 
History
The Squadron is based on an amalgamation of two Yeomanry Regiments, the Inns of Court Regiment (The Devils Own) and the City of London Yeomanry (The Rough Riders). They combined in 1961 to form the Inns of Court and City Yeomanry (IC&CY).
The Inns of Court Regiment
In 1584 the loyal Inns of Court formed associations to support the Crown. From then until 1859 the four Inns of Court, in time of national crisis, raised bodies of men for the defence of the country. In 1584 the Inns formed associations to defend the realm against the threatened Spanish invasion. Gentlemen from the Inns also formed part of the Royalist Army in 1644. In 1745, the Regiment prepared for service against the Jacobite invasion and in 1780 it restored order during the Gordon Riots out. (During this time, William Pitt was a member of the Lincolns Inn Company). At a Royal Review in Hyde Park in 1803, George III gave the Regiment the nickname The Devil Own which is still proudly used to this day.
A detachment from the Regiment joined the Imperial volunteers in South Africa in 1900 - 1901 and during the First World War the Regiment trained and commissioned no less than 11,000 officers. From 1918 to 1939 it was roled as a Cavalry Regiment.
During the Second World War, the Inns of Court Regiment was reformed as an Armoured Car Regiment. It landed in France on the morning of D Day and served with distinction throughout the remainder of the NW Europe campaign.
City of London Yeomanry
The City of London Yeomanry Regiment was raised in 1900 as the 20th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry and took the name Rough Riders in 1901 after volunteer horsemen who had fought in the Spanish American War of 1898. From 1907 to 1914 Regimental Headquarters was in Finsbury Square. During the next 60 years it changed its role no less than 8 times, from Cavalry, to the Machine Gun Corps, to Royal Horse Artillery, to Field Artillery, to Light AA Artillery, to the Tank Regiment, to Infantry, to Signals. During the Second World War it saw active service in the Middle East and North West Europe.
The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry
The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry Regiment was formed in 1961 and their Royal Honorary Colonel, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, presented the Guidon in 1963. In 1967, the Regiment was placed in suspended animation following the TA reforms, but was reborn in 1969 in its current guise of 68 (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron. It now has drill halls at Lincolns Inn and Whipps Cross.
68 (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron is also affiliated to the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Braziers.
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Recruiting Officer
68 (IC&CY) Signal Squadron
10 Stone Building
Lincoln's Inn
London
WC2A 3TG
Tel: 0207 405 8112
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Recruiting Officer
68 (IC&CY) Signal Squadron
Territorial Army Centre
900 Lea Bridge Road
London
Whipps Cross, London
E17 9DW
Tel: 0208 556 0938
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General Sir Michael Rose.
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