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The Royal Signals Museum is a military museum based at Blandford Camp in the civil parish of Tarrant Monkton, northwest of the town of Blandford Forum in Dorset, England.The museum traces the history of the British Army’s battlefield communications experts from the introduction of the telegraph in the Crimean War to the secretive story of cryptography and cyber warfare.
Blandford Town Museum has no admission charge but is not open on Sundays or during the winter. It has artefacts from the history of the town and the surrounding area, and a small Victorian garden that was created in 2008. [54] [55] Blandford Fashion Museum has collections of fashions between the early 18th century and the 1970s; it is also ...
A Land Rover based VSC 501 military satellite terminal being shown to Princess Anne at Blandford Camp by 30 Signal Regiment In 1960, 30 Signal Regiment moved into the camp from Middle Wallop . Blandford was then selected to be the future home of the School of Signals (then at Catterick ) and the present-day camp was planned.
15th-century manor house and gardens Beaminster Museum: Beaminster: Local: website, local history, archaeology, agriculture Bennetts Water Gardens: Chickerell: Multiple: 8-acre (32,000 m 2) garden, collection of water lilies, local history museum Blandford Fashion Museum: Blandford: Fashion: website, costumes and accessories from the 1730s to ...
280 Signal Squadron, Blandford Camp, part of 1st NATO Signal Battalion (formerly 628 Signal Troop) [44] 660 Signal Troop, at Carver Barracks – supports 29 EOD Support Group and Support Unit, reformed in 2021 [45] Joint Service Signal Unit, Cyprus (Ayios Nikolaos Station, Cyprus) (electronic intelligence gathering) Regimental Headquarters
The Royal Signals Association (RSA) was formed in 1920 at the birth of the Corps from the Royal Engineers. The objects of the Association are: The objects of the Association are: To provide comfort and relief either generally or individually to past and present signallers and their dependants who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
The headlong advance ended with the failure of Operation Market Garden at Arnhem, and emphasis shifted to bringing the port of Antwerp into use as a supply base. The planners envisaged a large Gun Defence Area (GDA) to deal not only with conventional air raids but also the threat of V-1 flying bombs (codenamed 'Divers').
The 4th Wireless Signal Company (War Office Signals) was formed in 1934 at Aldershot Garrison to provide signal intelligence activities under the command of the War Office. [3] In 1938, the company was re-titled as No. 2 Company, General Headquarters Signals. The company later expanded its responsibility to provide secure communications for the ...