The 32nd Signal Regiment is a British Army Reserve regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals. The regiment forms part of 1st (United Kingdom) Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations.
History
Early history
1st Lanarkshire Voluntary Military Engineers was raised in Glasgow on 5 December 1859 as part of the Volunteer Force. In 1894, the Telegraph Company, 2nd Lanarkshire Volunteer Military Engineers was assigned to the unit. It was further re-titled 52nd Lowland Infantry Division Signal Regiment in 1948.
- Headquarters Squadron
- 51 (Highland) Signal Squadron - successor to 51st (Highland) Signal Regiment
- 52 (Lowland) Signal Squadron - successor to 52nd (Lowland) Signal Regiment
- 61 (City of Edinburgh) Signal Squadron - successor to 61st (City of Edinburgh) Signal Regiment
- 82 (Army Emergency Reserve) Signal Squadron - successor to 82nd Signal Regiment (Army Emergency Reserve)
The regiment gained a sixth squadron in 1969, whereby a squadron of North Irish Horse became 69 (North Irish Horse) Signal Squadron.
In October 2010, 69 (North Irish Horse) Signal Squadron returned to the regiment as 40 (North Irish Horse) Signal Squadron. Then under the Army 2020 re-organisation, 2 (City of Dundee and Highland) Signal Squadron was transferred from 38th (City of Sheffield) Signal Regiment.
Structure
The regiment's current structure is as follows:
- Regimental Headquarters, in Glasgow
- 2 (City of Dundee and Highland) Signal Squadron, in Dundee
- 851 (Highland) Signal Troop, at Gordon Barracks, Aberdeen
- 40 (North Irish Horse) Signal Squadron, in Belfast
- 840 (Ulster) Signal Troop
- 852 (Lowland) Signal Troop, in East Kilbride
- 52nd (Lowland) Support and Signal Squadron, in Glasgow