Signals Command was the RAF's

Royal Air Force

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 command

Command (military formation)

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 responsible for control of signals units from 1958 to 1969. It was based at RAF Medmenham

RAF Medmenham

RAF Medmenham was a Royal Air Force station based at Danesfield House near Medmenham, in Buckinghamshire, England.Activities there specialized in photographic intelligence, and it was once the home of the RAF Intelligence Branch...

 near Marlow

Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Marlow is a town and civil parish within Wycombe district in south Buckinghamshire, England...

, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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History

The Command was formed on 3 November 1958 by raising No. 90 Group to Command status. It was a relatively short-lived Command, lasting only until 1 January 1969, when it was absorbed by Strike Command

RAF Strike Command

The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom's bomber and fighter aircraft from 1968 until 2007: it was merged with Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command. It latterly consisted of two formations - No. 1...

 by being reduced to group status. It had five Air Officers Commanding during its existence.

Commanders in Chief

• 3 November 1958 - Air Vice-Marshal
  Air Vice-Marshal
  Air vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
  
   Sir Leslie Dalton-Morris
  Leslie Dalton-Morris
  Air Marshal Sir Leslie Dalton-Morris KBE CB RAF was a senior Royal Air Force commander in the middle of the twentieth century. He played a leading role in the use of signals in the Air Force both during and after World War II.-Early years:After joining the RAF as a trainee pilot in 1924,...
  
  
• 1 March 1961 - Air Vice-Marshal A Foord-Kelcey
  Alick Foord-Kelcey
  Air Vice Marshal Alick Foord-Kelcey CBE AFC was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Signals Command.-RAF career:...
  
   (temporary appointment)
• 9 June 1961 - Air Vice-Marshal Sir Walter Pretty
  Walter Pretty
  Air Marshal Sir Walter Pretty KBE CB was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Signals Command.-RAF career:...
  
  
• 1 February 1964 - Air Vice-Marshal Sir Thomas Shirley
  Thomas Shirley (RAF officer)
  Air Vice Marshal Sir Thomas Ulric Curzon Shirley KBE CB was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Signals Command.-RAF career:Shirley joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in 1928...
  
  
• 7 May 1966 - Air Vice-Marshal Sir Benjamin Ball
  Benjamin Ball
  Air Vice Marshal Sir Benjamin Ball KBE CB was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Signals Command.-RAF career:Ball joined the Royal Air Force as a cadet in 1934...
  
  

External links

• History of the RAF Signals Service, 1945 - 1975 Purported book in preparation.

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