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*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2014/royal-corps-of-signals "Royal Corps of Signals"] by Stuart Bates May 16, 2014. Includes illustrations of the identifying flash worn on the side of  the  uniform sun helmet. militarysunhelmets.com
*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2014/royal-corps-of-signals "Royal Corps of Signals"] by Stuart Bates May 16, 2014. Includes illustrations of the identifying flash worn on the side of  the  uniform sun helmet. militarysunhelmets.com
*"The King's Shilling" by Neil Walker [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cr/stories/76/a8543676.shtml  Part 2a - India] c 1937 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/48/a8543748.shtml Part 2b - India] ([http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a8542938.shtml Part 1-Joining Up])  He was a member of the Royal Signals. WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk.
*"The King's Shilling" by Neil Walker [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cr/stories/76/a8543676.shtml  Part 2a - India] c 1937 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/48/a8543748.shtml Part 2b - India] ([http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a8542938.shtml Part 1-Joining Up])  He was a member of the Royal Signals. WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk.
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/43301154?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents  "Henry George "Hank" Baker: An Obituary: 23rd June 1918 – 15th January 2006"] by Roger Croston ''The Tibet Journal'' Vol. 30/31, No. 4/1, Contributions to the study of Tibetan medicine (Winter 2005 & Spring 2006), pp. 193-196. jstor.org. Register and read online for free, see [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Henry Baker was a soldier in the Royal Corps of Signals who came to India in December 1938. He was posted to [[Bannu]] and then to the Ahmedzai Salient for six months operations  in outposts such as Mir Ali, Damdil, Tal and [[Razmak]]. In 1941 he was posted to run the radio station at the British Mission in Lhasa and was required to trek across the Himalayas to get to Lhasa. After seven months in Lhasa he was transferred to Sikkim where he remained until November 1945. He was was one of the last European eyewitnesses of the old Tibet.
*"1941-1945 Eastern Travels", Parts 1-9 by Cecil John Callis, Royal Corps of Signals,  in India and Ceylon.  [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/12/a4427912.shtml Part 1], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a4427958.shtml Part 2],  [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/85/a4427985.shtml Part 3], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a4428038.shtml Part 4], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/83/a4428083.shtml Part 5], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/73/a4428173.shtml Part 6], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/72/a4428272.shtml Part 7], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/44/a4428344.shtml Part 8], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/71/a4428371.shtml Part 9] WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk. The author trained as a mechanic, or Fitter (motor vehicle) . His job was to maintain and repair the unit’s lorries, cars, motorbikes and portable charging engines.  
*"1941-1945 Eastern Travels", Parts 1-9 by Cecil John Callis, Royal Corps of Signals,  in India and Ceylon.  [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/12/a4427912.shtml Part 1], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a4427958.shtml Part 2],  [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/85/a4427985.shtml Part 3], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a4428038.shtml Part 4], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/83/a4428083.shtml Part 5], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/73/a4428173.shtml Part 6], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/72/a4428272.shtml Part 7], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/44/a4428344.shtml Part 8], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/71/a4428371.shtml Part 9] WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk. The author trained as a mechanic, or Fitter (motor vehicle) . His job was to maintain and repair the unit’s lorries, cars, motorbikes and portable charging engines.  
*"A Signaller's Story" by Alastair Stewart McGhee.  WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk  
*"A Signaller's Story" by Alastair Stewart McGhee.  WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk  

Revision as of 12:55, 12 October 2016

Also known as the Royal Signals or the Royal Signals Corps

A Royal Warrant for the creation of a Corps of Signals was signed by the Secretary of State for War, Winston Churchill, on 28 June 1920. Six weeks later, King George V conferred the title Royal Corps of Signals. Prior to the creation of a separate Corps, signallers were part of the Corps of Royal Engineers.

FIBIS resources

  • FIBIS Gallery: Eric Lomax Collection. Eric Lomax served in the Royal Signals during the war. He was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and forced to work on the infamous Burma Railway. In the early part of the war, he was posted to the Northwest frontier region where many of these photographs were taken.

External links

  • Royal Corps of Signals Wikipedia
  • "Royal Corps of Signals" by Stuart Bates May 16, 2014. Includes illustrations of the identifying flash worn on the side of the uniform sun helmet. militarysunhelmets.com
  • "The King's Shilling" by Neil Walker Part 2a - India c 1937 Part 2b - India (Part 1-Joining Up) He was a member of the Royal Signals. WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk.
  • "Henry George "Hank" Baker: An Obituary: 23rd June 1918 – 15th January 2006" by Roger Croston The Tibet Journal Vol. 30/31, No. 4/1, Contributions to the study of Tibetan medicine (Winter 2005 & Spring 2006), pp. 193-196. jstor.org. Register and read online for free, see Miscellaneous tips. Henry Baker was a soldier in the Royal Corps of Signals who came to India in December 1938. He was posted to Bannu and then to the Ahmedzai Salient for six months operations in outposts such as Mir Ali, Damdil, Tal and Razmak. In 1941 he was posted to run the radio station at the British Mission in Lhasa and was required to trek across the Himalayas to get to Lhasa. After seven months in Lhasa he was transferred to Sikkim where he remained until November 1945. He was was one of the last European eyewitnesses of the old Tibet.
  • "1941-1945 Eastern Travels", Parts 1-9 by Cecil John Callis, Royal Corps of Signals, in India and Ceylon. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk. The author trained as a mechanic, or Fitter (motor vehicle) . His job was to maintain and repair the unit’s lorries, cars, motorbikes and portable charging engines.
  • "A Signaller's Story" by Alastair Stewart McGhee. WW2People’s War bbc.co.uk
Part I: Scotland to Burma, Part II: Driving to Meiktila, Central Burma and Life in the Jungle
Photograph Collection: Alastair Stewart McGhee from his time in North West India from 1946 to 1947. flickr.com. He was initially based at Risalpur, then at Gardai, Waziristan.