The 33rd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment was a British
Territorial Army regiment
A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation.
In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted ...
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 regiment was originally a
TAVR II (Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve) unit created due to defence cuts, being formed on 1 April 1967 at
Huyton
Huyton ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Urban Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Belle Vale, and the neighbouring village of Roby, with which it f ...
, near
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
and consisting of four
squadrons:
*HQ Squadron
*
42 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron – successor to the 42nd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment
*
59 (West Lancashire) Signal Squadron – successor to the 59th Signal Regiment
*
80 (Cheshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron – successor to the 80th Signal Regiment
In 1999, during the reforms implemented due to the
Strategic Defence Review
The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was a British policy document produced in July 1998 by the Labour Government that had gained power a year previously. Then Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, set out the initial defence policy of t ...
, the squadron subtitles, with the exception of 80 Squadron, were changed. They became:
*
55 (Merseyside) HQ Squadron
*
42 (City of Manchester) Signal Squadron
*
59 (City of Liverpool) Signal Squadron
Disbandment
As a result of the strategic review of reserves it was announced on 28 April 2009 that the regiment was to be disbanded.
It was reduced to a single 33 Lancashire Signal Squadron, first in
32 Signal Regiment, then from 2014 in
37 Signal Regiment under the
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 ...
reorganisation. It continues to maintain 842 Signal Troop at Rusholme, Manchester.
References
External links
Ministry of Defence website
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Regiments of the Royal Corps of Signals
Military units and formations established in 1967
Military units and formations in Lancashire
Military units and formations in Liverpool
Military units and formations in Cheshire