[[Image:Royal Corps of Signals.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Cap badge of the Royal Corps of Signals]]
The '''Royal Corps of Signals''' is a combat support "arm" of the [[British Army]], responsible for the installation, maintenance and operation of telecommunications equipment and information systems.
==History==
[[Morse Code]] and electric [[telegraph]] were used for the first time in the [[Crimean War]] (1835-1837) and, following the Abyssinian War in 1867 a Signal Wing was formed by the [[Royal Engineers]] at Chatham, [[Kent]].
In 1884, the '''Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers''' was formed and served in the Nile Campaign and the Ashanti Campaign, during which men of the Telegraph Battalion cut a path for an overhead line from the Cape coast to Prahsu, 72 miles through jungle. The feat was such that [[King Prempeh]] offered the surrender of his Army, awed by their determination. King Prempeh's throne is now displayed in the Royal Signals Museum at Blandford, [[Dorset]].
The Telegraph Battalion continued to operate communications during the [[Boer War]] until the Royal Engineer Signals Service was formed in 1908, which provided communications throughout [[World War One]]. Although planned since before the end of the war, a dedicated Signal Corps was not created until 1920. A Royal Warrant was signed by the Secretary of State for War, [[Winston Churchill]], who gave the [[George V|Sovereign's]] approval for the formation of a '''Corps of Signals''' on June 28 1920. Six weeks later, the King bestowed the title '''Royal Corps of Signals'''.
[[Image:Signallers.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Soldiers of the Royal Corps of Signals erecting a satellite ground station]]
==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)
*Joint Communications Unit ([[Falkland Islands]])
*Band of the Royal Corps of Signals
===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]]
*63 (SAS) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Thorney Island/[[Southampton]]/[[Portsmouth]]/Bournemouth/[[Chichester]]/London
*81 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) Corsham
*97 (BRITFOR) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)
*98 (Balkans) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)
*Land Information Assurance Group (LIAG) (Volunteers) Corsham
==External links==
*[http://www.army.mod.uk/linkedfiles/royalsignals/thewire/juneedition/thewirejune2007.pdf The Wire] Official Regimental magazine (pdf June 2007 edition)
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