40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment


40 Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment formed part of 2 Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations. The regiment did not have an internal security role in Northern Ireland.

Structure

Initial Structure
HQ Squadron at Clonaver Park, Belfast.
66 Signal Squadron at Clonaver Park, Belfast.
81 Signal Squadron at Belfast.
85 Signal Squadron at Clonaver Park, Belfast and Lurgan. This Squadron was later to raise a Troop in Larne, but then consolidated in Belfast before subsequently moving to Newtownards, then Bangor and finally Lisburn.
Later Structure
66 Support Squadron at Clonaver Park, Belfast.
69 Signal Squadron at Belfast and Limavady.
85 Signal Squadron at Lisburn.

History

The Regiment was formed 1 April 1967 in Belfast by the amalgamation of 66 Signal Regiment, 81 Signal Regiment and 302 Signal Squadron.
In 1969 81 Signal Squadron at Belfast was disbanded. This Squadron number is now used by an independent specialist TA Squadron, based at Colerne in England.
On 1 April 1995, due to Options for Change, 69 Signal Squadron, based at Limavady, transferred from 32 Signal Regiment.
On 1 July 1999 85 Squadron moved to Bangor and was subtitled ''. This was done in recognition of the loss of 74 Squadron Royal Engineers. The Squadron became custodian of the Antrim Artillery property as a result of this. With the re-raising of TA Royal Engineers in Bangor, in the form of 591 Field Squadron Royal Engineers the Squadron moved to Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn.
Due to the reduction in Territorial Army Royal Signals units, as a result of the Strategic Review of Reserves, 40 Signal Regiment disbanded on 31 March 2010. One Squadron remains, 40 Squadron based in Belfast and Derry, which is under the command of 32 Signal Regiment.

Operational deployments

Territorial soldiers from the Regiment have served on operations supporting the Regular Army in the Balkans and on Operation TELIC in Iraq, on Operation HERRICK in Afghanistan, on Operation TOSCA in Cyprus and on Operation OCULUS in the Balkans.