36 Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals

Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army...

 in the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

. The regiment formed part of 2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade

2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade

2 Signal Brigade is an operational Brigade of the Royal Corps of Signals with a Regular HQ, 1 Regular Regiment, 8 TA Regiments and a number of specialist sub-units...

, providing military communications for national operations. Was Disbanded effective 31 March 2010, with elements being subsumed by 37 and 39 Signal Regiments

Organisation

The regiment comprised:

• Regimental Headquarters - Cambridge
  Cambridge
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• 45 (Close Support) Squadron
  • SHQ and A Troop - Colchester
    Colchester
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  • B Troop - Ipswich
    Ipswich
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  • C Troop - Southend
• 54 (Support) Squadron
  • SHQ and Troop - Cambridge
    Cambridge
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• 60 (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars) Signal Squadron
  60 (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars) Signal Squadron
  The Squadron was a Royal Signals Territorial Army unit based in Aylesbury, with detachments at Bedford. The role of the Squadron was to provide secure radio communications in support of 2 Signal Brigade, using a Clansman communications equipment...
  
  
  • SHQ and A Troop - Aylesbury
    Aylesbury
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  • B Troop and C Troop - Bedford
    Bedford
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Under the Strategic Review of the Reserves in April, 2009 the Regiment effectively downsized to squadron size, and became 36 (East Anglian) Signal Squadron, based at Colchester

Colchester

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, under 37 Signal Regiment

37 Signal Regiment

37 Signal Regiment is Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment forms part of 2 Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations....

 based at Redditch

Redditch

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. 36 (East Anglian) Signal Squadron comprises:

• 844 Cinque Ports
  Cinque Ports
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   Signal Troop - Colchester
  Colchester
  Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
  
  
• 845 Essex
  Essex
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   Signal Signal Troop - Colchester
  Colchester
  Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
  
  
• 854 East Anglian Signal Troop - Cambridge
  Cambridge
  The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
  
  

60 (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars) Signal Squadron also downsized to 860 (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars) Signal Troop and became part of the Berkshire Yeomanry, 94 Signal Squadron

Berkshire Yeomanry

94 Signal Squadron forms part of 39 Signal Regiment. They are currently based in three locations in the Home Counties...

, under 39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment

39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment

39 Signal Regiment is Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment forms part of 2 Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations...

, at Bristol

Bristol

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Affiliations

36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment is affiliated with the Worshipful Company of Poulters

Worshipful Company of Poulters

The Worshipful Company of Poulters is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. In 1368, the organisation received the power to regulate the sale of poultry, swans, pigeons, rabbits and small game...

and each year the Master presents the "Poulters Plate" to the best soldier in the Regiment.

External links

• 36 (Eastern) Signal Regiment - official
• Reserve Forces in Greater London - official
• Worshipful Company of Poulters affiliations
• The History of 36 Signal Regiment - Official History Site