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AN ARMOURED COMMUNICATIONS
VEHICLE OF THE FV432 SERIES
ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM |
The Royal Signals Museum exists to preserve the history and traditions of our predecessors in the field of military communications. The following is an outline of the topics that are displayed within the Museum and are enhanced by the vivid use of graphic panels, display cases, audio-visual aids and tableaux. They are displayed in chronological order.
A brochure is available from the Museum Shop and it outlines the contents of the Museum and is illustrated with over 60 photographs.
To view the pages below CLICK on the relevant heading. |
| 1. Introduction |
| The importance of communications in a military context. |
| Early types of military signalling. |
| 2. The Crimean War |
| The invention of the electric telegraph and its first use in war. |
| 3. Royal Engineer Signals from 1870-1900 |
| The formation of C Telegraph Troop. |
| Colonial Wars 1879-1899. |
| 4. The Boer War |
| The growing use of the telegraph for tactical purposes. |
| The first major use of the telephone in war. |
| The first attempt to use wireless in war. |
| 5. The First World War |
| The role of the Royal Engineer Signal Service. |
| The development of the military telephone and wireless. |
| The continued importance of the telegraph in military signalling. |
| The use of visual signalling in warfare. |
| The use of animals in war. |
| 6. The Inter-War Years |
| The formation of the Royal Corps of Signals. |
| The Corps in India. |
| 7. The Second World War |
| Royal Signals with the British Expeditionary Force. |
| The Western Desert Campaign. |
| The war in the Far East. |
| The fighting in NW Europe and the importance of the No10 Set. |
| Royal Signals in Airborne Units and other Special Forces. |
| Encryption, interception and spy radio. |
| 8. Post Second World War Conflicts |
Introduction and Royal Signals in British Army of the Rhine
Royal Signals in Palestine Suez and Malaya
Royal Signals in Korea and Cyprus. |
| Royal Signals in Northern Ireland. |
| Royal Signals in The Falklands War. |
| The Gulf War. |
| Royal Signals in the UN and NATO Peace-Keeping Forces. |
| Royal Signals in the SAS(click to view image - 43KB). |
| 9. Medal Gallery. |
| 10. Royal Signals Sporting and Artistic Achievements Gallery |
| 11. Royal Signals Colonel in Chief and Colonel Commandant Displays |
| 12. Royal Signals Uniform Display |
| 13. Middlesex Yeomanry Display |
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| ( The Museum contains a small gallery where temporary exhibitions can be mounted from material held in the Museum's reserve collections, from touring exhibitions, or from items on loan from other museums, industrial concerns or private individuals) |
