Royal School of Signals

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Royal School of Signals
Royal Corps of Signals cap badge.svg
Badge of the Royal Corps of Signals
Active1869 – present
Country United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
TypeDefence training school
RoleCommunications and information systems training
Part of Defence School of Communications and Information Systems
Garrison/HQ Blandford Camp, Dorset

The Royal School of Signals is a military training establishment that is part of the United Kingdom's Defence School of Communications and Information Systems. It is at Blandford Camp in Dorset. The soldiers and officers who are attending courses at the school are assigned to the 11th Signal Regiment, [1] the training regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals.

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History

The school was founded in 1869 at Chatham in Kent as the Signal Wing of the Royal School of Military Engineering. [2] It moved to Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire in 1915, Maresfield Park in Sussex in 1920, Catterick Camp in North Yorkshire in 1925 and Blandford Camp in Dorset in 1967. [2] It became the Royal School of Signals in 1992. [2]

Composition

The current units controlled by the school include:

Training

The school includes the home of the Cadet Forces Signals Training Team (CFSTT). [5]

Notable commanding officers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "11 Sigs official page". Archived from the original on 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Blandford and West Moors" (PDF). p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "11 Signal Regiment". www.army.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  4. ↑ "Royal Signals Interactive Map". army.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Cadet Signals Courses at RSS Blandford". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
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