38 (City Of Sheffield) Signal Regiment
38 Signal Regiment (Volunteers) is Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment's task is to "provide contingency communications throughout the whole of Northern England, from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Home Counties. In this role it provides direct support to 15th (North East) Brigade, the Preston-based 42nd (North West) Brigade and the Nottingham-based 49th (East) Brigade." The regiment forms part of 2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade.
"The Regiment was formed as part of 13th Signal Group on 1 April 1967, from an amalgamation of three existing units based in Derby, Sheffield and Nottingham. They were, respectively, 46th (North Midland) Signal Regiment TA, 64th Signal Regiment TA and 337th Brigade Signal Squadron. The headquarters of the new Regiment, together with Headquarter Squadron and 64th Signal Squadron, were initially established in ad-hoc accommodation in Sheffield before being eventually re-housed in purpose built premises at Manor Top in 1980. HRH The Princess Royal, Colonel in Chief of the Royal Corps of Signals, visited the Regiment in the same year. Existing TA Centres in Nottingham and Derby were used to house 87th Signal Squadron and 46th Signal Squadron respectively; the latter squadron also included a detached troop in Leicester."
In 2009, the Regiment comprised four squadrons:
- Headquarters Squadron (Sheffield)
- 46 (City of Derby) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) (Derby)
- 64 (City of Sheffield) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)
- 93 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron (Volunteers)
However, as a result of a defence review in 2009, with effect from 1 April 2010, both 46 (City of Derby) Squadron and 93 (East Lancashire) Squadrons disbanded, while 64 (City of Sheffield) Squadron gained an addition troop in Leeds.
In 2010, the Regiment gain the following Squadrons
- 41 (Princess Louise Kensington) Signal Squadron (Coulsdon) with C Troop located at Kingston.
Read more about 38 (City Of Sheffield) Signal Regiment: 41 Signal Squadron
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