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The Royal Corps of Signals (sometimes referred to incorrectly as the Royal Signal Corps and often known simply as the '''Royal Signals''' or '''R SIGNALS''') is one of the 'arms' (combat support corps) of the British Army . It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of Telecommunications equipment and Information systems. The Corps Motto is ''Certa Cito'', which freely translates as ''Swift and Sure''. The flag and cap badge feature Mercury , the winged messenger of the gods, who is referred to by members of the corps as "Jimmy". HISTORY In 1870 , 'C' Telegraph Troop, Royal Engineers , was founded under Captain Montague Lambert. The Troop was the first formal professional body of signallers in the British Army and its duty was to provide communications for a field army by means of visual Signalling , mounted orderlies and Telegraph . By 1871 , 'C' Troop had expanded in size from 2 officers and 133 other ranks to 5 officers and 245 other ranks. In 1879 , 'C' Troop first saw action during the Anglo-Zulu War . On 1 May 1884 , 'C' Troop was amalgamated with the 22nd and 34th Companies, Royal Engineers, to form the '''Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers'''; 'C' Troop formed the 1st Division (Field Force, based at Aldershot ) while the two Royal Engineers companies formed the 2nd Division (Postal and Telegraph, based in London ). Signalling was the responsibility of the Telegraph Battalion until 1908 , when the ''' Royal Engineers Signal Service ''' was formed. As such it provided communications during World War I . It was about this time that Motorcycle Despatch Rider s and Wireless sets were introduced into service. A Royal Warrant for the creation of a Corps of Signals was signed by the Secretary Of State For War , Winston Churchill , on 28 June 1920 . Six weeks later, King George V conferred the title '''Royal Corps of Signals'''. It was given precedence immediately after the Royal Engineers. Throughout World War II , members of the Corps served in every theatre of war. By the end of the war the strength of the Corps was 8,518 officers and 142,472 men. In the immediate post-war period, the Corps played a full and active part in numerous campaigns, including Palestine , Malaya and the Korean War . Until the end of the Cold War , the main body of the Corps was deployed with the British Army Of The Rhine confronting the former Communist Bloc forces, providing the British Forces' contribution to NATO with its communications Infrastructure . Today's Corps has now moved into the developing Information Warfare era of the future. On the No 2 uniform the Royal Signals wear a dark blue lanyard signifying its early links with the Royal Engineers. PERSONNEL Soldiers join the Royal Corps of Signals in one of many trades (open to both men and women), some of which include:
All recruits do their basic military training at an Army Training Regiment . Special-to-arm training is carried out with 11 Signal Regiment at Blandford Camp in Dorset . ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS UNITS Brigades There are three signal Brigade s in the British Army:
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1: Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) is a tri-service unit. Territorial Army
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SEE ALSO The book "Through to 1970" which was devised by the Royal Signals Institution to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Royal Corps of Signals and the Centenary of the formation of the first Telegraph Units in the British Army. (c) 1970 Royal Signals Institution, 1970 the book was edited by Lt Col E.G.Day OBE TD, authored by Col R.M. Adams and designed by Miles Hutchins. Association Of Harrogate Apprentices EXTERNAL LINKS
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