The future plan (Army 2020) on the left, and the current Regional Brigades structure on the Right. This suggests that the current Regional Brigade (West), 143 Bde, is sadly going to vanish as part of the restructuring. Lastly, the brigade is due to assume the function of regional 1-star HQ over the West region, and will do so thanks to the Regional Point of Contact RPOC(West). Service and is responsible for organizing mobilisation efforts.
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TA regiments from the disbanded 2nd Signal Brigade have moved in.įor a while, the brigade will also include the Land Information Assurance Group (Volunteers), which is however expected to move under the newborn Joint Forces Command at some point in the future.ġ1 Signal Brigade will also have the Central Volunteer HQ, which looks after the TA specialists and after the Full Time Reserve 1st and 3rd Regiments haven't yet moved in, 14 (EW) Regiment hasn't yet moved out and the two Groups (7 and 2) haven't formed yet. The above graphic shows the current structure of the brigade. New info has been provided with the January 2013 issue of "The Wire", magazine of the Royal Signals. The regiment will also include the Land Information and Communications Services Group (Volunteers), LICSG(V).įinally, there will be 299 Signal Squadron (Special Communications). The Regiment was born only recently, on 30 September 2011, by re-titling the Unified System Support Organisation, which had steadily been growing in size and relevance over the years. The regiment provides Level 3 support, deploying elements abroad and providing "reachback" support. The Regiment will have the Squadrons 225, 241, 243, 251 and 81 (Volunteers), the latter being a TA formation.Īgain, 2 Gp will have 15 Regiment (Information Support). In addition, there will be the 10 Signal Regiment (regulars), in ECM(Force Protection) role and Information Communication Systems (ICS) infrastructure support.
Under 2 Gp will be grouped the Territorial Army signal formations, which are being reorganized under the Reserves plan, hopefully to be announced by year's end. The only ones who seem to already know their future are the men in the Queen's Gurkha Signals: their 3 squadrons all seem set to survive, and stay where they already are.Ģ Signal Group UK Resilience and Adaptable Forces Transition and implementation plans will follow on later this year. The exact detail of which squadrons will make up the Regiments, and the The Multi Role regiments are:ġst Signal Regiment (ex 1st UK Division signal regiment)Ģnd Signal Regiment (To maintain a Queen's Gurkha Signals (QGS) squadron in its force)ģrd Signal Regiment (ex 3rd UK Division signal regiment)Ģ1 Signal Regiment (ex Air Support signal regiment)Įach of the above regiments will come with some TA contingent components posts to facilitate regular/reserve integration. These regiments will provide signals support to deployed brigades and divisional HQs, with the loss of all but 16 Air Assault Brigade's Signal Squadrons.Įach Multi-Role regiment will have four squadrons (1 Support Squadron and 3 Field Squadrons). Under 7 Gp, there will be 5 "Multi-Role" Theatre Support Regiments, evolution of the "Campaign Regiments" formed to support operations in Afghanistan. There won't be other regiment-level losses.ġ1 Signal Brigade is to become a massive formation. Very interesting to see the 14 Regiment (EW) assigned to the Surveillance and Intelligence brigade.Ģnd (National Communications) Signal Brigade is, as we know, disbanding after the end of the Olympics, and 7th Regiment is to disband as well. 1 Signal Brigade is to be the top level Strategic Communications enabling formation, closely related to ARRC and JRRF. It also is responsible for organizing mobilisation efforts. It'll also include, as shown, the Central Volunteer HQ (CVHQ) which looks after the TA specialists and after the Full Time Reserve Service. 11 Signal Brigade is set to become the largest formation in the Corps by far. The new Royal Signals ORBAT as part of Army 2020. A rather detailed overview of the Army 2020 impact on the Royal Signals has appeared on the August issue of their magazine "The Wire", courtesy of Col G Norton, Corps Colonel, so that now we know the general ORBAT of the Corps.
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