39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment

Cap badge of the Royal Corps of Signals

Active| 1967 – present
Country|  United Kingdom
Branch|  British Army
Type| Royal Corps of Signals
Size| Regiment of
385 personnel[1]
Part of| 1st Signal Brigade
RHQ location| Bristol
Nickname(s)| "The Skinners"
Reporting designation| 39 Sig Reg
Insignia
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Military unit

39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment is an Army Reserve regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment forms part of 1 Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations. The Lynx badge is a reminder of the unit's connection with the Worshipful Company of Skinners.

Regimental Headquarters in Horfield, Bristol

## History

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The regiment was formed in 1967 by the amalgamation of 65th Signal Regiment and 92nd Signal Regiment, with some personnel from the disbanded Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars at Banbury.[2][3] In 1969 the regiment absorbed part of R (Tower Hamlets) Battery from the disbanded Greater London Regiment, Royal Artillery.[4]

In 1971 a new 5 (Banbury) Squadron was formed, which in 1975 became 5 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Signal Squadron.[2][5][6][7]

47 (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron at Uxbridge formed part of the regiment from 1995 to 2006, when it transferred to 71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment.[8][9]

In 2000, the North Somerset Yeomanry designation was revived for the Headquarters Squadron of 39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment[10] and, in 2008, that squadron, as 93 (North Somerset Yeomanry) Squadron, became the Regiment's Support Squadron.[11]

In 2006, 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron transferred from 31st (City of London) Signal Regiment.[12]

In 2014, under Army 2020, 43 (Wessex and City & County of Bristol) Signal Squadron transferred from 21st Signal Regiment and 53 (Welsh) Signal Squadron transferred from 37th Signal Regiment, while 5 (QOOH) Squadron transferred to the Royal Logistic Corps.[13]

## Current structure

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The current structure of the regiment is as follows:[14][15]

* Regimental Headquarters, in Bristol
* 43 (Wessex and City & County of Bristol) Signal Squadron, in Bath
* 857 (City and County of Bristol) Signal Troop, in Bristol
* 53 (Wales and Western) Signal Squadron, in Cardiff
* Western Signal Troop, in Gloucester
* 93 (North Somerset Yeomanry) Support Squadron, in Bristol
* 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, in Windsor

## Honours

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* Freedom of the City of Bristol in 2019.[16]

## See also

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* Units of the Royal Corps of Signals

## Notes

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1. ^ "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
2. ^ a b "39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
3. ^ Lord & Watson, p. 144–5.
4. ^ Frederick, p. 1042.
5. ^ QOOH at Regiments.org.
6. ^ 5 (QOOH) Signal Squadron (archive site).
7. ^ Lord & Watson, p. 148.
8. ^ Middlesex Yeomanry at Regiments.org.
9. ^ 1st CoLY at Stepping Forward London.
10. ^ "The North Somerset Yeomanry [UK]". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
11. ^ "39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
12. ^ "The Berkshire Yeomanry (Hungerford) at regiments.org by T.F.Mills". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
13. ^ "Summary of Army 2020 Reserves structure and basing changes" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
14. ^ "The Royal Corps of Signals Regimental Information". British Army. November 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
15. ^ "39 Signal Regiment". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
16. ^ "39 Signal Regiment exercise their Freedom of Bristol". Ministry of Defence. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

## References

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* J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
* 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.

## External links

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* A Brief History of 39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment
* Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)

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