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in 1935 (with 26 and 27 AA Bdes under command), the unit provided the signals component. It was based at 46 Regency Street, the former Drill Hall of the London
Electrical Engineers. The divisional signals unit was duplicated for
421:'s Signals section since the latter's establishment in 1938. Between 1940 and 1942, both 1st and 6th AA Divisions came under 1st Aa Corps, but from June 1942, 1st AA Division was directly under AA Command HQ.
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306:. 6th AA Division took responsibility for the air defence of the Thames estuary, Essex and North Kent, with its HQ at RAF Uxbridge. Just before mobilisation, the regiment organised as:
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Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
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The size of the TA was reduced in 1967, when 83 Signal
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Commanding Officer: Lieutenant-Colonel G.J. Morley-Peel, MBE, TD (1939–44)
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When AA Command was reorganised in October 1942 the two divisions became
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Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
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The first Honorary Colonel of London District Signals was Col A. Bain,
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Meanwhile, elements of 11 AA Signal Rgt joined the disbanding
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Cadet Affiliation — 'D' Company, 1st West London Cadet Corps
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310 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
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328 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
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309 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
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329 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
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315 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
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601 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'D') Mixed Signal Section
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328:No.1, 2, and 3 Signal Companies at Regency Street,
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143:from 1908. It served with a corps headquarters at
1124:Military units and formations established in 1908
209:. The unit headquarters was at 12 Palmer Street,
839:"6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History"
953:83 (London) Signal Sqn at Air Formation Signals
229:. In June 1915, London District Signals joined
993:71 Yeomanry Signal Rgt at British Army website
747:London Cable Signal Company at Great War Forum
566:Home Counties District (Mixed) Signal Regiment
302:in 1939 when the TA doubled in size after the
289:Anti-Aircraft Brigade Signals Companies. When
896:"AA Command 1940 at British Military History"
534:, 'Mixed' now indicating that members of the
483:71 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
474:56 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
471:28 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
454:37 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
392:49 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
389:48 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
386:38 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
383:26 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
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600:71 (City of London Yeomanry) Signal Regiment
442:6 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
514:and took a leading role in defence against
310:Regimental Headquarters at Regency Street,
1047:, London: Royal Signals Institution, 1958.
1129:1908 establishments in the United Kingdom
574:62 (Mixed) Signal Regiment (Cinque Ports)
439:6 AA Division Mixed Signal Office Section
380:1 AA Division Mixed Signal Office Section
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417:1st AA Divisional Signals had provided
371:1st AA Divisional Mixed Signal Unit HQ
175:was created in 1908 as a result of the
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870:The Monthly Army List, September 1939
181:London Division, Electrical Engineers
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590:In 2010, 83 Support Sqn was renamed
510:. The two groups operated alongside
1109:Signal units of the Royal Engineers
585:31 (City of London) Signal Regiment
578:44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment
477:101 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
448:103 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
445:102 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
406:112 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
25:
1064:Air Formation Signals Association
502:, with the signals units renamed
197:Together, these companies formed
1028:Cliff Lord & Graham Watson,
883:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
794:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
652:56th (London) Divisional Signals
546:was disbanded in 1955, becoming
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18:11 Anti-Aircraft Signal Regiment
587:, which was disbanded in 2010.
486:16 AA Line Maintenance Section
460:15 AA Line Maintenance Section
193:London Air-Line Signal Company
187:London Wireless Signal Company
1:
934:Lord & Watson, pp. 152-4.
630:, appointed on 14 July 1912.
542:. The unit was retained when
532:11 AA (Mixed) Signal Regiment
409:5 AA Line Maintenance Section
349:Auxiliary Territorial Service
508:2nd AA Group (Mixed) Signals
190:London Cable Signal Company
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1032:, Solihull: Helion, 2003,
722:Lord & Watson, p. 184.
596:47th (2nd London) Division
594:, (recognising the former
300:6th Anti-Aircraft Division
291:1st Anti-Aircraft Division
1093:The Territorial Army 1947
969:January 14, 2009, at the
425:6th AA Divisional Signals
355:1st AA Divisional Signals
1074:British Military History
805:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 185–91.
602:. The Troop is based in
536:Women's Royal Army Corps
815:Titles and Designations
648:London District Signals
281:in 1925 when it formed
199:London District Signals
129:London District Signals
32:London District Signals
1043:Maj-Gen R.F.H Nalder,
783:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 1–7.
656:Army Emergency Reserve
650:was formed in 1939 by
271:Royal Corps of Signals
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137:Royal Corps of Signals
95:Royal Corps of Signals
792:'Embarkation Dates',
598:) and became part of
551:Mixed Signal Regiment
419:Anti-Aircraft Command
275:Anti-Aircraft Signals
273:. It was retitled as
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1069:British Army website
851:on 23 September 2015
223:1st Mounted Division
279:Air Defence Signals
1084:2015-10-23 at the
902:on 5 December 2014
695:, 14 October 1910.
576:, and merged with
555:83 Signal Regiment
316:Lieutenant Colonel
277:in 1922, and then
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233:HQ forming at the
885:, file WO 212/81.
774:Nalder pp. 618–9.
465:HQ No 2 Company:
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211:Westminster
153:World War I
147:and on the
102:Engagements
1103:Categories
1001:References
906:9 December
855:9 December
544:AA Command
540:Kensington
500:2 AA Group
496:1 AA Group
735:Army List
634:Footnotes
580:in 1961.
557:in 1959.
368:(1939–45)
345:The Blitz
239:Gallipoli
205:based at
171:When the
145:Gallipoli
114:The Blitz
106:Gallipoli
92:(1908–20)
1082:Archived
967:Archived
921:Watson,
604:Uxbridge
564:to form
249:Interwar
231:IX Corps
923:TA 1947
526:Postwar
269:in the
163:today.
151:during
97:(1920–)
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312:London
179:, the
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628:MIEE
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