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71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment is an Army Reserve regiment in 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 ...
in the British Army. The regiment forms part of
11th Signal Brigade 11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables. Name "Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first attested i ...
, providing military communications for national operations.


History

The regiment was formed as 71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals in 1969. The squadrons at that time included HQ ( London and Kent) Squadron and 68 ( Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron. HQ Squadron converted to a communications role and was re-designated 265 ( Kent and County of London Yeomanry) Squadron in 1970. In 2006, 47 (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron transferred from 39th Signal Regiment (The Skinners). In 2014, under Army 2020, 36th (Eastern) Signal Regiment reformed as 36 (
Essex Yeomanry The Essex Yeomanry was a Reserve unit of the British Army that originated in 1797 as local Yeomanry Cavalry Troops in Essex. Reformed after the experience gained in the Second Boer War, it saw active service as cavalry in World War I and as ar ...
) Signal Squadron and transferred from 37th Signal Regiment. Also in 2014, under Army 2020, 47 (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (already part of the regiment) amalgamated with 41 ( Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron (previously part of 38th (City of Sheffield) Signal Regiment) to form a new entity, 31 (Middlesex Yeomanry and Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron.


Current structure

The regiment's current structure is as follows: * Regimental Headquarters, in
Bexleyheath Bexleyheath is a town in south-east London, England. It had a population of 31,929 as at 2011. Bexleyheath is located south-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is identified in the London Plan as one of ...
*
31 (Middlesex Yeomanry and Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron The Middlesex Yeomanry was a volunteer cavalry regiment of the British Army originally raised in 1797. It saw mounted and dismounted action in the Second Boer War and in World War I at Gallipoli, Salonika and in Palestine, where one of its office ...
, in Uxbridge ** 841 (Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Troop, in Coulsdon *
36 (Eastern) Signal Squadron 36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment (36 Signal Regt) was a Territorial Army (TA) signal unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals (RCS). The regiment was formed following the formation of the TAVR in 1967, and was disbanded in 2009 following a ...
, in Colchester ** 854 (East Anglian) Signal Troop, in Chelmsford * 68 (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, in Whipps Cross ** 847 (London) Signal Troop, in White City, London71 Yeomanry Signal Rgt at British Army website
/ref> * 265 (Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)) Support Squadron, in Bexleyheath


See also

* Units of the Royal Corps of Signals


References

{{reflist Regiments of the Royal Corps of Signals Yeomanry regiments of the British Army