The 10th Signal Regiment is a current regiment of the

Royal Corps of Signals The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. Signals units are among the first into action, providing the battlefield communi ...

within the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

History

The regiment can trace its history back to the ''Lanarkshire Engineer Volunteers'' formed in 1859. In 1908 the regiment was named as the Scottish Command Signals (Army Troops),

Territorial Force The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription. The new organisation consolidated the 19th-century Volunteer Force and yeomanry i ...

, part of

Scottish Command Scottish Command or Army Headquarters Scotland (from 1972) is a command of the British Army. History Early history Great Britain was divided into military districts on the outbreak of war with France in 1793. The Scottish District was comman ...

. Later after

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the regiment became Headquarters

British Army of the Rhine There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). Both were originally occupation forces in Germany, one after the First World War and the other after the Second World War. Both formations had areas of responsibility located a ...

Signal Regiment. And was later re-named and re-organized to the 10th Army Group Signal Regiment. As part of the

Delivering Security in a Changing World The 2003 Defence White Paper, titled ''Delivering Security in a Changing World'', set out the future structure of the British military, and was preceded by the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and the 2002 SDR New Chapter, which responded to ...

changes the regiment was re-raised as a support signals regiment headquartered in

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. The regiment's main role was a "National Communications Regular Signal Regiment". The regiment was tasked with providing national communication signal duties. As stated on the website, "the Regiment provides day-to-day command and control ICS to Land Command throughout mainland GB, ICS reaction forces for major national incidents, including Homeland Security and specialist ICS support to expeditionary operations". The regiment remained part of the 2nd Signal Brigade till 2012 when the Brigade became 2nd Signal Group. As part of

Army 2020 Army 2020, was the name given to the restructuring of the British Army, in light of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review. Background The British Government gave an indication of its proposals for the future structure of the Army in ea ...

the regiment won't change role, except for the fact of joining the 11th Signal Brigade. After the

changes the regiment provides specialist capabilities across defense. This includes electronic counter-measures and communications support and resilience to civil authority operations.

Current Organisation

The current organisation of the regiment is (with roles): * Regimental Headquarters, at Basil Hill Barracks,

* 605 (Network Operations) Signal Troop, at Marlborough Lines, Andover *81 Signal Squadron (Army Reserve) *225 Signal Squadron, at

Thiepval Barracks Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn, County Antrim, is the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland and its 38th (Irish) Brigade. History The barracks were built in 1940. They are named after the village of Thiepval in Northern France, an i ...

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* 241 Signal Squadron, at Saint George's Barracks, Bicester Garrison * 251 Signal Squadron, at Duchess of Kent Barracks,

Aldershot Garrison Aldershot Garrison, also known as Aldershot Military Town, is a major garrison in South East England, between Aldershot and Farnborough in Hampshire. The garrison was established when the War Department bought a large area of land near the villa ...

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10 Signal Regiment
Regiments of the Royal Corps of Signals

History

Current Organisation

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