39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment

39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment is an Army Reserve regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment forms part of 1 Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations. The Lynx badge is a reminder of the unit's connection with the Worshipful Company of Skinners.

Regimental Headquarters in Horfield, Bristol

39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment
Cap badge of the Royal Corps of Signals
Active1967 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeRoyal Corps of Signals
SizeRegiment of
385 personnel[1]
Part of1st Signal Brigade
RHQ locationBristol
Nickname(s)"The Skinners"
Reporting designation39 Sig Reg
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

History

The regiment was formed in 1967 by the amalgamation of 65th Signal Regiment and 92nd Signal Regiment, with some personnel from the disbanded Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars at Banbury.[2][3] In 1969 the regiment absorbed part of R (Tower Hamlets) Battery from the disbanded Greater London Regiment, Royal Artillery.[4]

In 1971 a new 5 (Banbury) Squadron was formed, which in 1975 became 5 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Signal Squadron.[2][5][6][7]

47 (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron at Uxbridge formed part of the regiment from 1995 to 2006, when it transferred to 71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment.[8][9]

In 2000, the North Somerset Yeomanry designation was revived for the Headquarters Squadron of 39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment[10] and, in 2008, that squadron, as 93 (North Somerset Yeomanry) Squadron, became the Regiment's Support Squadron.[11]

In 2006, 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron transferred from 31st (City of London) Signal Regiment.[12]

In 2014, under Army 2020, 43 (Wessex and City & County of Bristol) Signal Squadron transferred from 21st Signal Regiment and 53 (Welsh) Signal Squadron transferred from 37th Signal Regiment, while 5 (QOOH) Squadron transferred to the Royal Logistic Corps.[13]

Current structure

The current structure of the regiment is as follows:[14][15]

Honours

See also

Notes
  1. "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. "39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. Lord & Watson, p. 144–5.
  4. Frederick, p. 1042.
  5. QOOH at Regiments.org.
  6. 5 (QOOH) Signal Squadron (archive site).
  7. Lord & Watson, p. 148.
  8. Middlesex Yeomanry at Regiments.org.
  9. 1st CoLY at Stepping Forward London.
  10. "The North Somerset Yeomanry [UK]". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  11. "39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  12. "The Berkshire Yeomanry (Hungerford) at regiments.org by T.F.Mills". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  13. "Summary of Army 2020 Reserves structure and basing changes" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  14. "The Royal Corps of Signals Regimental Information". British Army. November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  15. "39 Signal Regiment". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  16. "39 Signal Regiment exercise their Freedom of Bristol". Ministry of Defence. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

References
  • J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
  • Cliff Lord & Graham Watson, Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents, Solihull: Helion, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-92-2.


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