1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron was a British
Territorial Army Squadron
Squadron may refer to:
* Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies
* Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, de ...
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 ...
.
History
The squadron was formed at
Bletchley on 1 April 1995 from a detachment of 5 Squadron of
39 Signal Regiment and 602 Signal Troop, perpetuating the traditions of the
Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry from 20 October 1996, a title that had been dormant since the disbandment of B Company, 2nd Battalion Wessex Volunteers a decade earlier. The squadron left 39 Signal Regiment to become an independent unit on 1 July 1999.
Structure
The Squadron consisted of a Headquarters and three Signal
troops:
*Squadron Headquarters - located at
Bletchley
*
899 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Troop - located at Bletchley
*
805 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Signal Troop - located at
Banbury
*891 (Warwickshire) Signal Troop - located at
Rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
References
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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)
Milton Keynes