10 Signal Regiment is a signal regiment of the

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within the

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History

The regiment can trace its history back to the ''Lanarkshire Engineer Volunteers'' formed in 1859. In 1908 the regiment was named as the Scottish Command Signals (Army Troops),

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, part of

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. Later, after

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, the regiment became Headquarters

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Signal Regiment. And was later re-named and re-organized to the 10th Army Group Signal Regiment. As part of the

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changes the regiment was re-raised in 2002, as a support signals regiment headquartered at

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Corsham Corsham is a historic market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the southwestern edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 road (England), A4 national route. It is southwest of Swindon, east of ...

. The regiment's main role was a "National Communications regiment", and was tasked with providing national communication signal duties. The British Army website said "the regiment provides day-to-day command and control ICS to Land Command throughout mainland GB, ICS reaction forces for major national incidents, including Homeland Security and specialist ICS support to expeditionary operations". The regiment remained part of the 2nd Signal Brigade until 2012, when the Brigade became 2nd Signal Group. As part of

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reforms, the regiment joined the 11th Signal Brigade. After the

reforms, the regiment now provides specialist capabilities across defense. This includes "defensive internet monitoring" and "technical surveillance counter measures", Information Communication Services (ICS) and Information Assurance (IA), communication services and specialist expertise in support of UK operations and Other Government Departments (OGDs), and secure communications in support of State Ceremonial events. Under Future Soldier, the regiment joined the 1st Signal Brigade.

Organisation

The current organisation of the regiment is (with roles): * Regimental Headquarters, at MoD Corsham (former

) *''81 Signal Squadron'' (Army Reserve), at MoD Corsham *225 Signal Squadron, at

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* 241 Signal Squadron, at Saint George's Barracks, Bicester Garrison * 243 Signal Squadron, at

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, Andover * 251 Signal Squadron, at Duchess of Kent Barracks,

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– held at Extremely High Readiness

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10 Signal Regiment
Regiments of the Royal Corps of Signals

History

Organisation

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