Royal Signals - Pages of Interest Index

Articles which may be of interest

There are a few different sort of articles here that may be of interest to you. Please do take the time to look through this index.

Do you have an article that would be of interest? Would you care to give a brief history of your service? Send them to Mike Graham.

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Memories of Cyprus - 1974-75 Click Here

"I arrived in RAF Akrotiri in August 1974 and remember the heat burning the inside of my nostrils as I breathed in...." from David Sparkes

What the Royal Signals did for me Click Here

"At the age of 88, I have decided it was time for me to tell the Royal Signals what they did for me." from Alan Dodson

A Radio Story of sorts Click Here

"I am coming up to the anniversary of a 'Posting of a Lifetime'. It is somewhere where those of us lucky enough to get it never thought they would, because most of us thought we were doomed to the BAOR/UK/NI round of postings." from Don Blacklaw

Ray's War Click Here

Transcripts of the war diaries of Ray Perolls who was a Signalman attached to the 16th/5th Lancers during WWII. By his daughter Susan Perolls.

National Service in Ceylon, January 1947 - January 1949. From John Summers Click Here

A Boy Soldier for the Queen - covering the period from early January 1959 to entering the Colours in December 1960. From Clive Fletcher Click Here

200 Signal Squadron, Detmold 1961-2 Remembered from Clive Fletcher Click Here

12Trials at 1 Wrls Regt from John Cole Click Here

Canal Zone snippets from Syd Smith Click Here

Recruited by MI6 from Bill Miller Click Here

My National Service, 1952-54, from Syd Smith Click Here

Of Routes and Boots - Tony Northan's Memoirs Part IV Click Here

Medical Matters - Tony Northan's Memoirs Part III Click Here

Memories of Barrack Piquet, Le Cateau Lines, Catterick, 1956-58 - Tony Northan's Memoirs Part II Click Here

Memories of K Troop, 21 Signal Regiment Click Here

The night the Sergeants' Quarters went up in smoke! - Tony Northan's Memoirs Part I Click Here

The day I showed Khruschev how to get into Downing Street Click Here

The kindly Customs Officer! Click Here

Call up for National Service 1956 Click Here

National Service Life in Trans-Jordan 1951-53 Click Here

A brief History of 3Div HQ & Signal Regiment Click Here

A Christmas Poem for a soldier. Click Here

A Signallers Poem.. Click Here

A little verse about a signalman. Click Here

A bit of insight to the Phantom Click Here

Don't drink and drive. Click Here

Photostat copy of trial from a POW. Click Here

A very brief history of the training of Royal Signals. Click Here

Farewell Tobruk Quite a poignant verse Click Here

A 1970s look at the White Helmets. Click Here

How I became a scaleyback: National Service. Click Here

How I did my National Service. Click Here

My time as a national serviceman Click Here

My national service "Anthony Hill" Click Here

My national service "Fred Pallet" Click Here

My time in "The Royal Signals" Until I emigrated in 1954.. Click Here

My time in "The Royal Signals" Len Payne Click Here

My time in "The Royal Signals" Jimmy Jarman Click Here

My time in "The Royal Signals" Chris Hayles Click Here