The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920-2001) and Its Antecedents

by Lord, Cliff; Watson, Graham

• ISBN13: 9781874622079
• ISBN10: 1874622078
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Part One - Regular Signals Units
Introduction to Regular Signal Units	16	(7)
Regular Signal Regiments, 1st-30th	23	(56)
Regular Signal Squadrons, 200-299	79	(28)
Regular Signal Troops, 500-599	107	(13)
Regular Signal Troops, 600-699	120	(7)
Signal Groups and Brigades	127	(6)
Part Two - Reserve Signal Units
Reserve Signal Units since 1908	133	(3)
Tracking Guide to TA Signal Regiments	136	(1)
Territorial Army Signal Regiments, 31st-40th and 71st-72nd	137	(10)
Territorial Army Signal Squadrons, 1-5, 41-97, and 265	147	(46)
Territorial Army Signal Regiments, Squadrons, and Troops, 1947-1959	193	(9)
Territorial Army Signal Squadrons, 1959-1967	202	(5)
Territorial Army Signal Troops since 1967	207	(2)
Army Emergency Reserve Signal Squadrons, 1953-1967	209	(2)
Signal Regiments of the Supplementary Reserve and Army Emergency Reserve, 1950-1967	211	(3)
Part Three - Royal Engineer Signals
Royal Engineer Signal Units 1870-1914	214	(1)
Engineer Signal Unit Organisation before 1914	215	(1)
Royal Engineer Signal Unit Organisation in 1914	216	(1)
Royal Engineer Signal Service Units, 1914-1919	217	(12)
Wireless Units in the United Kingdom and France, 1902-1918	229	(1)
Mobile Wireless Sections in France, Italy, Egypt, Salonika and Mesopotamia, 1916-1918	230	(1)
British Expeditionary Force 11 November 1918	231	(7)
Syren Force and Elope Force	238	(1)
Part Four - Overviews of the Royal Corps of Signals
Royal Corps of Signals, 1922	239	(2)
Royal Corps of Signals, 1939	241	(4)
Summary of Signal Units, 1939-1945	245	(14)
Campaigns of the Second World War	259	(2)
Signal Unit Organisation, 1939-1945	261	(5)
Royal Corps of Signals, 1947-1948	266	(4)
Organisation of major Signal units in 1953	270	(1)
1959 Re-numbering of Signal Units	271	(2)
Pre-1959 Signal Squadrons	273	(3)
Regular Signal Units, 1960	276	(2)
Royal Signals Unit Organisation, 1960	278	(4)
Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve, 1967	282	(1)
Regular Signal Units, 1990	283	(1)
Royal Corps of Signals Organisation, 2001	284	(3)
Signal Units in Germany, 1947-2001	287	(6)
Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) from 1993	293	(1)
Caribbean Signals	293	(1)
Signal Units in Mediterranean, Middle East & Africa Since 1947	293	(3)
Signal Units in the Far East Since 1947	296	(3)
Post War Conflicts - Korea, Suez, Borneo, Aden, Falkland Islands, the Gulf, the Balkans, Afghanistan	299	(7)
Part Five - Overview of Specialist Signal Units Airborne Signals	306	(16)
Air Formation Signals and Air Support Signal Units	310	(2)
Anti-Aircraft Command Signals	312	(2)
Artillery Signals	314	(1)
Commando Signals	315	(3)
Golden Arrow and 4 Wireless Group	318	(2)
Royal Signals at Sea	320	(2)
Part Six - Directorate of Signals, Training, and Support Units Directorate of Signals	322	(15)
Signals Training: An Overview	323	(1)
Royal Signals Boys	323	(2)
Army Apprentices	325	(2)
Royal Signals' Training Organisation	327	(4)
Ptarmigan Introduction Unit	331	(1)
Royal Signals Band	332	(1)
Royal Signals Maintenance Team Support Battalion HQARRC	332	(1)
Royal Signals Museum	333	(1)
Blue Helmets	333	(1)
Signals Research and Development Establishment (SRDE)	333	(3)
University Training Corps	336	(1)
White Helmets Motor Cycle Display Team	336	(1)
Part Seven - British Empire and Commonwealth Units
Aden	337	(1)
Australia	338	(2)
Bangladesh	340	(1)
Brunei	341	(1)
Burma	341	(2)
Canada	343	(3)
East Africa	346	(4)
Fiji	350	(1)
India	351	(3)
Malaysia	354	(2)
New Zealand	356	(4)
Oman	360	(1)
Pakistan	361	(1)
Papua New Guinea	362	(1)
Qatar	362	(1)
Rhodesia	362	(2)
Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland	364	(1)
Singapore	365	(1)
Somaliland	366	(1)
South Africa	366	(3)
Southern Rhodesia	369	(1)
South West Africa	370	(1)
Sri Lanka	371	(2)
Straits Settlements	373	(1)
Sudan	374	(1)
Tonga	374	(1)
Trucial Oman	374	(2)
UK-Queens Gurkha Signals	376	(1)
West Africa	377	(4)
Zambia	381	(1)
Zimbabwe	382	(1)
Part Eight - Miscellaneous Units
1 Madras Signal Company	383	(1)
9 (ANZUK) Signal Regiment	383	(1)
24 Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Post Office Rifles)	383	(2)
28 (ANZUK) Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron	385	(1)
30 Engineer Brigade HQ and Signal Troop	385	(1)
504 Signal Squadron (COMWEL)	385	(1)
ACE HIGH & Forward Scatter Stations	385	(2)
Army Wireless Chain/COMCAN	387	(1)
Auxiliary Unit Signals	387	(1)
Ceylon High Speed Wireless Company	388	(1)
Communications Security Monitoring Team Germany	389	(1)
Hilt Communications Unit Falkland Islands (JCUFI)	389	(1)
NATO AREA-HQAFCENT AWCS	389	(1)
NATO Satellite Ground Terminal F17 Baldo Bridge	390	(1)
NORTHAG Air Support Radio Squadron	390	(1)
Special Operations Executive	390	(1)
TELCOM Cable & Wireless	391	(1)
UK MOD Team SANGCOM Riyadh	392	(1)
UNTAG Signal Squadron	392	(1)
WRAC Signals	392	(2)
Part Nine - Badges and Insignia
The Device of the Royal Corps of Signals	394	(1)
Distinctive Unit Insignia	395	(2)
Glossary	397	(6)
Bibliography	403