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15th Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)

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98: 80: 48: 324:, was renamed as the 15th Signal Regiment (Information Support), or abbreviated as 15 Sig Regt (IS), and so resurrecting for the fifth time the name of the Regiment. Responsible for providing level 3 and 4 specialist support to all MoD units in Information Communication Services (ICS) and Communication Information Systems (CIS). 806: 801: 796: 791: 786: 781: 776: 628: 210:, the Egypt Signals unit was formed. It was tasked with providing communications and signals support for British Army units based in Egypt. Their area of responsibility was not limited to 596: 328: 746: 811: 565: 539: 493: 603: 517: 266:
Following the end of World War Two, the regiment was re-titled in 1946 as the 3rd General Headquarters Signal Regiment. In 1959,
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On 15 January 1965, the regiment was reformed in Aden. After this reform, the regiment was re-titled as 15th Signal Regiment.
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The Regiment under this reform is to re-organise and become a close support signals unit. The Regiment will support the
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during the expansion of British Army signals units. The unit provided communications for the island of
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reforms, it was reformed to support HQ Northern Ireland and other units deployed during
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was dissolved and split into two new formations, namely, British Forces Suez Canal and
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The Royal Corps of Signals Unit Histories of the Corps (1920-2001) and Its Antecedents
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On 30 September 2011, the Unified Systems Support Organisation (USSO), based in
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reforms, the Regiment gained command of more signal squadrons. After the end of
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According to a FOI Response, the Regiment will fall under the command of
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Special signal regiment of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals
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The regiment's current structure in January 2024 is as follows:
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but was disbanded shortly after 1963. In 1992, following the
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In 2019, the 15 Sig Regt HQ moved from Blandford Camp to
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Headquarters Northern Ireland and 15th Signal Regiment
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1967
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1963
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1938
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15 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)

United Kingdom
British Army
Royal Corps of Signals
Global Communications
Regiment
Swinton Barracks
Perham Down
British Army
Royal Corps of Signals
World War II
Cyprus
Options for Change
Operation Banner
World War II
Egypt
Mandatory Palestine
Sudan
Cyprus
Cairo
Cyprus
Greece
Macedonia
the Balkans
Eastern Africa
Middle East Command
British Forces Arabian Peninsula
Thiepval Barracks
Lisburn

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