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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals Royal Corps of Signals] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals Royal Corps of Signals] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.davidhorsfield.org.uk/index.asp ''From Semaphore to Satellite The memoirs of Major General David Horsfield, Royal Signals''] may be read online. He served in Burma during World War 2 and was then in India 1942-1946. | *[http://www.davidhorsfield.org.uk/index.asp ''From Semaphore to Satellite The memoirs of Major General David Horsfield, Royal Signals''] may be read online. He served in Burma during World War 2 and was then in India 1942-1946. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9BDKXd8louQJ:www.davidhorsfield.org.uk/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL) | ||
*Graham F Reed was a junior officer in the Royal Signals Corps in his early twenties, who was a Signals Officer with a Mountain Gun Regiment based at [[Razmak]] in Waziristan in 1945-47. His book is ''Walks in Waziristan'', with an extract [http://www.walksinwaziristan.com/preview In action] from [http://www.walksinwaziristan.com/ Walks in Waziristan]. The first two chapters are available from [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9CQ_b0jEhzMC&printsec=frontcove Preview Google Books] | *Graham F Reed was a junior officer in the Royal Signals Corps in his early twenties, who was a Signals Officer with a Mountain Gun Regiment based at [[Razmak]] in Waziristan in 1945-47. His book is ''Walks in Waziristan'', with an extract [http://www.walksinwaziristan.com/preview In action] from [http://www.walksinwaziristan.com/ Walks in Waziristan]. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:frhjhBN7kQYJ:www.walksinwaziristan.com/+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL) The first two chapters are available from [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9CQ_b0jEhzMC&printsec=frontcove Preview Google Books] | ||
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Revision as of 03:43, 8 November 2013
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.
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
- From Semaphore to Satellite The memoirs of Major General David Horsfield, Royal Signals may be read online. He served in Burma during World War 2 and was then in India 1942-1946. (Cached URL)
- Graham F Reed was a junior officer in the Royal Signals Corps in his early twenties, who was a Signals Officer with a Mountain Gun Regiment based at Razmak in Waziristan in 1945-47. His book is Walks in Waziristan, with an extract In action from Walks in Waziristan. (Cached URL) The first two chapters are available from Preview Google Books