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sector stations, which exercised tactical control over the AA guns and searchlights. Communications depended on the lines of the
Defence Telecommunications Network and the General Post Office and the RCS line sections had to extend these with field lines to outlying gun positions and to repair bomb
270:
The role of an AA divisional signal unit was to provide intercommunications between the divisional headquarters (HQ) and its subordinate AA brigade HQs, the AA Gun
Operation Rooms (GORs, later termed AAORs) controlling the Gun Defence Areas (GDAs), and the Sector Operations Rooms (SORs) at
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and 57 (Bristol) Signal Rgts each providing a squadron. The new regiment undertook the
National Communications role within 13 Signal Group 1967–72, and with 2 Signal Group/Brigade thereafter. In 1969, 57 Sqn was joined by a Troop of the
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to concentrate on the coast defences. The rapid deployments and redeployments of the Diver defences and the HQs meant a high degree of dependence on mobile communications, including field line construction and wireless.
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AA Command was disbanded in 1955, and the AA Mixed signal regiments were converted for duty with the Home
Commands, involving much re-training. 12th AA (Mixed) Signal Regiment briefly merged with
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In early 1944 AA Command had two major tasks. Firstly it had to provide AA defence for the mass of troops and equipment gathering in
Southern England for the Allied invasion of Normandy (
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After the Allies broke out of the
Normandy beachhead in August and overran the sites in Northern France the attacks on London also diminished. However, in September the
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The increased sophistication of
Operations Rooms and communications was reflected in the growth in signal units, which attained the following organisation by JUne 1942:
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A reorganisation of AA Command in
October 1942 saw the AA divisions disbanded and replaced by a smaller number of AA Groups more closely aligned with the groups of
695:. 3 AA Group was the largest of the new groups in terms of the numbers of GDAs to be serviced. 5th and 8th Divisional Signals re-amalgamated at Bristol as
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In April 2016, under the 2020 Reserve
Structure plan, the squadron was split up, the Bristol detachment merging with 43 (Wessex) Sqn to form
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was formed at
Bristol as a duplicate of 5th AA Divisional Signals. Both division's signal units became 'Mixed' in 1941, when women of the
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 1 October 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/82.
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 13 March 1943, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/83.
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formed by splitting 5th AA Division and duplicating its HQ functions. 5th AA Division now controlled the South Coast of England from
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908:. The expected V-1 bombardment of Bristol did not materialise, because US forces quickly overran the launch sites in the
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962:. However, the following year the two regiments regained their independence, having exchanged some squadrons, giving
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 14 May 1942, with amendments,
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Robert Palmer, 'A Concise History of Anti-Aircraft Command (History & Personnel)' at British Military History.
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Increasing concern during the 1930s about the threat of air attack led to large numbers of units of the part-time
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created five new divisions by to control the growing AA defences of the United Kingdom, including
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The Royal Corps of Signals: A History of its Antecedents and Developments (Circa 1800–1955)
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The Blitz ended in May 1941 but during 1942 5th and 8th AA Divisions were stretched by the
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215:(RE), and higher formations became necessary to control them. One of these formations was
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Order of Battle of AA Command, 27 April 1944, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/85.
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Order of Battle of AA Command, 1 August 1943, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/84.
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When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, 3 AA Group Signals reformed at Bristol as
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damage. Wireless sets for GORs and searchlight were not issued until 1941.
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247:(RCS), was formed at Reading during 1939 under the command of
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43 (Wessex and City & County of Bristol) Signal Squadron
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1639:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
892:). Secondly it had to plan for the expected arrival of
896:(codenamed 'Divers') in coordination with the rest of
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Military units and formations disestablished in 2016
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104, 105, 106, 116 Radio Maintenance Companies, REME
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358:(ATS) were integrated into the units and subunits.
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1326:8th AA Division 1940 at British Military History.
1315:5th AA Division 1940 at British Military History.
1208:5th AA Division 1939 at British Military History.
289:5th AA Division was fully engaged throughout the
1704:Military units and formations in Gloucestershire
1017:, which relocated its regimental HQ to Bristol.
651:hit-and-run raids against coastal towns such as
179:from 1939 to 2016. Its history began as part of
1011:57 (City and County of Bristol) Signal Squadron
316:After its defeat in the Battle of Britain, the
165:57 (City and County of Bristol) Signal Squadron
40:57 (City and County of Bristol) Signal Squadron
1060:; they were not termed 'regiments' until 1946.
1036:, both remaining in 39 (Skinners) Signal Rgt.
588:306 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (Plymouth GDA)
1345:Routledge, p. 394; Table LXV, p. 396; Map 34.
831:317 GOR Mixed Signal Section (Swansea, later
636:8 AA Division Radio Maintenance Company, RAOC
545:307 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (Bristol GDA)
8:
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1274:Routledge, pp. 382–6; Table LXII, pp 379–80.
1132:AA Command 1939 at British Military History.
919:began launching V-1s from aircraft over the
859:67 AA Brigade Mixed Signal Office Section –
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752:306 GOR Mixed Signal Section (Plymouth GDA)
1623:, London: Royal Signals Institution, 1958.
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663:' against lightly defended cities such as
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591:318 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (Falmouth)
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856:64 AA Brigade Mixed Signal Office Section
838:121 RAF Fighter Sector Signal Sub-Section
793:314 GOR Mixed Signal Section (Gloucester)
764:120 RAF Fighter Sector Signal Sub-Section
761:60 AA Brigade Mixed Signal Office Section
758:116 RAF Fighter Sector Signal Sub-Section
749:55 AA Brigade Mixed Signal Office Section
729:46 AA Brigade Mixed Signal Office Section
642:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
542:8 AA Division Mixed Signal Office Section
517:5 AA Division Radio Maintenance Company,
388:5 AA Division Mixed Signal Office Section
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802:411 GOR Mixed Signal Section (Cardiff)
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485:28 AA Sub-GOR Mixed Signal Sub-Section
467:33 AA Sub-GOR Mixed Signal Sub-Section
51:Insignia of the Royal Corps of Signals
28:
1092:Lord & Watson, pp. 170, 244, 251.
738:110 RAF Fighter Sector Signal Section
722:10 RAF Fighter Group Signal Section (
322:switched to night bombing of cities (
118:37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment
7:
621:113 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section (
608:120 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section (
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560:110 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section (
431:109 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section (
404:111 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section (
397:108 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section (
960:Southern Command (Mixed) Signal Rgt
805:32 Sub-GOR Mixed Signal Sub-Section
1513:Lord & Watson, pp. 160, 195–7.
735:69 AA Brigade Mixed Signal Section
25:
1030:53 (Wales and Western) Signal Sqn
973:When the TA was reduced into the
534:8th AA Division Mixed Signal Unit
529:8th AA Division's formation sign.
499:303 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (
478:409 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (
452:412 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (
438:313 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (
418:346 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (
411:308 AA GOR Mixed Signal Section (
380:5th AA Division Mixed Signal Unit
375:5th AA Division's formation sign.
1605:Cliff Lord & Graham Watson,
1356:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
979:37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Rgt
267:(later Lt-Col) D.V.L. Craddock.
219:, raised on 1 September 1938 at
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1493:Routledge, Table LXXIV, p. 441.
1028:detachment being absorbed into
941:12th AA (Mixed) Signal Regiment
618:Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
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394:Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
36:12th AA (Mixed) Signal Regiment
1236:Routledge, pp. 64–5, Figure 1.
871:14 AA Line Maintenance Section
848:23 AA Line Maintenance Section
841:319 GOR Mixed Signal Section (
817:22 AA Line Maintenance Section
810:338 GOR Mixed Signal Section (
787:Mixed Signal Office Section –
773:Mixed Signal Office Section –
767:20 AA Line Maintenance Section
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594:20 AA Line Maintenance Section
567:19 AA Line Maintenance Section
512:14 AA Line Maintenance Section
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1549:Lord & Watson, pp. 144–6.
1475:Routledge, pp. 416–8, Map 39.
1390:Routledge, pp. 400–4, Map 36.
1015:39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment
1007:71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment
992:Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
964:12 Command (Mixed) Signal Rgt
861:from 3 Company by August 1943
356:Auxiliary Territorial Service
122:39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment
1142:Routledge, Table LX, p. 378.
898:Air Defence of Great Britain
711:3 AA Group Mixed Signal Unit
706:AA Command's formation sign.
828:Mixed Signal Office Section
799:Mixed Signal Office Section
789:to 5 Company by August 1943
285:Battle of Britain and Blitz
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1609:, Solihull: Helion, 2003,
1540:Lord & Watson, p. 143.
853:5 Mixed Signal Company HQ
822:4 Mixed Signal Company HQ
781:3 Mixed Signal Company HQ
746:2 Mixed Signal Company HQ
716:1 Mixed Signal Company HQ
1678:The Territorial Army 1947
1591:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
1295:Collier, Appendix XXX>
1218:Lord & Watson, p. 21.
519:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
352:8th AA Divisional Signals
241:5th AA Divisional Signals
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32:5th AA Divisional Signals
1671:British Military History
948:63 Mixed Signal Regiment
239:. Its signal component,
38:57 Mixed Signal Regiment
1619:Maj-Gen R.F.H. Nalder,
1024:based at Bath, and the
1456:Collier, Appendix XLV.
1445:Collier, Chapter XXIV.
1305:Routledge, pp. 387–95.
1284:Collier, Chapter XVII.
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245:Royal Corps of Signals
169:Royal Corps of Signals
1635:Brig N.W. Routledge,
1255:Collier, Chapter XII.
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328:Anti-Aircraft Command
181:Anti-Aircraft Command
110:Anti-Aircraft Command
1666:British Army website
1377:Collier, Chapter XX.
966:, which was renamed
775:joined by March 1943
644:(REME) during 1942.
681:RAF Fighter Command
273:RAF Fighter Command
1531:Routledge, p. 439.
1336:Farndale, Annex D.
1054:Lieutenant-Colonel
890:Operation Overlord
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697:3 AA Group Signals
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413:Bramley, Hampshire
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249:Lieutenant-Colonel
221:Reading, Berkshire
132:Reading, Berkshire
34:3 AA Group Signals
1652:Monthly Army List
1587:978-1-84574-055-9
1358:, file WO 212/81.
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189:Battle of Britain
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1032:, based at
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912:peninsula.
562:RAF Colerne
462:Southampton
311:Southampton
237:South Wales
187:during the
142:Engagements
128:Garrison/HQ
1688:Categories
1567:References
1026:Gloucester
996:Cheltenham
987:53 (Welsh)
958:to create
925:1 AA Group
693:2 AA Group
685:3 AA Group
610:RAF Exeter
420:Chichester
399:RAF Kenley
303:Portsmouth
229:South West
1040:Footnotes
970:in 1959.
956:Salisbury
921:North Sea
917:Luftwaffe
910:Cherbourg
884:Later war
649:Luftwaffe
458:Hampshire
340:Hampshire
324:The Blitz
319:Luftwaffe
211:(RA) and
193:The Blitz
150:The Blitz
60:1939–2016
1003:Redditch
657:Salcombe
460:, later
257:AMIMechE
1503:Watson.
1034:Cardiff
935:Postwar
812:Swindon
724:RAF Box
653:Torquay
480:Fareham
307:Swansea
299:Cardiff
295:Bristol
136:Bristol
101:Signals
65:Country
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344:Solent
199:Origin
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833:Neath
265:Major
225:South
1641:ISBN
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667:and
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309:and
261:MIEE
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98:Role
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