Field Telegraph Corps (), designation Ing 3, was a Swedish
engineering
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unit within the
Swedish Armed Forces
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which served in various forms between 1902 and 1937. The main part of the unit was located in the Stockholm Garrison in
Stockholm
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,
Uppland
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The name literally ...
.
History
The Field Telegraph Corps was established in 1902 and was organized by the Fields Telegraph Company of the
Svea Engineer Battalion, in connection with the battalion's reorganization into
Svea Engineer Corps, together with a newly established Field Telegraph Company. The unit changed after a few years the designation to Ing 3. A detachment from the Field Telegraph Corps was during the years 1912-1916 deployed at
Axevalla heath and
Malmen and formed the backbone of the army air force. The detachment was reorganized in 1916 into the Field Telegraph Corps' 5th Company, the Air Company, which was deployed at Malmen from 1916 to 1926 when the
Swedish Air Force
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History
The Swedish Air Force was created on 1 July 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalatin ...
was established.
In the Signal Workshop in Sundbyberg (''Signalverkstaden i Sundbyberg'', SIS) was included in the Field Telegraph Corps, which in 1940 added the newly established Defense Department's Engineering Committee (''Försvarsväsendets verkstadsnämnd'').
The Field Telegraph Corps was disbanded in 1937 and formed the backbone of the
Signal Regiment (S 1).
1914 organisation
In accordance with the 1914 Defense Resolution the Field Telegraph Corps consisted of:
*Staff based in
Marieberg on
Kungsholmen
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in Stockholm
*2 Field Telegraph Companies
*1 Park Company
*1 Ordnance Company
*1 Radio Company based at
Järvafältet
*1 Balloon Company based at Järvafältet
*1 Air Company based at
Malmslätt
Commanding officers
Commanders of the Field Telegraph Corps:
*1902–1904: Nils Gustaf Stedt
*1904–1910: Georg Frans Herman Julius Juhlin-Dannfelt
*1907–1912: Broder Sten A:son Leijonhufvud
*1912–1915: Adolf Murray
*1915–1920:
Karl Amundson
*1920–1924: Conrad Erikson
*1924–1925: Karl Amundson
*1925–1928: Eggert Nauclér
*1928–1932:
Torsten Friis
*1932–1937: Gottfried Hain
Names, designations and locations
References
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Engineer corps of the Swedish Army
Military units and formations established in 1902
Military units and formations disestablished in 1937
Disbanded units and formations of Sweden
1902 establishments in Sweden
1937 disestablishments in Sweden
Stockholm Garrison