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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==
*[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/25 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==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals Royal Corps of Signals] Wikipedia
*[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.
*"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.
