1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron

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1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomany) Signal Squadron
Royal Corps of Signals cap badge.svg
Cap Badge of the Royal Signals Regiment
Active(As Signals) 1995 - Present
Country United Kingdom
Branch Territorial Army
Type Royal Corps of Signals
RoleSupport Regular Army
Size4 Troops
Part of2 Signal Group
11 Signal Brigade
Garrison/HQSHQ - Bletchley
899 (RBY) Signal Troop - Bletchley
891 (Warwickshire) Signal Troop - Rugby
805 (QOOH) Signal Troop - Banbury
Motto(s)Certa Cito (“Swift and Sure”)
ColorsSky Blue, Navy and Green (Air, Sea and Land)
MarchQuick - Begone Dull Care
Slow - HRH (Princess Royal)
Mascot(s) Mercury (“Jimmy”)
Commanders
R. Signals Colonel in Chief The Princess Royal
Honorary ColonelVacant
Officer CommandingMajor S. Osei-Agyemang
Squadron Sergeant MajorWO2 (SSM) M. Gott
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash Royal Signals TRF.svg

1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron was a British Territorial Army Squadron of the Royal Corps of Signals. [1]

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History

The squadron was formed at Bletchley on 1 April 1995 from a detachment of 5 Squadron of 39 Signal Regiment and 602 Signal Troop, perpetuating the traditions of the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry from 20 October 1996, a title that had been dormant since the disbandment of B Company, 2nd Battalion Wessex Volunteers a decade earlier. The squadron left 39 Signal Regiment to become an independent unit on 1 July 1999. [2]

Structure

The Squadron consisted of a Headquarters and three Signal troops: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "1 Signal Squadron". British Army . 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  2. ↑ The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920-2001) and its Antecedents. pp. 147 and 148.
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