1 Signal Regiment is a

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regiment of the

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History

The regiment's antecedents date to the formation of the 1st Division, Telegraph Battalion,

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, 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

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, the regiment was re-titled as 1st Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment, and moved to Verden in 1978. In 1993, as a result of the

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force reductions, 1st Armoured Division disbanded, reforming as HQ Lower Saxony District. After the

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reforms the regiment was titled as 1 Signal Regiment, and fell under operational command of

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. Under

, the regiment will support the 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade as a close support signal communications regiment. By 2025, the regiment will move from its current location at

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Swinton Barracks Swinton Barracks is a military installation accommodating two engineer regiments and two signals regiments at Perham Down in Wiltshire, England. The site is on the east edge of Salisbury Plain, about east of the garrison at Tidworth. The camp ...

in Perham Down, thereby co-locating with the remainder of the regular units of

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Organisation

The Regiment is currently based at Perham Down,

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. As of 2020, after its conversion to a "armoured infantry brigade signals" unit, the regiment's squadron include: * 200 (Armoured) Signal Squadron * 246 Gurkha Signal Squadron * Support Squadron

Alliances

* – Panzergrenadier Division Signal Regiment Fernmeldebataillon 1 * – 1st Canadian Signal Regiment

References

* {{cite book, last1=Watson, last2=Rinaldi, title=The British Army in Germany (BAOR and After): An Organizational History 1947 – 2004, publisher=Graham E. Watson and Richard A. Rinaldi, year=2005, isbn=0-9720296-9-9

External links

1st Signal Regiment
1st Signal Regiment, Royal Signals Military units and formations established in 1905 1905 establishments in the United Kingdom