1st Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)

1 Signal Regiment, Royal Signals 1905–19921993–Present United Kingdom United Kingdom Signals Regiment383 personnelhttps://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 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 1st (UK) Division Swinton Barracks, Perham Down 1 Signal Regiment is a military communications regiment of the British Army. 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.Watson Rinaldi 2005 67, 88 In 1993, as a result of the Options for Change force reductions, 1st Armoured Division disbanded, reforming as HQ Lower Saxony District.Watson Rinaldi 2005 115, 135 After the Army 2020 Refine reforms the regiment was titled as 1 Signal Regiment, and fell under operational command of 11th Signal Brigade.https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/force-troops-command/hq-11th-signal-and-west-midlands-brigade/ HQ 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade www.army.mod.uk en-GB 2018-12-30https://www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/royal-signals-regiments/ Royal Signals Regiments Royal Signals Museum en-GB 2018-12-30 Under Army 2020 Refine, the regiment will support the 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade as a close support signal communications regiment.https://royalsignals.org/FileTransfer/RSI-Journal/PDF/RSI-Journal-Spring-2014.pdf 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 deadhttps://www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/royal-signals-regiments/ Royal Signals Regiments Royal Signals Museum en-GB 2019-01-08 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.18 July 2019 FOI(A) regarding Army 2020 Refine changes since 2017 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/878632/20190717-FOI06365_Zacchi_Response_Letter-ArmySec.pdf 24 June 2021 United Kingdom Parliamentary Publishings 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:Royal Signals Interactive Map.1 Signal Regiment https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-signals/1-signal-regiment/ 2020-08-20 www.army.mod.uk en-GB 200 (Armoured) Signal Squadron 246 Gurkha Signal Squadron Support Squadron Alliances Germany – Panzergrenadier Division Signal Regiment Fernmeldebataillon 1Royal 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 Canada – 1st Canadian Signal Regiment References Watson Rinaldi The British Army in Germany (BAOR and After): An Organizational History 1947 – 2004 Graham E. Watson and Richard A. Rinaldi 2005 0-9720296-9-9 External links 1st Signal Regiment 1st Signal Regiment, Royal Signals Category:Military units and formations established in 1905 Category:1905 establishments in the United Kingdom