Mechanised Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (205)
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*19th Infantry Brigade|Mechanized Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (209)
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*39 Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (213)
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*16 (Air Assault) Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (216)
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*8 Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (218)
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*12 Mechanised Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (228)
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*101 Logistic Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (261)
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*102 Logistic Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (262)
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*264 (Special Air Service) Signal Squadron
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*628 Signal Troop (UK DCM(A)) 1 NATO Signal Battalion
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*Defence Communication Services Agency (DCSA)
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*Joint Service Signal Unit ([[Cyprus]]) (British Forces Cyprus)
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*Cyprus Communications Unit (British Forces Cyprus)
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*Joint Communications Unit ([[Falkland Islands]])
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*Band of the Royal Corps of Signals
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1: Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) is a tri-service unit.
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===Territorial Army===
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*31 ([[City of London]]) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron/83 (London) Support Squadron (Volunteers) Southfields
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**5 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Banbury
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**41 (Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Coulsdon
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**56 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Eastbourne
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*32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron [[Glasgow]]
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**51 (Highland) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Aberdeen]]
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**52 (Lowland) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) East Kilbride
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**61 (City of Edinburgh) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Edinburgh]]
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*33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**42 (City of Manchester) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Manchester]]
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**55 (Merseyside) Headquarters Squadron (Volunteers) Huyton
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**59 (City of Liverpool) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Liverpool]]
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**80 (Cheshire Yeomanry) (Earl of Chester's) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Runcorn
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*34 (Northern) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron Middlesbrough
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**49 (West Riding) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Leeds]]/Hull
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**50 (Northumbrian) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Darlington/[[Newcastle]]
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**90 (North Riding) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Hartlepool]]/Middlesborough
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*35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron [[Coventry]]
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**48 (City of Birmingham) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Birmingham]]
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**58 (Staffordshire) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Newcastle under Lyme
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**89 (Warwickshire) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Rugby
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**95 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Shrewsbury
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*36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron Ilford
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**45 (Essex & Cinque Ports) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Colchester/Ipswich/Southend
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**54 (East Anglian) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Cambridge]]/[[Norwich]]
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**60 (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars)Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Aylesbury/Bedford/Cambridge
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*37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron Redditch
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**53 (Welsh) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Cardiff]]/Brecon
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**67 (Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Stratford on Avon/Stourbridge
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**96 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Coventry/Harborne
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*38 Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron [[Sheffield]]
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**46 (City of Derby) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Derby
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**64 (City of Sheffield) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Sheffield/[[Nottingham]]
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**93 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Blackburn/[[Manchester]]
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*39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron (North Somerset Yeomanry) [[Bristol]]
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**57 (City and County of Bristol) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Bristol
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**94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Windsor/Reading/Chertsey
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*40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**Headquarters Squadron [Belfast]
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**66 (City of Belfast) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Belfast]]
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**69 (North Irish Horse) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Limavady
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**85 (Ulster and Antrim Artillery) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Bangor
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*71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
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**47 (Middlesex Yeomary) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Uxbridge
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**68 (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) London/Whipps Cross
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**70 (Essex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Chelmsford/Harlow
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**265 (Kent and County of London Yeomanry) Support Squadron (Volunteers)Bexleyheath]
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*1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Special Communications) (Volunteers) Bletchley
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*2 (City of Dundee) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) [[Dundee]]
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*63 (SAS) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Thorney Island/[[Southampton]]/[[Portsmouth]]/Bournemouth/[[Chichester]]/London
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*81 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Corsham
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*97 (BRITFOR) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)
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*98 (Balkans) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)
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*Land Information Assurance Group (LIAG) (Volunteers) Corsham
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The Royal Corps of Signals is a combat support "arm" of the British Army, responsible for the installation, maintainenance and operation of telecommunications equipment and information systems.

Units

Brigades

  • 1 Signal Brigade (Germany) (7 and 16 Signal Regiments plus Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion)
  • 2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade (10, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 40 and 71 Signal Regiments, plus 1, 2 and 81 Signal Squadrons and LIAG)
  • 11 Signal Brigade (2, 14, 30, 33, 34 and 35 Signal Regiments)

Regular Army

  • 2 Signal Regiment
    • 214 Signal Squadron
    • 219 Signal Squadron
    • 246 Gurkha Signal Squadron
  • 7 (Allied Rapid Reaction Corps) Signal Regiment
    • Headquarters Squadron
    • 229 Signal Squadron
    • 231 Signal Squadron
    • 232 Signal Squadron
  • 10 Signal Regiment
    • 238 (London) Signal Squadron
    • 241 Signal Squadron
    • 243 Signal Squadron
    • 251 Signal Squadron
    • ECM Signal Squadron (Northern Ireland)
  • 14 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)
    • Headquarters Squadron
    • 224 Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
    • 226 Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
    • 237 Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
    • 245 Signal Squadron (Electronic Warfare)
  • 15 Signal Regiment
    • Headquarters Squadron
    • 233 Signal Squadron
    • 225 Signal Squadron
  • 16 Signal Regiment
    • Headquarters Squadron
    • 230 Signal Squadron
    • 255 Signal Squadron
    • 252 Signal Squadron
  • 18(UKSF) Signal Regiment
  • 21 Signal Regiment (Air Support)
    • HQ Squadron
    • 220 Signal Squadron
    • 244 Signal Squadron
    • 248 Gurkha Signal Squadron
  • 22 Signal Regiment
    • HQ Squadron
    • 217 Signal Squadron
    • 222 Signal Squadron
    • 248 Gurkha Signal Squadron (From 21 Signal Regiment (Air Support))
  • 30 Signal Regiment
    • Support Squadron
    • 250 Gurkha Signal Squadron
    • 256 Signal Squadron
    • 258 Signal Squadron
  • British 1st Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment
    • Headquarters Squadron
    • 201 Signal Squadron(Wheeled Sqn)
    • 211 Signal Squadron (Armoured Sqn)
    • 212 Signal Squadron (Armoured Sqn)
  • 3 (UK) Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment
    • Headquarters (Somme) Squadron
    • 202 Signal Squadron
    • 206 Signal Squadron
    • 222 Signal Squadron
  • Royal School of Signals
    • 11 Signal Regiment
  • British 20th Armoured Brigade 20th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (200)
  • British 4th Armoured Brigade 4th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (204)
  • British 7th Armoured Brigade 7th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (207)
  • British 1st Infantry Brigade (Guards) 1 Mechanised Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (205)
  • 19th Infantry Brigade|Mechanized Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (209)
  • 39 Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (213)
  • 16 (Air Assault) Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (216)
  • 8 Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (218)
  • 12 Mechanised Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (228)
  • 101 Logistic Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (261)
  • 102 Logistic Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (262)
  • 264 (Special Air Service) Signal Squadron
  • 628 Signal Troop (UK DCM(A)) 1 NATO Signal Battalion
  • Defence Communication Services Agency (DCSA)
  • Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) (British Forces Cyprus)
  • Cyprus Communications Unit (British Forces Cyprus)
  • Band of the Royal Corps of Signals

1: Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) is a tri-service unit.

Territorial Army

  • 31 (City of London) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron/83 (London) Support Squadron (Volunteers) Southfields
    • 5 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Banbury
    • 41 (Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Coulsdon
    • 56 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Eastbourne
  • 32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron Glasgow
    • 51 (Highland) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Aberdeen
    • 52 (Lowland) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) East Kilbride
    • 61 (City of Edinburgh) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Edinburgh
  • 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • 42 (City of Manchester) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Manchester
    • 55 (Merseyside) Headquarters Squadron (Volunteers) Huyton
    • 59 (City of Liverpool) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Liverpool
    • 80 (Cheshire Yeomanry) (Earl of Chester's) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Runcorn
  • 34 (Northern) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron Middlesbrough
    • 49 (West Riding) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Leeds/Hull
    • 50 (Northumbrian) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Darlington/Newcastle
    • 90 (North Riding) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Hartlepool]]/Middlesborough
  • 35 (South Midlands) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron Coventry
    • 48 (City of Birmingham) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Birmingham
    • 58 (Staffordshire) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Newcastle under Lyme
    • 89 (Warwickshire) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Rugby
    • 95 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Shrewsbury
  • 36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron Ilford
    • 45 (Essex & Cinque Ports) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Colchester/Ipswich/Southend
    • 54 (East Anglian) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Cambridge/Norwich
    • 60 (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars)Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Aylesbury/Bedford/Cambridge
  • 37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron Redditch
    • 53 (Welsh) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Cardiff/Brecon
    • 67 (Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Stratford on Avon/Stourbridge
    • 96 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Coventry/Harborne
  • 38 Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron Sheffield
    • 46 (City of Derby) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Derby
    • 64 (City of Sheffield) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Sheffield/Nottingham
    • 93 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Blackburn/Manchester
  • 39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron (North Somerset Yeomanry) Bristol
    • 57 (City and County of Bristol) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Bristol
    • 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Windsor/Reading/Chertsey
  • 40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • Headquarters Squadron [Belfast]
    • 66 (City of Belfast) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Belfast
    • 69 (North Irish Horse) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Limavady
    • 85 (Ulster and Antrim Artillery) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Bangor
  • 71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment (Volunteers)
    • 47 (Middlesex Yeomary) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Uxbridge
    • 68 (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) London/Whipps Cross
    • 70 (Essex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Chelmsford/Harlow
    • 265 (Kent and County of London Yeomanry) Support Squadron (Volunteers)Bexleyheath]
  • 1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Special Communications) (Volunteers) Bletchley
  • 2 (City of Dundee) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Dundee
  • 81 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Corsham
  • 97 (BRITFOR) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)
  • 98 (Balkans) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)
  • Land Information Assurance Group (LIAG) (Volunteers) Corsham
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