Royal Corps of Signals

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
• 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 .bbc.co.uk.
• Eric Lomax obituary (1919-2012) The Guardian 10 October 2012. He was in Singapore at the surrender in 1942 and became a POW working on the Burma-Siam railway. His memoir is The Railway Man, now also released as a film of the same name. Also see FIBIS resources above
• 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)