44th (Home Counties) Signal Regiment - Revision history

MRSC: remove link to electoral ward

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	\|command_structure= [[44th (Home Counties) Division]]<br />[[67th (2nd Home Counties) Division]]<br />[[12th (Eastern) Infantry Division]]<br />[[36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment]]		\|command_structure= [[44th (Home Counties) Division]]<br />[[67th (2nd Home Counties) Division]]<br />[[12th (Eastern) Infantry Division]]<br />[[36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment]]
	\|current_commander=		\|current_commander=
	\|garrison= [[Brighton]]<br />[[~~Ravenscourt Park (ward)\|~~Ravensourt Park]]<br />[[Grays, Essex\|Grays]]		\|garrison= [[Brighton]]<br />[[Ravensourt Park]]<br />[[Grays, Essex\|Grays]]
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	==Royal Signals==		==Royal Signals==
	When the TF was reconstituted as the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)\|Territorial Army]] (TA) in 1920–1, a new '''44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signals'''{{efn\|Divisional signal units of the Royal Signals 1920–45 were battalion-sized and commanded by a [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant-Colonel]]; they were not termed 'regiments' until 1946.<ref>Lord & Watson, p. 21.</ref>}} was formed by the newly-formed [[Royal Corps of Signals]] (RCS). It combined the former 44th (HC) Signal Company, RE, with [[10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]]. Headquarters was at Stamford Brook Lodge, [[~~Ravenscourt Park (ward)\|~~Ravenscourt Park]], West London (the former HQ of the 10th Middlesex), with 2 Company at Brighton and sections at [[New Southgate]], [[Chatham, Kent\|Chatham]] and [[Hurstpierpoint]].<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-so/mx-10.htm \|title=10th Middlesex at Regiments.org. \|access-date=2005-12-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227043705/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-so/mx-10.htm \|archive-date=2005-12-27 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>{{efn\|In the 1920s the Royal Signals' journal, ''The Wire'', was published from Stamford Brook Lodge.<ref name = MAL/><ref>[https://www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/wire-archive/ ''The Wire'' archive at Royal Signals Museum.]</ref>}}		When the TF was reconstituted as the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)\|Territorial Army]] (TA) in 1920–1, a new '''44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signals'''{{efn\|Divisional signal units of the Royal Signals 1920–45 were battalion-sized and commanded by a [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant-Colonel]]; they were not termed 'regiments' until 1946.<ref>Lord & Watson, p. 21.</ref>}} was formed by the newly-formed [[Royal Corps of Signals]] (RCS). It combined the former 44th (HC) Signal Company, RE, with [[10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]]. Headquarters was at Stamford Brook Lodge, [[Ravenscourt Park]], West London (the former HQ of the 10th Middlesex), with 2 Company at Brighton and sections at [[New Southgate]], [[Chatham, Kent\|Chatham]] and [[Hurstpierpoint]].<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-so/mx-10.htm \|title=10th Middlesex at Regiments.org. \|access-date=2005-12-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227043705/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-so/mx-10.htm \|archive-date=2005-12-27 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>{{efn\|In the 1920s the Royal Signals' journal, ''The Wire'', was published from Stamford Brook Lodge.<ref name = MAL/><ref>[https://www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/wire-archive/ ''The Wire'' archive at Royal Signals Museum.]</ref>}}

	By the 1930s, 44th (HC) Signals also administered:<ref name = MAL/>		By the 1930s, 44th (HC) Signals also administered:<ref name = MAL/>

John of Reading: /* North Africa */Typo fixing, replaced: broke though → broke through

2024-01-05T15:50:26Z

North Africa: Typo fixing, replaced: broke though → broke through

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	For Eighth Army's counter-offensive (the [[Second Battle of Alamein]]), 44th (HC) Division was to lead one of XIII Corps' thrusts through the enemy minefields on the first night, 23/24 October ([[Operation Lightfoot]]). A route was found through the first belt of minefields ('January') on the first night and 44th (HC) Division succeeded in passing the second minefield ('February') the next night, but the armour was unable to exploit beyond.<ref>Joslen, p. 570.</ref><ref>Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 42–3, 46–7.</ref>		For Eighth Army's counter-offensive (the [[Second Battle of Alamein]]), 44th (HC) Division was to lead one of XIII Corps' thrusts through the enemy minefields on the first night, 23/24 October ([[Operation Lightfoot]]). A route was found through the first belt of minefields ('January') on the first night and 44th (HC) Division succeeded in passing the second minefield ('February') the next night, but the armour was unable to exploit beyond.<ref>Joslen, p. 570.</ref><ref>Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 42–3, 46–7.</ref>

	The second phase of the offensive, [[Operation Supercharge (1942)\|Operation Supercharge]], was launched on the night of 27/28 October. Eventually, the armour broke ~~though~~, and next day came signs that the enemy was withdrawing. 44th (HC) Division took some part in the pursuit to [[El Agheila]], collecting prisoners, but XIII Corps was short of transport and was left behind as Eighth Army drove westwards. Shortly afterwards 44th (HC) Division HQ was disbanded, and its units distributed.<ref name = Joslen44/><ref>Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 92–3; 220.</ref> The personnel of 44th (HC) Divisional Signals were used to reinforce [[XXX Corps (United Kingdom)\|XXX Corps Signals]], [[7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)\|7th Armoured Division Signals]] and No 4 Line of Communication (LoC) Signals.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/>		The second phase of the offensive, [[Operation Supercharge (1942)\|Operation Supercharge]], was launched on the night of 27/28 October. Eventually, the armour broke through, and next day came signs that the enemy was withdrawing. 44th (HC) Division took some part in the pursuit to [[El Agheila]], collecting prisoners, but XIII Corps was short of transport and was left behind as Eighth Army drove westwards. Shortly afterwards 44th (HC) Division HQ was disbanded, and its units distributed.<ref name = Joslen44/><ref>Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 92–3; 220.</ref> The personnel of 44th (HC) Divisional Signals were used to reinforce [[XXX Corps (United Kingdom)\|XXX Corps Signals]], [[7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)\|7th Armoured Division Signals]] and No 4 Line of Communication (LoC) Signals.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/>
	[[File:12th British Infantry Division WW2.svg\|thumb\|150px\|right\|12th (Eastern) Divisional sign.]]		[[File:12th British Infantry Division WW2.svg\|thumb\|150px\|right\|12th (Eastern) Divisional sign.]]

Rchard2scout: Fix lint errors

2022-09-26T13:16:16Z

Fix lint errors

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	==Origin==		==Origin==
	{{main\|1st Sussex Engineers}}		{{main\|1st Sussex Engineers}}
	When the [[Volunteer Force]] was subsumed into the new [[Territorial Force]] (TF) under the [[Haldane Reforms]] in 1908, the former [[1st Sussex Engineers\|1st Sussex Engineer Volunteer Corps]] provided the divisional engineers for the TF's [[44th (Home Counties) Division\|Home Counties Division]], including the Home Counties Divisional Telegraph Company with the following organisation:<ref name = Westlake>Westlake, p. 13.</ref><ref name = Lord>Lord & Watson, pp. 152–4.</ref><ref>Morling, pp. 19 & 249.</ref><ref name = Nalder>Nalder, p. 598.</ref><ref name = MAL>''Monthly Army List'', various dates.</ref><ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28121/supplement/2155 ''London Gazette', 20 March 1908.]</ref>		When the [[Volunteer Force]] was subsumed into the new [[Territorial Force]] (TF) under the [[Haldane Reforms]] in 1908, the former [[1st Sussex Engineers\|1st Sussex Engineer Volunteer Corps]] provided the divisional engineers for the TF's [[44th (Home Counties) Division\|Home Counties Division]], including the Home Counties Divisional Telegraph Company with the following organisation:<ref name = Westlake>Westlake, p. 13.</ref><ref name = Lord>Lord & Watson, pp. 152–4.</ref><ref>Morling, pp. 19 & 249.</ref><ref name = Nalder>Nalder, p. 598.</ref><ref name = MAL>''Monthly Army List'', various dates.</ref><ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28121/supplement/2155 ''London Gazette'', 20 March 1908.]</ref>
	* Company Headquarters at 23 Gloucester Place, [[Brighton]]		* Company Headquarters at 23 Gloucester Place, [[Brighton]]
	* No 1 Section at Brighton		* No 1 Section at Brighton
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	* Maj-Gen R.F.H. Nalder, ''The Royal Corps of Signals: A History of its Antecedents and Developments (Circa 1800–1955)'', London: Royal Signals Institution, 1958.		* Maj-Gen R.F.H. Nalder, ''The Royal Corps of Signals: A History of its Antecedents and Developments (Circa 1800–1955)'', London: Royal Signals Institution, 1958.
	* Maj-Gen [[I.S.O. Playfair]], ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East'', Vol III: ''(September 1941 to September 1942) British Fortunes reach their Lowest Ebb'', London: HMSO, 1960 /Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN\|1-845740-67-X}}		* Maj-Gen [[I.S.O. Playfair]], ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East'', Vol III: ''(September 1941 to September 1942) British Fortunes reach their Lowest Ebb'', London: HMSO, 1960 /Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN\|1-845740-67-X}}
	* Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair & Brig C.J.C. Molony, "History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East'', Vol IV: ''The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa'', London: HMSO, 1966/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN\|1-845740-68-8}}		* Maj-Gen I.S.O. Playfair & Brig C.J.C. Molony, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Mediterranean and Middle East'', Vol IV: ''The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa'', London: HMSO, 1966/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004, {{ISBN\|1-845740-68-8}}
	* R.A. Westlake, ''Royal Engineers (Volunteers) 1859–1908'', Wembley: R.A. Westlake, 1983, {{ISBN\|0-9508530-0-3}}.		* R.A. Westlake, ''Royal Engineers (Volunteers) 1859–1908'', Wembley: R.A. Westlake, 1983, {{ISBN\|0-9508530-0-3}}.

Cewbot: Fixing broken anchor: 2021-05-04 #Battle of St. Julien (24 April – 5 May)→Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of St. Julien (23 April – 5 May)

2022-07-23T02:40:08Z

Fixing broken anchor: 2021-05-04 #Battle of St. Julien (24 April – 5 May)→Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of St. Julien (23 April – 5 May)

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	1st Home Counties Signal Company joined 28th Division at Winchester on 5 January 1915 and provided its communications until beyond the end of the war.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Becke44/><ref name = Trail44/><ref name = Morling35/><ref name = Becke28>Becke, Pt 1, pp. 106–16.</ref><ref>Lord & Watson, p. 222.</ref> The division embarked at [[Southampton]] 15–18 January, disembarking at [[Le Havre]] 16–19 January, and concentrated between [[Bailleul, Nord\|Bailleul]] and [[Hazebrouck]] by 22 January. While on the Western Front it participated in the following actions:<ref name = Becke28/>		1st Home Counties Signal Company joined 28th Division at Winchester on 5 January 1915 and provided its communications until beyond the end of the war.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Becke44/><ref name = Trail44/><ref name = Morling35/><ref name = Becke28>Becke, Pt 1, pp. 106–16.</ref><ref>Lord & Watson, p. 222.</ref> The division embarked at [[Southampton]] 15–18 January, disembarking at [[Le Havre]] 16–19 January, and concentrated between [[Bailleul, Nord\|Bailleul]] and [[Hazebrouck]] by 22 January. While on the Western Front it participated in the following actions:<ref name = Becke28/>
	* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge (22–23 April 1915)\|Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge]] (22–23 April)		* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge (22–23 April 1915)\|Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge]] (22–23 April)
	* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of St. Julien (24 April – 5 May)\|Battle of St Julien]] (24 April–4 May)		* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of St. Julien (23 April – 5 May)\|Battle of St Julien]] (24 April–4 May)
	* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Frezenberg (8–13 May)\|Battle of Frezenberg Ridge]] (8–13 May)		* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Frezenberg (8–13 May)\|Battle of Frezenberg Ridge]] (8–13 May)
	* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Bellewaarde (24–25 May)\|Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge]] (24–25 May)		* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Bellewaarde (24–25 May)\|Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge]] (24–25 May)

Cewbot: Fix broken anchor: #Dyle Plan.2FPlan D→most alike anchor Battle of France#Dyle Plan/Plan D

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Fix broken anchor: #Dyle Plan.2FPlan D→most alike anchor Battle of France#Dyle Plan/Plan D

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	====Dunkirk====		====Dunkirk====
	When the [[Battle of France\|German offensive in the west]] opened on 10 May, the BEF advanced into Belgium in accordance with [[Battle of France#Dyle Plan~~.2FPlan~~ D\|'Plan D']]. 44th (HC) Division moved up to the [[Scheldt\|Escaut]], where it was in reserve.<ref name = EllisIII>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-3.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter III.]</ref> However, the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)\|German Army]] broke through the [[Ardennes]] to the east, forcing the BEF to withdraw again, and by 19 May the whole force was back across the Escaut.<ref name = EllisIV>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-4.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter IV.]</ref> 44th (HC) Division tried to hold the most dangerous point, but the Germans established bridgeheads across the Escaut at dawn on 20 May. The attack was renewed on 22 May and the division was badly chewed up, but there was no breakthrough: it was the deep penetration further east that forced the BEF to withdraw. Next day the BEF fell back to the 'Canal Line', and 44th (HC) Division was withdrawn into reserve.<ref name = EllisV>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-5.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter V.]</ref><ref name = EllisVI>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-6.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter VI.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-7.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter VII.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-8.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter VIII.]</ref>		When the [[Battle of France\|German offensive in the west]] opened on 10 May, the BEF advanced into Belgium in accordance with [[Battle of France#Dyle Plan/Plan D\|'Plan D']]. 44th (HC) Division moved up to the [[Scheldt\|Escaut]], where it was in reserve.<ref name = EllisIII>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-3.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter III.]</ref> However, the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)\|German Army]] broke through the [[Ardennes]] to the east, forcing the BEF to withdraw again, and by 19 May the whole force was back across the Escaut.<ref name = EllisIV>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-4.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter IV.]</ref> 44th (HC) Division tried to hold the most dangerous point, but the Germans established bridgeheads across the Escaut at dawn on 20 May. The attack was renewed on 22 May and the division was badly chewed up, but there was no breakthrough: it was the deep penetration further east that forced the BEF to withdraw. Next day the BEF fell back to the 'Canal Line', and 44th (HC) Division was withdrawn into reserve.<ref name = EllisV>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-5.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter V.]</ref><ref name = EllisVI>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-6.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter VI.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-7.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter VII.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-8.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter VIII.]</ref>
	[[File:The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3159.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Royal Signals erecting cable poles in France, 1940.]]		[[File:The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3159.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Royal Signals erecting cable poles in France, 1940.]]
	Cut off, the BEF fell back towards the coast, with 44th (HC) Division given the responsibility of defending the area round [[Hazebrouck]]. On 26 May the decision was made to evacuate the BEF through [[Dunkirk]] ([[Operation Dynamo]]). 44th (HC) Division was heavily attacked by German [[Panzer]] divisions on 27 May, but fought on doggedly until ordered to withdraw, by which time the enemy's advanced columns had penetrated between its widely-spread units. With its flanks 'in the air' after neighbouring French formations retreated during the night of 28/29 May, the divisional commander decided to withdraw some {{convert\|6\|mi\|km}} to [[Mont des Cats]], a strong position held by the divisional artillery and some of the divisional RE acting as infantry, though only DHQ and scattered elements reached the Mont by dawn to join them. This rearguard was subjected to intense mortar fire next morning, then by dive-bombing, but held its position for 30 hours while the rest of the division withdrew. The remnants of the division reached the beaches for embarkation, reaching England on 1 June.<ref name = Joslen44/><ref name = EllisIX>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-9.htm Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter IX.]</ref><ref name = EllisXI>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-11.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter XI.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-12.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter XII.]</ref><ref name = EllisXIII>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-13.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter XIII.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-14.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter XIV.]</ref>		Cut off, the BEF fell back towards the coast, with 44th (HC) Division given the responsibility of defending the area round [[Hazebrouck]]. On 26 May the decision was made to evacuate the BEF through [[Dunkirk]] ([[Operation Dynamo]]). 44th (HC) Division was heavily attacked by German [[Panzer]] divisions on 27 May, but fought on doggedly until ordered to withdraw, by which time the enemy's advanced columns had penetrated between its widely-spread units. With its flanks 'in the air' after neighbouring French formations retreated during the night of 28/29 May, the divisional commander decided to withdraw some {{convert\|6\|mi\|km}} to [[Mont des Cats]], a strong position held by the divisional artillery and some of the divisional RE acting as infantry, though only DHQ and scattered elements reached the Mont by dawn to join them. This rearguard was subjected to intense mortar fire next morning, then by dive-bombing, but held its position for 30 hours while the rest of the division withdrew. The remnants of the division reached the beaches for embarkation, reaching England on 1 June.<ref name = Joslen44/><ref name = EllisIX>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-9.htm Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter IX.]</ref><ref name = EllisXI>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-11.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter XI.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-12.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter XII.]</ref><ref name = EllisXIII>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-13.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter XIII.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-14.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter XIV.]</ref>

BrownHairedGirl: add {{Use dmy dates}}

2022-04-22T19:58:20Z

add {{Use dmy dates}}

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	{{Infobox military unit		{{Infobox military unit
	\|unit_name= Home Counties Divisional Telegraph Company<br>44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signals<br>44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment<br>44 (Cinque Ports) Signal Squadron		\|unit_name= Home Counties Divisional Telegraph Company<br />44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signals<br />44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment<br />44 (Cinque Ports) Signal Squadron
	\|image= Royal Signals Working Web.jpg		\|image= Royal Signals Working Web.jpg
	\|caption= Badge of the Royal Corps of Signals		\|caption= Badge of the Royal Corps of Signals
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	\|command_structure= [[44th (Home Counties) Division]]<br>[[67th (2nd Home Counties) Division]]<br>[[12th (Eastern) Infantry Division]]<br>[[36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment]]		\|command_structure= [[44th (Home Counties) Division]]<br />[[67th (2nd Home Counties) Division]]<br />[[12th (Eastern) Infantry Division]]<br />[[36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment]]
	\|current_commander=		\|current_commander=
	\|garrison= [[Brighton]]<br>[[Ravenscourt Park (ward)\|Ravensourt Park]]<br>[[Grays, Essex\|Grays]]		\|garrison= [[Brighton]]<br />[[Ravenscourt Park (ward)\|Ravensourt Park]]<br />[[Grays, Essex\|Grays]]
	\|ceremonial_chief=		\|ceremonial_chief=
	\|colonel_of_the_regiment=		\|colonel_of_the_regiment=
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	\|mascot=		\|mascot=
	\|battles= '''[[First World War]]''':<br>		\|battles= '''[[First World War]]''':<br />
	*[[Second Battle of Ypres]]		*[[Second Battle of Ypres]]
	*[[Battle of Loos]]		*[[Battle of Loos]]
	*[[Macedonian front\|Salonika]]		*[[Macedonian front\|Salonika]]
	'''[[Second World War]]''':<br>		'''[[Second World War]]''':<br />
	*[[Battle of France]]		*[[Battle of France]]
	*[[Second Battle of Alamein]]		*[[Second Battle of Alamein]]
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	* 330 Sqn formed in 1959 at [[Tunbridge Wells]] from [[133rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)\|133 (Kent & Sussex) Infantry Bde]] Signals		* 330 Sqn formed in 1959 at [[Tunbridge Wells]] from [[133rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)\|133 (Kent & Sussex) Infantry Bde]] Signals

	When the TA was reduced into the [[Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve]] (TAVR) in 1967 the regiment became a single squadron ('''44 (Cinque Ports) Sqn''') at Gillingham in [[36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment]]. In March 1969 it formed 858 (Corps) Trp at [[Eastbourne]] and 859 Trp at [[Ilford]], which moved to Eastbourne in 1970. The role of these Trps was to reinforce the Regular 22 Signal Rgt in [[British Army of the Rhine]]. These two Trps combined on 30 November 1977 to reform the disbanded [[~~City_of_London_Signals~~#Postwar\|56 Signal Sqn]].<ref name = Lord/><ref>Lord & Watson, pp 168–70.</ref><ref name = 36Regts>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/art-eng-sig/sig36.htm \|title=36 Signal Rgt at Regiments.org. \|access-date=2006-01-04 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104211310/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/art-eng-sig/sig36.htm \|archive-date=2006-01-04 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		When the TA was reduced into the [[Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve]] (TAVR) in 1967 the regiment became a single squadron ('''44 (Cinque Ports) Sqn''') at Gillingham in [[36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment]]. In March 1969 it formed 858 (Corps) Trp at [[Eastbourne]] and 859 Trp at [[Ilford]], which moved to Eastbourne in 1970. The role of these Trps was to reinforce the Regular 22 Signal Rgt in [[British Army of the Rhine]]. These two Trps combined on 30 November 1977 to reform the disbanded [[City of London Signals#Postwar\|56 Signal Sqn]].<ref name = Lord/><ref>Lord & Watson, pp 168–70.</ref><ref name = 36Regts>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/art-eng-sig/sig36.htm \|title=36 Signal Rgt at Regiments.org. \|access-date=2006-01-04 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104211310/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/art-eng-sig/sig36.htm \|archive-date=2006-01-04 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	In 1992 44 Sqn's HQ moved to [[Grays, Essex]], and a sub-unit was formed at [[Prittlewell]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], from a troop from [[Essex Yeomanry#Postwar\|70 (Essex Yeomanry) Signal Sqn]], a platoon of [[10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment]], and part of 215 Transport Sqn, [[Royal Corps of Transport]], giving the following organisation:<ref name = Lord/><ref name = 36Regts/>		In 1992 44 Sqn's HQ moved to [[Grays, Essex]], and a sub-unit was formed at [[Prittlewell]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], from a troop from [[Essex Yeomanry#Postwar\|70 (Essex Yeomanry) Signal Sqn]], a platoon of [[10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment]], and part of 215 Transport Sqn, [[Royal Corps of Transport]], giving the following organisation:<ref name = Lord/><ref name = 36Regts/>

Coldstreamer20: J-Man11 moved page 44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment to 44th (Home Counties) Signal Regiment: As per discussion on talk pages, titles being streamlined.

2021-11-10T14:46:13Z

J-Man11 moved page 44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment to 44th (Home Counties) Signal Regiment: As per discussion on talk pages, titles being streamlined.

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	* Lt-Col Ewan Butler & Maj J.S. Bradford, ''The Story of Dunkirk'', London: Hutchinson/Arrow, nd.		* Lt-Col Ewan Butler & Maj J.S. Bradford, ''The Story of Dunkirk'', London: Hutchinson/Arrow, nd.
	* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/index.html Maj L.F. Ellis, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1954/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004.]		* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/index.html Maj L.F. Ellis, ''History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1954/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004.]
			* {{Joslen-OOB}}
	* Lt-Col H.F. Joslen, ''Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1960/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003, {{ISBN\|1-843424-74-6}}.
	* 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}}.		* 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}}.
	* Col L.F. Morling, ''Sussex Sappers: A History of the Sussex Volunteer and Territorial Army Royal Engineer Units from 1890 to 1967'', Seaford: 208th Field Co, RE/Christians–W.J. Offord, 1972.		* Col L.F. Morling, ''Sussex Sappers: A History of the Sussex Volunteer and Territorial Army Royal Engineer Units from 1890 to 1967'', Seaford: 208th Field Co, RE/Christians–W.J. Offord, 1972.

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	\|command_structure= [[44th (Home Counties) Division]]<br>[[67th (2nd Home Counties) Division]]<br>[[12th (Eastern) Division]]<br>[[36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment]]		\|command_structure= [[44th (Home Counties) Division]]<br>[[67th (2nd Home Counties) Division]]<br>[[12th (Eastern) Infantry Division]]<br>[[36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment]]
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	\|garrison= [[Brighton]]<br>[[Ravenscourt Park (ward)\|Ravensourt Park]]<br>[[Grays, Essex\|Grays]]		\|garrison= [[Brighton]]<br>[[Ravenscourt Park (ward)\|Ravensourt Park]]<br>[[Grays, Essex\|Grays]]
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	\|battles= '''[[World War I]]''':<br>		\|battles= '''[[First World War]]''':<br>
	*[[Second Battle of Ypres]]		*[[Second Battle of Ypres]]
	*[[Battle of Loos]]		*[[Battle of Loos]]
	*[[Macedonian front\|Salonika]]		*[[Macedonian front\|Salonika]]
	'''[[World War II]]''':<br>		'''[[Second World War]]''':<br>
	*[[Battle of France]]		*[[Battle of France]]
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	'''44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment''' was a [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)\|Territorial Army]] (TA) unit of the [[British Army]]'s [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. It had its origins in a [[Volunteer Force\|Volunteer]] unit of the [[Royal Engineers]] (RE) formed in the 1890s. It provided the divisional signals for the [[44th (Home Counties) Division]] and its duplicates in both World Wars, also seeing active service with [[28th Division (United Kingdom)\|28th Division]] in World War I. Its successor continued in the postwar TA and [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)\|Army Reserve]].		'''44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment''' was a [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)\|Territorial Army]] (TA) unit of the [[British Army]]'s [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. It had its origins in a [[Volunteer Force\|Volunteer]] unit of the [[Royal Engineers]] (RE) formed in the 1890s. It provided the divisional signals for the [[44th (Home Counties) Division]] and its duplicates in both World Wars, also seeing active service with [[28th Division (United Kingdom)\|28th Division]] in the First World War. Its successor continued in the postwar TA and [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)\|Army Reserve]].

	==Origin==		==Origin==
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	Nos 2–4 Sections were attached to and largely manned by the three infantry brigades of the division. The Telegraph Company was redesignated a Signal Company in 1911.<ref name = MAL/><ref name = Lord/>		Nos 2–4 Sections were attached to and largely manned by the three infantry brigades of the division. The Telegraph Company was redesignated a Signal Company in 1911.<ref name = MAL/><ref name = Lord/>

	==World War I==		==First World War==
	===Mobilisation===		===Mobilisation===
	The Signal Company had been with the Home Counties Division on [[Salisbury Plain]] for its annual training when the order came to mobilise on 4 August 1914. The unit returned to Brighton and was embodied the following day. Shortly afterwards, TF units were invited to volunteer for overseas service. Early in September battalions of the Home Counties Division began to relieve Regular units at [[Gibraltar]], then in October the infantry and artillery of the whole division embarked for garrison service in [[British Raj\|India]]. Although it did later receive a number (44th), the Home Counties Division never operated as a formation during the war: its units remained scattered in colonial garrisons or were attached to Indian divisions. The Divisional RE remained in England to support Regular formations: the Signal Company joined the [[28th Division (United Kingdom)\|28th Division]], which was forming at [[Winchester]] primarily from units returned from service in India.<ref name = Becke44>Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 49–54.</ref><ref name = Trail44>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/44th-home-counties-division/ 44 Division at Long, Long Trail.]</ref><ref name = Morling35>Morling, p. 35.</ref>		The Signal Company had been with the Home Counties Division on [[Salisbury Plain]] for its annual training when the order came to mobilise on 4 August 1914. The unit returned to Brighton and was embodied the following day. Shortly afterwards, TF units were invited to volunteer for overseas service. Early in September battalions of the Home Counties Division began to relieve Regular units at [[Gibraltar]], then in October the infantry and artillery of the whole division embarked for garrison service in [[British Raj\|India]]. Although it did later receive a number (44th), the Home Counties Division never operated as a formation during the war: its units remained scattered in colonial garrisons or were attached to Indian divisions. The Divisional RE remained in England to support Regular formations: the Signal Company joined the [[28th Division (United Kingdom)\|28th Division]], which was forming at [[Winchester]] primarily from units returned from service in India.<ref name = Becke44>Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 49–54.</ref><ref name = Trail44>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/44th-home-counties-division/ 44 Division at Long, Long Trail.]</ref><ref name = Morling35>Morling, p. 35.</ref>
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	The 4th Cadet Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment was also attached to the unit.<ref name = MAL/>		The 4th Cadet Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment was also attached to the unit.<ref name = MAL/>

	==World War II==		==Second World War==
	===Mobilisation===		===Mobilisation===
	Following the [[Munich Crisis]] the TA was doubled in size. Once again, 44th (HC) Division formed a duplicate, [[12th (Eastern) Division]], with its own divisional signals. 44th (HC) Division was mobilised on 3 September 1939 and 12th (E) Division became active on 7 October 1939.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Patriot>[http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=6689&page=1 Eastern Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.]</ref><ref name = Joslen44>Joslen, pp. 71–2.</ref><ref name = Joslen12>Joslen, p. 56.</ref>		Following the [[Munich Crisis]] the TA was doubled in size. Once again, 44th (HC) Division formed a duplicate, [[12th (Eastern) Infantry Division]], with its own divisional signals. 44th (HC) Division was mobilised on 3 September 1939 and 12th (E) Division became active on 7 October 1939.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Patriot>[http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=6689&page=1 Eastern Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.]</ref><ref name = Joslen44>Joslen, pp. 71–2.</ref><ref name = Joslen12>Joslen, p. 56.</ref>
	[[File:44InfDiv.png\|thumb\|150px\|right\|44th (Home Counties) Division's formation sign.]]		[[File:44InfDiv.png\|thumb\|150px\|right\|44th (Home Counties) Division's formation sign.]]

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	===12th (Eastern) Divisional Signals===		===12th (Eastern) Divisional Signals===
	In April 1940 three of the new duplicate TA divisions under training, including 12th (E) Division, were sent to France to act as labour troops to work on airfields and ~~LoCs~~. Elements of the divisional signal unit went to France for the LoCs, but not the complete unit.<ref name = Joslen12/><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-2.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter II.]</ref> On 17 May, after the BEF was forced to withdraw from the Dyle Line, 12th (E) Division was ordered to concentrate in the neighbourhood of [[Amiens]].<ref name="EllisIV"/> The infantry only had their personal small arms, and meagre artillery support had to be improvised. The following day the division was covering the important traffic centres of Albert, Doullens, Amiens and Abbeville together with two equally ill-equipped brigades of [[23rd (Northumbrian) Division]], all under the commander of 12th (E) Division, Maj-Gen R.L Petre and known as 'Petreforce'. Petreforce at the time was the only thing between seven advancing Panzer divisions and the sea. The raw Territorials held up the German advance for 5 hours, allowing the BEF to continue its retreat towards Dunkirk.<ref name = EllisV/><ref>Butler & Bradford, pp. 96–7, 106.</ref>		In April 1940, three of the new duplicate TA divisions under training, including the 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division, were sent to France to act as labour troops to work on airfields and Lines of Communication (LoC). Elements of the divisional signal unit went to France for the LoCs, but not the complete unit.<ref name = Joslen12/><ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-2.html Ellis, ''France & Flanders'', Chapter II.]</ref> On 17 May, after the BEF was forced to withdraw from the Dyle Line, 12th (E) Division was ordered to concentrate in the neighbourhood of [[Amiens]].<ref name="EllisIV"/> The infantry only had their personal small arms, and meagre artillery support had to be improvised. The following day the division was covering the important traffic centres of Albert, Doullens, Amiens and Abbeville together with two equally ill-equipped brigades of [[23rd (Northumbrian) Division]], all under the commander of 12th (E) Division, Maj-Gen R.L Petre and known as 'Petreforce'. Petreforce at the time was the only thing between seven advancing Panzer divisions and the sea. The raw Territorials held up the German advance for 5 hours, allowing the BEF to continue its retreat towards Dunkirk.<ref name = EllisV/><ref>Butler & Bradford, pp. 96–7, 106.</ref>

	The survivors of 12th (E) Division then made their way to the coast and got out of France through Dunkirk and other evacuation ports, the division finally reaching England on 8 June. Its casualties were so severe that it was broken up on 10 July, with the divisional signals sending reinforcements to 44th (HC) Signals and 1 Army Signal Training Regiment in the UK and to the Middle East, including No 3 LoC Signals and Sudan Signals.<ref name = Joslen12/><ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/>		The survivors of 12th (E) Division then made their way to the coast and got out of France through Dunkirk and other evacuation ports, the division finally reaching England on 8 June. Its casualties were so severe that it was broken up on 10 July, with the divisional signals sending reinforcements to 44th (HC) Signals and 1 Army Signal Training Regiment in the UK and to the Middle East, including No 3 LoC Signals and Sudan Signals.<ref name = Joslen12/><ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/>

Rickfive: /* Honorary Colonel */ additional info on Harris

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Honorary Colonel: additional info on Harris

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	* [[Baron Basing\|Col John Sclater-Booth, 3rd Lord Basing]], TD, appointed 29 October 1934		* [[Baron Basing\|Col John Sclater-Booth, 3rd Lord Basing]], TD, appointed 29 October 1934
	* [[Robert McCalmont\|Brig-Gen R.C.A. McCalmont]], CVO, DSO, appointed 16 July 1937		* [[Robert McCalmont\|Brig-Gen R.C.A. McCalmont]], CVO, DSO, appointed 16 July 1937
	* Brig Sir Lionel Harris, [[Order of the British Empire\|KBE]], TD, appointed 1950<ref name = Nalder531/>		* Brig Sir Lionel Harris, [[Order of the British Empire\|KBE]], TD, former CO and Engineer-in-Chief, [[General Post Office]], appointed 1950<ref name = Nalder531/>

	==Footnotes==		==Footnotes==

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	1st Home Counties Signal Company joined 28th Division at Winchester on 5 January 1915 and provided its communications until beyond the end of the war.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Becke44/><ref name = Trail44/><ref name = Morling35/><ref name = Becke28>Becke, Pt 1, pp. 106–16.</ref><ref>Lord & Watson, p. 222.</ref> The division embarked at [[Southampton]] 15–18 January, disembarking at [[Le Havre]] 16–19 January, and concentrated between [[Bailleul, Nord\|Bailleul]] and [[Hazebrouck]] by 22 January. While on the Western Front it participated in the following actions:<ref name = Becke28/>		1st Home Counties Signal Company joined 28th Division at Winchester on 5 January 1915 and provided its communications until beyond the end of the war.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Becke44/><ref name = Trail44/><ref name = Morling35/><ref name = Becke28>Becke, Pt 1, pp. 106–16.</ref><ref>Lord & Watson, p. 222.</ref> The division embarked at [[Southampton]] 15–18 January, disembarking at [[Le Havre]] 16–19 January, and concentrated between [[Bailleul, Nord\|Bailleul]] and [[Hazebrouck]] by 22 January. While on the Western Front it participated in the following actions:<ref name = Becke28/>
	* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge (22–23 April 1915)\|Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge]] (22–23 April)		* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge (22–23 April 1915)\|Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge]] (22–23 April)
	* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of St. Julien (24 April – 5 May)\|Battle of St Julien]] (24 April–4 May)		* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of St. Julien (23 April – 5 May)\|Battle of St Julien]] (24 April–4 May)
	* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Frezenberg (8–13 May)\|Battle of Frezenberg Ridge]] (8–13 May)		* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Frezenberg (8–13 May)\|Battle of Frezenberg Ridge]] (8–13 May)
	* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Bellewaarde (24–25 May)\|Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge]] (24–25 May)		* [[Second Battle of Ypres#Battle of Bellewaarde (24–25 May)\|Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge]] (24–25 May)