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London District Signals
London District Signals
Active	1908–present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Territorial Army
Type	HQ Signals unit
Part of	Royal Engineers (1908–20); Royal Corps of Signals (1920–)
Engagements	Gallipoli; Western Front; The Blitz; Operation Diver

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London District Signals was a headquarters signal unit of the Royal Engineers (RE) and later Royal Corps of Signals in Britain's Territorial Army from 1908. It served with a corps headquarters at Gallipoli and on the Western Front during World War I, and later became an air defence signal unit during World War II. Its successor unit continues in the Army Reserve today.

Origin

When the Territorial Force was created in 1908 as a result of the Haldane Reforms, the London Division, Electrical Engineers of the Royal Engineers (Volunteers) spun off three telegraph companies, later termed signal companies:^[1]^[2]^[3]

London Wireless Signal Company
London Cable Signal Company
London Air-Line Signal Company

Together, these companies formed London District Signals, defined as 'Army Troops RE' in the TF organisation, serving HQ London District based at Horse Guards. The unit headquarters was at 12 Palmer Street, Westminster.^[4]^[5]^[6]

World War I

On the outbreak of war in August 1914 the London Wireless Signal Company was temporarily attached to 1st Mounted Division, but had left by March 1915.^[7] On 3 November 1914 a London Motor Airline Section embarked for the Western Front.^[8] In June 1915, London District Signals joined IX Corps HQ forming at the Tower of London and went to Gallipoli as IX Corps Signals. After the evacuation from Gallipoli, the Corps HQ went to France and served on the Western Front until the end of the war. The Corps Signals also ran a Signals Training Centre.^[3]^[6]^[9]

Interwar

Former Drill Hall of 1st AA Divisional Signals in Regency Street, London SW1

When the renamed Territorial Army (TA) was reconstituted in 1920, London District Signals was reformed as 1st London Corps Signals (Army Troops) in the Royal Corps of Signals.^[a] It was retitled as Anti-Aircraft Signals in 1922, and then Air Defence Signals in 1925 when it formed 26th (London) and 27th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Signals Companies.^[3]^[6]^[10] When 1st Anti-Aircraft Division was formed at RAF Uxbridge in 1935 (with 26 and 27 AA Bdes under command), the unit provided the signals component. It was based at 46 Regency Street, the former Drill Hall of the London Electrical Engineers.^[3]^[11] The divisional signals unit was duplicated for 6th Anti-Aircraft Division in 1939 when the TA doubled in size after the Munich Crisis. 6th AA Division took responsibility for the air defence of the Thames estuary, Essex and North Kent, with its HQ at RAF Uxbridge.^[3]^[6]^[12] Just before mobilisation, the regiment organised as:^[13]

Regimental Headquarters at Regency Street, London commanded by Lieutenant Colonel A. Hemsley, MBE, TD
No.1, 2, and 3 Signal Companies at Regency Street, London
Cadet Affiliation — 'D' Company, 1st West London Cadet Corps

World War II

Together, 1st and 6th AA Divisions defended London and the Thames Estuary during The Blitz. As the war developed, increasing numbers of women from the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) became integrated into AA and signals units, which were termed 'Mixed'. By June 1942, the composition of the two units was as follows:^[6]^[14]

1st AA Divisional Signals

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant-Colonel A. Hemsley, MBE, TD (1939–45)
1st AA Divisional Mixed Signal Unit HQ
- HQ No 1 Company:
  - 1 AA Command Mixed Signal Office Section
  - 1 AA Division Mixed Signal Office Section
  - 26 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
  - 38 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
  - 48 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
  - 49 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
- HQ No 2 Company:
  - 601 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'D') Mixed Signal Section
  - 315 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
  - 112 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
  - 5 AA Line Maintenance Section

1st AA Divisional Signals had provided Anti-Aircraft Command's Signals section since the latter's establishment in 1938. Between 1940 and 1942, both 1st and 6th AA Divisions came under 1st Aa Corps, but from June 1942, 1st AA Division was directly under AA Command HQ.

6th AA Divisional Signals

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant-Colonel G.J. Morley-Peel, MBE, TD (1939–44)
6th AA Divisional Mixed Signal Unit HQ
- HQ No 1 Company:
  - 6 AA Division Mixed Signal Office Section
  - 6 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
  - 102 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
  - 103 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
  - 329 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
  - 37 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
  - 309 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
  - 15 AA Line Maintenance Section
- HQ No 2 Company:
  - 328 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
  - 28 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
  - 56 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
  - 101 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
  - 310 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
  - 71 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
  - 16 AA Line Maintenance Section

When AA Command was reorganised in October 1942 the two divisions became 1 AA Group and 2 AA Group, with the signals units renamed 1st and 2nd AA Group (Mixed) Signals. The two groups operated alongside No. 11 Group RAF and took a leading role in defence against V-1 flying bombs (Operation Diver) in 1944–45.^[3]^[6]^[15]

Postwar

On the re-establishment of the TA in 1947, 1 and 2 AA Group Signals re-merged and were numbered 11 AA (Mixed) Signal Regiment, 'Mixed' now indicating that members of the Women's Royal Army Corps (successors to the ATS) were integrated into the unit. The new unit was based at Kensington.^[3]^[6]^[16] The unit was retained when AA Command was disbanded in 1955, becoming Eastern Command Mixed Signal Regiment, the East Anglian District Signal Regiment of the Army Emergency Reserve (AER). Eastern Command Signal Regiment was numbered 83 Signal Regiment in 1959.^[3]^[6]

Meanwhile, elements of 11 AA Signal Rgt joined the disbanding 259 (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery to form Home Counties District (Mixed) Signal Regiment with HQ at Shorncliffe. This became 62 (Mixed) Signal Regiment (Cinque Ports), and merged with 44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment in 1961.^[17]^[18]

The size of the TA was reduced in 1967, when 83 Signal Regiment (AER) became 83 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) and later 83 Support Squadron in 31 (City of London) Signal Regiment, which was disbanded in 2010.^[3]^[6]^[19]^[20]

In 2010, 83 Support Sqn was renamed 47 Signal Troop, (recognising the former 47th (2nd London) Division) and became part of 71 (City of London Yeomanry) Signal Regiment. The Troop is based in Uxbridge and Southfields.^[21]^[22]

Honorary Colonel

The first Honorary Colonel of London District Signals was Col A. Bain, TD, MICE, MIEE, appointed on 14 July 1912.^[4]

Footnotes

^ A new London District Signals was formed in 1939 by 56th (London) Divisional Signals. In 1952 it was reformed as London District Signal Regiment in the Army Emergency Reserve.

Notes

^ London Gazette, 20 March 1908.
^ London Gazette, 14 October 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Lord & Watson, p. 184.
^ ^a ^b Army List, August 1914.
^ London Cable Signal Company at Great War Forum
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Nalder pp. 618–9.
^ Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 1–7.
^ 'Embarkation Dates', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 162/7.
^ Becke, Pt 4, pp. 185–91.
^ Titles and Designations.
^ 1 AA Division 1936–38 at British Military History.
^ "6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ The Monthly Army List, September 1939.
^ Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 14 May 1942, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 212/81.
^ "AA Command 1940 at British Military History". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ Watson, TA 1947
^ Lord & Watson, pp. 152-4.
^ Nalder, p. 598.
^ 83 (London) Signal Sqn at Air Formation Signals
^ 31 Signal Rgt at British Army website Archived January 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ 83 Support Sqn at British Army website
^ 71 Yeomanry Signal Rgt at British Army website

References

Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56), London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-84734-743-6.
Cliff Lord & Graham Watson, Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents, Solihull: Helion, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-92-2.
Maj-Gen R.F.H Nalder, The Royal Corps of Signals: A History of its Antecedents and Developments (Circa 1800–1955), London: Royal Signals Institution, 1958.
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army, London: War Office, 7 November 1927.

Online sources

Air Formation Signals Association
British Army website
British Military History
Great War Forum Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
Graham Watson, The Territorial Army 1947

[10] A new London District Signals was formed in 1939 by 56th (London) Divisional Signals. In 1952 it was reformed as London District Signal Regiment in the Army Emergency Reserve.

[1] London Gazette, 20 March 1908.

[2] London Gazette, 14 October 1910.

[Lord-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Lord & Watson, p. 184.

[AL14-4] Army List, August 1914.

[5] London Cable Signal Company at Great War Forum

[Nalder-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Nalder pp. 618–9.

[7] Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 1–7.

[8] 'Embarkation Dates', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 162/7.

[9] Becke, Pt 4, pp. 185–91.

[11] Titles and Designations.

[12] 1 AA Division 1936–38 at British Military History.

[13] "6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[14] The Monthly Army List, September 1939.

[15] Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 14 May 1942, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 212/81.

[16] "AA Command 1940 at British Military History". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[17] Watson, TA 1947

[18] Lord & Watson, pp. 152-4.

[19] Nalder, p. 598.

[20] 83 (London) Signal Sqn at Air Formation Signals

[21] 31 Signal Rgt at British Army website Archived January 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[22] 83 Support Sqn at British Army website

[23] 71 Yeomanry Signal Rgt at British Army website

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 * London Cable Signal Company
 * London Air-Line Signal Company
-Together, these companies formed '''London District Signals''', defined as 'Army Troops RE' in the TF organisation, serving HQ [[London District (British Army)|London District]] based at [[Horse Guards (building)|Horse Guards]]. The unit headquarters was at 12 Palmer Street, [[Westminster]].<ref name = AL14>''Army List'', August 1914.</ref><ref>[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78279 London Cable Signal Company at Great War Forum]</ref>
+Together, these companies formed '''London District Signals''', defined as 'Army Troops RE' in the TF organisation, serving HQ [[London District (British Army)|London District]] based at [[Horse Guards (building)|Horse Guards]]. The unit headquarters was at 12 Palmer Street, [[Westminster]].<ref name = AL14>''Army List'', August 1914.</ref><ref>[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78279 London Cable Signal Company at Great War Forum]</ref><ref name = Nalder>Nalder pp. 618–9.</ref>
 ==World War I==
-In June 1915, London District Signals joined [[IX Corps (United Kingdom)|IX Corps]] HQ forming at the [[Tower of London]] and went to [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]] as '''IX Corps Signals'''. After the evacuation from Gallipoli, the Corps HQ went to France and served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] until the end of the war. The Corps Signals also ran a Signals Training Centre.<ref name = Lord/><ref>Becke, pp. 185–91.</ref>
+On the outbreak of war in August 1914 the London Wireless Signal Company was temporarily attached to [[1st Mounted Division]], but had left by March 1915.<ref>Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 1–7.</ref> On 3 November 1914 a London Motor Airline Section embarked for the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].<ref>'Embarkation Dates', [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives (TNA), Kew]], file WO 162/7.</ref> In June 1915, London District Signals joined [[IX Corps (United Kingdom)|IX Corps]] HQ forming at the [[Tower of London]] and went to [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]] as '''IX Corps Signals'''. After the evacuation from Gallipoli, the Corps HQ went to France and served on the Western Front until the end of the war. The Corps Signals also ran a Signals Training Centre.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/><ref>Becke, Pt 4, pp. 185–91.</ref>
 ==Interwar==
 [[File:Drill Hall, Regency Street, London SW1.JPG|thumb|Former Drill Hall of 1st AA Divisional Signals in Regency Street, London SW1]]
-When the renamed [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA) was reconstituted in 1920, London District Signals was reformed as '''1st London Corps Signals (Army Troops)''' in the [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. It was retitled as '''Anti-Aircraft Signals''' in 1922, and then '''Air Defence Signals''' in 1925 when it formed [[26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade|26th (London)]] and [[26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade|27th (London)]] Anti-Aircraft Brigade Signals Companies.<ref name = Lord/><ref>''Titles and Designations''.</ref> When [[1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)|1st Anti-Aircraft Division]] was formed at [[RAF Uxbridge]] in 1935 (with 26 and 27 AA Bdes under command), the unit provided the signals component. It was based at 46 Regency Street, the former Drill Hall of the London Electrical Engineers.<ref name = Lord/><ref>[http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/1-Anti-Aircraft-Division-1936-38-.pdf 1 AA Division 1936–38 at British Military History.]</ref> The divisional signals unit was duplicated for [[6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)|6th Anti-Aircraft Division]] in 1939 when the TA doubled in size after the [[Munich Crisis]]. 6th AA Division took responsibility for the air defence of the Thames estuary, Essex and North Kent, with its HQ at RAF Uxbridge.<ref name = Lord/><ref>[http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/6-Anti-Aircraft-Division-1939-.pdf 6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History.]</ref>
+When the renamed [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA) was reconstituted in 1920, London District Signals was reformed as '''1st London Corps Signals (Army Troops)''' in the [[Royal Corps of Signals]].{{efn|A new [[City of London Signals#Mobilisation|London District Signals]] was formed in 1939 by [[City of London Signals|56th (London) Divisional Signals]]. In 1952 it was reformed as London District Signal Regiment in the [[Special Reserve|Army Emergency Reserve]].}} It was retitled as '''Anti-Aircraft Signals''' in 1922, and then '''Air Defence Signals''' in 1925 when it formed [[26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade|26th (London)]] and [[26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade|27th (London)]] Anti-Aircraft Brigade Signals Companies.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/><ref>''Titles and Designations''.</ref> When [[1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)|1st Anti-Aircraft Division]] was formed at [[RAF Uxbridge]] in 1935 (with 26 and 27 AA Bdes under command), the unit provided the signals component. It was based at 46 Regency Street, the former Drill Hall of the London Electrical Engineers.<ref name = Lord/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194821/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/1-Anti-Aircraft-Division-1936-38-.pdf 1 AA Division 1936–38 at British Military History.]</ref> The divisional signals unit was duplicated for [[6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)|6th Anti-Aircraft Division]] in 1939 when the TA doubled in size after the [[Munich Crisis]]. 6th AA Division took responsibility for the air defence of the Thames estuary, Essex and North Kent, with its HQ at RAF Uxbridge.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/6-Anti-Aircraft-Division-1939-.pdf |title=6 AA Division 1939 at British Military History. |access-date=2014-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221143/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/6-Anti-Aircraft-Division-1939-.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Just before mobilisation, the regiment organised as:<ref>[https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1055/2061/105520616.23.pdf The Monthly Army List, September 1939].</ref>
+* Regimental Headquarters at Regency Street, [[London]] commanded by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] A. Hemsley, [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Territorial Decoration|TD]]
+* No.1, 2, and 3 Signal Companies at Regency Street, [[London]]
+* Cadet Affiliation — 'D' Company, 1st West London Cadet Corps
 ==World War II==
-Together, 1st and 6th AA Divisions defended London and the Thames Estuary during [[The Blitz]]. When AA Command was reorganised in October 1942 they became [[1st Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom)|1 AA Group]] and [[2nd Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom)|2 AA Group]] operating alongside [[No. 11 Group RAF]] and taking a leading role in defence against [[V-1 flying bomb]]s ([[Operation Diver]]) in 1944–45.<ref name = Lord/><ref>[http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/documents.php?aid=171&nid=2&start=5 AA Command 1940 at British Military History.]</ref>
+Together, 1st and 6th AA Divisions defended London and the Thames Estuary during [[The Blitz]]. As the war developed, increasing numbers of women from the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]] (ATS) became integrated into AA and signals units, which were termed 'Mixed'. By June 1942, the composition of the two units was as follows:<ref name = Nalder/><ref>Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 27: AA Command, 14 May 1942, [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives (TNA), Kew]], file WO 212/81.</ref>
+'''1st AA Divisional Signals'''
+* Commanding Officer: Lieutenant-Colonel A. Hemsley, [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Territorial Decoration|TD]] (1939–45)
+* 1st AA Divisional Mixed Signal Unit HQ
+** HQ No 1 Company:
+*** 1 AA Command Mixed Signal Office Section
+*** 1 AA Division Mixed Signal Office Section
+*** 26 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+*** 38 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+*** 48 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+*** 49 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+** HQ No 2 Company:
+*** 601 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'D') Mixed Signal Section
+*** 315 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
+*** 112 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
+*** 5 AA Line Maintenance Section
+st AA Divisional Signals had provided [[Anti-Aircraft Command]]'s Signals section since the latter's establishment in 1938. Between 1940 and 1942, both 1st and 6th AA Divisions came under 1st Aa Corps, but from June 1942, 1st AA Division was directly under AA Command HQ.
+'''6th AA Divisional Signals'''
+* Commanding Officer: Lieutenant-Colonel G.J. Morley-Peel, MBE, TD (1939–44)
+* 6th AA Divisional Mixed Signal Unit HQ
+** HQ No 1 Company:
+*** 6 AA Division Mixed Signal Office Section
+*** 6 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+*** 102 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
+*** 103 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
+*** 329 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
+*** 37 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+*** 309 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
+*** 15 AA Line Maintenance Section
+** HQ No 2 Company:
+*** 328 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
+*** 28 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+*** 56 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+*** 101 RAF Fighter Sector Sub-Section
+*** 310 AA Gun Operations Room (Class 'B') Mixed Signal Section
+*** 71 AA Brigade Signal Office Mixed Sub-Section
+*** 16 AA Line Maintenance Section
+When AA Command was reorganised in October 1942 the two divisions became [[1st Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom)|1 AA Group]] and [[2nd Anti-Aircraft Group (United Kingdom)|2 AA Group]], with the signals units renamed '''1st''' and '''2nd AA Group (Mixed) Signals'''. The two groups operated alongside [[No. 11 Group RAF]] and took a leading role in defence against [[V-1 flying bomb]]s ([[Operation Diver]]) in 1944–45.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/documents.php?aid=171&nid=2&start=5 |title=AA Command 1940 at British Military History. |access-date=2014-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205063952/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/documents.php?aid=171&nid=2&start=5 |archive-date=2014-12-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Postwar==
-On the re-establishment of the TA in 1947, 1 and 2 AA Group Signals re-merged and were numbered '''11 AA (Mixed) Signal Regiment''' ('mixed' indicating that members of the [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] were integrated into the unit) and was based at [[Kensington]].<ref name = Lord/><ref>[http://www.orbat.com/site/history/library-new/1946-1990/britishempire/ta47.html Watson, ''TA 1947''] {{wayback|url=http://www.orbat.com/site/history/library-new/1946-1990/britishempire/ta47.html |date=20160303170054 }}</ref> The unit was retained when [[Anti-Aircraft Command|AA Command]] was disbanded in 1955, becoming the East Anglian District Signal Regiment of the Army Emergency Reserve (AER), and being numbered '''83 Signal Regiment''' in 1959. The size of the TA was reduced in 1967, when 83 Signal Regiment (AER) became 83 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) and later 83 Support Squadron in [[31 (City of London) Signal Regiment]], which was disbanded in 2010.<ref name = Lord/><ref>[http://www.afsa-assu.co.uk/#/83-london-sign-sqn-v/4533443350 83 (London) Signal Sqn at Air Formation Signals]</ref><ref>[http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/7680.aspx 31 Signal Rgt at British Army website] {{wayback|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/7680.aspx |date=20090114013345 }}</ref>
+On the re-establishment of the TA in 1947, 1 and 2 AA Group Signals re-merged and were numbered '''11 AA (Mixed) Signal Regiment''', 'Mixed' now indicating that members of the [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] (successors to the ATS) were integrated into the unit. The new unit was based at [[Kensington]].<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/><ref>[http://www.orbat.info/history/historical/uk/ta47.html Watson, ''TA 1947'']</ref> The unit was retained when [[Anti-Aircraft Command|AA Command]] was disbanded in 1955, becoming '''[[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]] Mixed Signal Regiment''', the East Anglian District Signal Regiment of the Army Emergency Reserve (AER). Eastern Command Signal Regiment was numbered '''83 Signal Regiment''' in 1959.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/>
+Meanwhile, elements of 11 AA Signal Rgt joined the disbanding [[1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers|259 (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]] to form '''Home Counties District (Mixed) Signal Regiment''' with HQ at [[Shorncliffe Army Camp|Shorncliffe]]. This became '''62 (Mixed) Signal Regiment (Cinque Ports)''', and merged with [[44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment]] in 1961.<ref>Lord & Watson, pp. 152-4.</ref><ref>Nalder, p. 598.</ref>
+The size of the TA was reduced in 1967, when 83 Signal Regiment (AER) became 83 Signal Squadron (Volunteers) and later 83 Support Squadron in [[31 (City of London) Signal Regiment]], which was disbanded in 2010.<ref name = Lord/><ref name = Nalder/><ref>[http://www.afsa-assu.co.uk/#/83-london-sign-sqn-v/4533443350 83 (London) Signal Sqn at Air Formation Signals]</ref><ref>[http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/7680.aspx 31 Signal Rgt at British Army website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114013345/http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/7680.aspx |date=January 14, 2009 }}</ref>
 In 2010, 83 Support Sqn was renamed '''47 Signal Troop''', (recognising the former [[47th (2nd London) Division]]) and became part of [[71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment|71 (City of London Yeomanry) Signal Regiment]]. The Troop is based in [[Uxbridge]] and [[Southfields]].<ref>[http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/8053.aspx 83 Support Sqn at British Army website]</ref><ref>[http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/25283.aspx 71 Yeomanry Signal Rgt at British Army website]</ref>
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 ==Honorary Colonel==
 The first Honorary Colonel of London District Signals was Col A. Bain, [[Territorial Decoration|TD]], [[Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers|MICE]], [[Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers|MIEE]], appointed on 14 July 1912.<ref name = AL14/>
+==Footnotes==
+{{notelist}}
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 ==References==
-* Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-84734-743-6.
+* Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
+* Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, {{ISBN|1-84734-743-6}}.
-* Cliff Lord & Graham Watson, ''Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents'', Solihull: Helion, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-92-2.
+* Cliff Lord & Graham Watson, ''Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents'', Solihull: Helion, 2003, {{ISBN|1-874622-92-2}}.
+* Maj-Gen R.F.H Nalder, ''The Royal Corps of Signals: A History of its Antecedents and Developments (Circa 1800–1955)'', London: Royal Signals Institution, 1958.
 * ''Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army'', London: War Office, 7 November 1927.
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 * [http://www.army.mod.uk British Army website]
 * [http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk British Military History]
-* [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php Great War Forum]
+* [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php Great War Forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023003523/http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php |date=2015-10-23 }}
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170054/http://www.orbat.com/site/history/library-new/1946-1990/britishempire/ta47.html Graham Watson, ''The Territorial Army 1947'']
+* [http://www.orbat.info/history/historical/uk/ta47.html Graham Watson, ''The Territorial Army 1947'']
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