97 (BRITFOR) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) was a
Territorial Army(now Army Reserve) squadron in the
Royal Corps of Signals
The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. Signals units are among the first into action, providing the battlefield communications an ...
in the
British Army
The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...
. The squadron comprised personnel from other TA signals units who had volunteered for an operational tour in support of British Army peacekeeping operations (BRITFOR) in the Balkans under
EUFOR Althea
Operation Althea, formally the European Union Force Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR), is a military deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina to oversee the military implementation of the Dayton Agreement. It is the successor to NATO's SFOR and IFOR. ...
and
KFOR KFOR may refer to:
* KFOR (AM), a radio station (1240 AM) licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, United States,
* KFOR-TV, a television station (channel 4 analog/27 digital) licensed to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States,
* KFOR-TV (Nebraska), a defun ...
.
The original deployment was in the winter of 2001, and was the first major deployment overseas of a Territorial Army unit overseas since the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.
External links
97 (BRITFOR) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)- ''official''
Army Reserve (United Kingdom)
Squadrons of the Royal Corps of Signals
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