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21st Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)

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reforms, the regiment was no longer designated as an Air Support Signal Regiment and 244 (now carrying the Air Support designation) and 214 Signal Squadrons were transferred to 30 Signal Regiment and
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Previously, the regiment included 204 Signal Squadron, before the squadron was disbanded in 2018, with personnel bolstering the other squadrons throughout 21 Sig Regt.
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in Iraq, the regiment provided ground to air tactical communications to aircraft within RAF Support Helicopter Force, which operated under the command of
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programme, the regiment would re-role to become the Army's second dedicated Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence (EWSI) unit.
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By Feb 2024, 21 Signal Regiment will join the newly formed Cyber and Electro Magnetic Activities (CEMA) Effects Group, within
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Elements of 21st Signal Regiment (Air Support) also deployed to Afghanistan in October 2013, and operated within
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In 2011, 21st Signal Regiment (Air Support) deployed to Afghanistan for a 6 month operational tour of duty on
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Following further changes under Army 2020 Refine, from 2018 to 2022 the regiment supported
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The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents
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in Western Germany, supporting the Royal Air Force's Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF).
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The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920-2001) - PAGE 66
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formed in 1943, in Kirkburton, England, for the purpose of supporting the
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as the Brigade transitioned to become the Army’s first STRIKE Brigade (
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In 1958, No. 83 Group RAF was disbanded, and the regiment was renamed
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The regiment was divided into two companies in 1944 upon moving into
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By 2024, it will reform as the British Army's second dedicated
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From 1952 to 1958, the unit supported the West Germany-based
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The regiment was, until the initial 184:– to move to Imjin Barracks, Innsworth 35:21 Signal Regiment’s emblem is the Red 24:21 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) 925:"2 Signal Regiment | The British Army" 849:"BAOR July 1989 Final Draft - Page 84" 725:Graham Watson and, Cliff Lord (2003). 20: 967: 965: 826: 824: 822: 789: 787: 785: 623: 328:21st Signal Regiment (Air Formation). 326:before being redesignated in 1959 as 287:2nd Tactical Air Force (Main) Company 7: 973:"21 Sig Regt - British Army Website" 706: 704: 672: 670: 668: 653: 651: 621: 619: 617: 615: 613: 611: 609: 607: 605: 603: 800:. 15 September 2017. Archived from 324:12th Air Formation Signal Regiment, 138:Multi Role Signals – re-rolling to 50:(as 12th (Air Formations) Signals) 14: 975:. 13 January 2018. 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Index


Beaufighter
United Kingdom
British Army
Military Communications
Electronic Warfare
Regiment
7th Signal Group
Azimghur Barracks
Colerne
Wiltshire


Royal Corps of Signals
British Army
Army 2020
Royal Air Force
Electronic Warfare
Signals Intelligence
Second Tactical Air Force
D-Day
Normandy, France
Second World War
Bad Eilsen
Bueckeburg
No. 83 Group RAF
4 Signal Group
British Army of the Rhine
RAF Wildenrath
Options for Change

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