C Training Squadron - Squadron Headquarters

History

C Training Squadron can trace its history back to 1870 when the requirement for an Army communications organisation was recognised.  The result was the birth of C Telegraph Troop Royal Engineers, which by 1884 had developed into the Telegraph Battalion RE. 

During this stage the figure of Mercury (the messenger of the gods) was incorporated as an emblem to go on the Corps of Royal Engineers flag (two bridges over a river of blood). 

As the importance of communications grew, so too did the Telegraph Battalion until its development into what we now know as the Royal Corps of Signals in 1920. 

Today the flag flies proudly at the Army Training Regiment Lichfield, where C Training Squadron, a hybrid Royal Engineer and Royal Signal squadron with Infantry support, conducts the Phase 1 training of future British soldiers.

Troop Personalities

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Officer Commanding Major V McNaught BEM Royal Corps of Signals	Second in Command Captain Davies Corps of Royal Engineers
Squadron Sergeant Major Warrant Officer Class Two G Topps The Royal Corps of Signals	Squadron Clerk Mrs Jo Hender

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