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33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment
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The 33rd Signal Regiment was a British Territorial Army regiment
of the Royal Corps of Signals
.
, near Liverpool
and consisting of four squadrons:
In 1973, 80 Squadron became 80 (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron, in honour of the Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
from which the squadron descended. In 1969, the TAVR was re-designated as the Territorial Army.
In 1999, during the reforms implemented due to the Strategic Defence Review
, the squadron subtitles, with the exception of 80 Squadron, were changed. They became:
; 55 Signal Squadron was based in Huyton; 59 Signal Squadron was based in Aintree
; and 80 Signal Squadron was based in Runcorn
. The regiment provided support to the Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps
, and was part of 12 Signal Group.
The regiment provided soldiers on operations around the world supporting the regular army.
Such places include:
Afghanistan
Balkans
Cyprus
Iraq
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
of the Royal Corps of Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
The Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army...
.
History
The regiment was originally a TAVR II (Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve) unit created due to defence cuts, being formed on 1 April 1967 at HuytonHuyton
Huyton is a suburb of Liverpool within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, with some parts belonging to the borough of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It is part of the Liverpool Urban Area and has close associations with its neighbour, Roby, having both formerly been part of the Huyton with...
, near Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and consisting of four squadrons:
- HQ Squadron
- 42 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron – successor to the 42nd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment
- 59 (West Lancashire) Signal Squadron – successor to the 59th Signal Regiment
- 80 (Cheshire) Signal Squadron – successor to the 80th Signal Regiment
In 1973, 80 Squadron became 80 (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron, in honour of the Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
Cheshire Yeomanry
The Cheshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment that can trace its history back to 1797 when Sir John Fleming Leicester of Tabley raised a county regiment of light cavalry in response to the growing fears of invasion from Napoleonic France....
from which the squadron descended. In 1969, the TAVR was re-designated as the Territorial Army.
In 1999, during the reforms implemented due to the Strategic Defence Review
Strategic Defence Review
The Strategic Defence Review was a British policy document produced by the Labour Government that came to power in 1997. Then Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, set out the initial defence policy of the new government, with a series of key decisions designed to enhance the United...
, the squadron subtitles, with the exception of 80 Squadron, were changed. They became:
- 55 (Merseyside) HQ Squadron
- 42 (City of Manchester) Signal Squadron
- 59 (City of Liverpool) Signal Squadron
Present
The regiment's squadrons were all based in the North-West of England: 42 Signal Squadron was based in ManchesterManchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
; 55 Signal Squadron was based in Huyton; 59 Signal Squadron was based in Aintree
Aintree
Aintree is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside. It lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 road, about north of Liverpool city centre, in North West England....
; and 80 Signal Squadron was based in Runcorn
Runcorn
Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In 2009, its population was estimated to be 61,500. The town is on the southern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form Runcorn Gap. Directly to the north...
. The regiment provided support to the Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps
Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps
The Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, is a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation High Readiness Force Headquarters ready for deployment worldwide within five to thirty days.-History:...
, and was part of 12 Signal Group.
The regiment provided soldiers on operations around the world supporting the regular army.
Such places include:
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....