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In 1903, it was designated as the 'telegraph battalion' for 3rd Division. In 1945, the regiment was re-titled as the "3rd Infantry Division Signal Regiment". [2] [3] In 1947 upon returning from British Palestine the regiment disbanded, but re-formed in 1951 as part of the new Army Strategic Command and later deployed during the Suez Crisis in ...
The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, also known as The Iron Division, is a regular army division of the British Army. It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army , for service in the Peninsular War , and was known as the Fighting 3rd under Sir Thomas Picton during the Napoleonic Wars .
The first 3rd Division that was formed was a mere 3,747 men strong and did not include supporting weapons such as artillery. [2] In comparison, the 3rd Infantry Division, from the Second World War period, was over 18,000 men strong and supported by 72 artillery pieces and numerous other support weapons. [ 3 ]
3rd (United Kingdom) Division Signal Regiment – Supporting 3rd (UK) Division HQ at Picton Barracks, Bulford Camp [34] 202 Signal Squadron; 228 Signal Squadron; 249 (Gurkha) Signal Squadron; Support Squadron; 10th Signal Regiment – at Basil Hill Barracks, Corsham [34] 81 Signal Squadron (Army Reserve) 225 Signal Squadron, at Thiepval ...
In November 2014, in accordance with the Army 2020 reorganisation, 11th Signal Brigade amalgamated with 143 (West Midlands) Brigade to create a new formation, based at Venning Barracks in Donnington, named 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade, with an additional role as a regional brigade for army regular and reserve units in the West Midlands ...
In August 1961, a few days after the Berlin Wall was erected, a reinforced company from the 7th Infantry Regiment (a unit of the 3rd Infantry Division) in full battle gear, was ordered to travel along the Autobahn (a major highway) from Aschaffenburg in Bavaria to West Berlin. This was to assert the right of US forces to travel unhindered from ...
1st Signal Group (1968—1982), later 1st (United Kingdom) Signal Brigade; 2nd (Static Communications) Signal Group (1968—1982), later 2nd (National Communications) Signal Brigade; 3rd Signal Group (V) (1967—1975) 4th Signal Group (1969—1992) 12th Signal Group (1967—1982), later 12th Signal Brigade; 13th Signal Group (V) (1967—1972)
He became commanding officer of 3rd (UK) Division Signal Regiment in 2012 and was deployed to Afghanistan. [2] He went on to be commander of 1st Signal Brigade in August 2016, [3] Director of Personnel Policy (Pay and Allowances) at the Ministry of Defence in May 2019 [4] and Director-General, Army Personnel in January 2021.