Berlin Headquarters and Signal Regiment

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Cyprus District Signal Regiment
29th Signal Regiment
Berlin Headquarters and Signal Regiment
Active1955–1962
1983–1994
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
Role Military Communications

The Berlin Headquarters and Signal Regiment, also previously known as 29th Signal Regiment was a regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals. The regiment served as the garrison signal regiment for both Cyprus and Berlin.

Royal Corps of Signals one of the combat support arms of the British Army

The Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. Signals units are among the first into action, providing the battlefield communications and information systems essential to all operations. Royal Signals units provide the full telecommunications infrastructure for the Army wherever they operate in the world. The Corps has its own engineers, logistics experts and systems operators to run radio and area networks in the field. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems, providing command support to commanders and their headquarters, and conducting electronic warfare against enemy communications.

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Cyprus Signal Regiment

The Regiment traces its history back to the Cyprus District Signal Regiment which was formed in 1955 at Kykko Camp. [1] [2] [3] The regiment ran several geographically separate outstations: [1] [2] [3]

Limassol Place in Limassol District, Cyprus

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Dhekelia Cantonment area of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus

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Paphos Place in Paphos District, Cyprus

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By September 1959 the regiment was renumbered as 29th Signal Regiment and in 1962 it was disbanded. The regiment played a role during the Cyprus Emergency confronting EOKA. Following the end of the crisis the regiment's duties were taken over by 15th (Cyprus) Signal Regiment. [1] [2] [3]

Cyprus Emergency military action that took place in British Cyprus

The Cyprus Emergency was a conflict fought in British Cyprus between 1955 and 1959.

EOKA Former Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization

EOKA, acronym for Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston, was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organisation that fought a campaign for the end of British rule in Cyprus, for the island's self-determination and for eventual union with Greece.

Berlin Signal Regiment

29 Signal Regiment was later reformed again in 1983 by enlarging the former 229 Signal Squadron to form 29 (Berlin) Headquarters and Signal Regiment. In 1986 the 229 squadron was awarded the Freedom of Wilmersdorf. [2] [1]

By 1988 the regiment was retitled as Berlin Headquarters and Signal Regiment. While stationed in Berlin the regiment worked with 4th Signal Group to provide communications from the west to the city. Finally following the end of the Cold War the regiment disbanded. [1] [2] [3] One of its squadrons, 229 Signal Squadron, remained at Stadium Barracks in Berlin until 1994. 229 Squadron then joined 7 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom) and moved to Bradbury Barracks in Krefeld. [1] [2] [3]

The 4th Signal Group was a group sized unit of the Royal Corps of Signals within the British Army that supported the British Army of the Rhine. The group's main job was to supervise all of the static communications used by the British Forces in Germany. Although it had a very short history of just under 30 years the group did have a vital role of supporting the British Army of the Rhine and 2nd Tactical Air Force.

Cold War Geopolitical tension after World War II between the Eastern and Western Bloc

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7 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)

The 7th Signals Regiment was a former regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals within the British Army. The unit and its predecessors supported 1st (British) Corps from 1911 until the end of the Cold War. Afterwards the regiment supported the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps until its disbandment in 2012.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents. pp. 95.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents. pp. 76.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 29 Regiment | Regiments – Major Units | Royal Signals
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