71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment is an
Army Reserve
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regiment in the
Royal Corps of Signals
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in the
British Army
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. The regiment forms part of
11th Signal Brigade
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Name
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, providing military communications for national operations.
History
The regiment was formed as 71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals in 1969.
The squadrons at that time included HQ (
London and Kent) Squadron and 68 (
Inns of Court & City Yeomanry
The Inns of Court & City Yeomanry is a British Army unit formed through the amalgamation of The Inns of Court Regiment (The Devil's Own) and The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) in 1961. Its lineage is maintained by 68 (Inns of Court & Ci ...
) Signal Squadron.
[ HQ Squadron converted to a communications role and was re-designated 265 (]Kent and County of London Yeomanry
The Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry was a unit of the Territorial Army ('TA') that was formed in 1961 as the Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) by the amalgamation of 297 (Kent Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Artillery and 3rd/4th Cou ...
) Squadron in 1970.[
In 2006, ]47 (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron
The Middlesex Yeomanry was a volunteer cavalry regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1797. It saw mounted and dismounted action in the Second Boer War and in World War I at Gallipoli Campaign, Gallipoli, Macedonian front, Salonika and ...
transferred from 39th Signal Regiment (The Skinners).Army 2020
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Background
The British Government gave an indication of its proposals for the future structure of the Army in ea ...
, 36th (Eastern) Signal Regiment reformed as 36 (Essex Yeomanry
The Essex Yeomanry was a Reserve unit of the British Army that originated in 1797 as local Yeomanry Cavalry Troops in Essex. Reformed after the experience gained in the Second Boer War, it saw active service as cavalry in World War I and a ...
) Signal Squadron and transferred from 37th Signal Regiment.[
]
Current structure
The regiment's current structure is as follows:Bexleyheath
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Bexleyheath is located south-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is identified in the London Plan as one of ...
* 31 (Middlesex Yeomanry and Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron, in Uxbridge
Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxb ...
** 841 (Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Troop, in Coulsdon
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History
The loc ...
* 36 (Eastern) Signal Squadron
36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment (36 Signal Regt) was a Territorial Army (TA) signal unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals (RCS). The regiment was formed following the formation of the TAVR in 1967, and was disbanded in 2009 following a ...
,Colchester
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Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colch ...
** 854 (East Anglian) Signal Troop, in Chelmsford
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Whipps Cross
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The area
The name Whipps Cross specifically applies to t ...
** 847 (London) Signal Troop, in White City, London
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71 Yeomanry Signal Rgt at British Army website
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* 265 (Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)) Support Squadron,
See also
* Units of the Royal Corps of Signals This is a list of units of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals.
Brigades
* 1st Signal Brigade (1982—1987)
** 1st Signal Group (1968—1982)
*1st (United Kingdom) Signal Brigade (1995—Present)
* 2nd (National Communications) Signal Brigad ...
References
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Regiments of the Royal Corps of Signals
Yeomanry regiments of the British Army