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7th Signal Regiment (other)
7th Signal Regiment may refer to: * 7th Signal Regiment (United Kingdom), former regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals, British Army * 7th Signal Regiment (Australia) The 7th Signal Regiment is an Australian Army signals intelligence (SIGINT) unit. Drawing lineage from the Australian Special Wireless Group (ASWG), which was raised during World War II, the regiment's history includes service in the Allied campai ..., current Australian Army signals intelligence unit * 7th Signal Regiment (Italy), current regiment of the Italian Army {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)
The 7th Signals Regiment was a regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals within the British Army. The unit and its predecessors supported I Corps (United Kingdom), 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. Royal Engineers When the Electrical telegraph was brought into use by the British Army during the Crimean War it became the responsibility of the Royal Engineers (RE). In 1884 the RE established a Telegraph Battalion, organised into two 'divisions', of which 2nd Division in London handled communications for the higher levels of command in conjunction with the General Post Office. In 1907 2nd Division was split into a number of separate companies, including 1st Airline and 1st Cable Companies at Aldershot Garrison, Aldershot. These merged in 1911 to form 'A' Signal Company at Aldershot to provide communications for I Corps (United Kingdom), I Corps in the event of mobil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Signal Regiment (Australia)
The 7th Signal Regiment is an Australian Army signals intelligence (SIGINT) unit. Drawing lineage from the Australian Special Wireless Group (ASWG), which was raised during World War II, the regiment's history includes service in the Allied campaigns in Greece, on Crete and in Syria before taking part in the fighting against the Japanese in New Guinea. After the war, the ASWG was redesignated the 101 Wireless Regiment, deploying detachments overseas during the Malayan Emergency and Confrontation. In the mid-1960s, the unit became the 7th Signals Regiment, taking part in the Vietnam War. The unit is currently part of the 6th Brigade. History World War II The regiment traces its lineage back to a unit that was raised as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) during World War II. The Australian Special Wireless Group (ASWG) was formed as signals intelligence group on 18 May 1942 at Bonegilla, Victoria. With a war establishment of 1,000 personnel, the ASWG was raised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
