40 (Ulster) Signals Regiment
| 40th (Ulster) Signal Regiment (Volunteers) | |
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Royal Signals Cap Badge
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| Active | 1967-2010 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Territorial Army |
| Type | Royal Corps of Signals |
| Role | National Communications Regional ICP Support |
| Size | 3 Squadrons |
| Part of | 38 (Irish) Brigade |
| Motto(s) | Certa Cito (“Swift and Sure”) |
| Colours | Sky Blue, Navy and Green (Air, Sea and Land) |
| March | Quick - Begone Dull Care Slow - HRH (Princess Royal) |
| Mascot(s) | Mercury (“Jimmy”) |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel in Chief | The Princess Royal |
| Honorary Colonel | Lord Rogan |
| Insignia | |
| Tactical Recognition Flash |  |
40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment (Volunteers) was a Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The regiment formed part of 2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations. The regiment did not have an internal security role in Northern Ireland.
Initial Structure
HQ Squadron at Clonaver Park, Belfast.
66 (City of Belfast) Signal Squadron at Clonaver Park, Belfast.
81 (Northern Ireland) Signal Squadron at Belfast.
85 (Ulster) 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 (City of Belfast) Support Squadron at Clonaver Park, Belfast.
69 Signal Squadron at Belfast and Limavady.
85 (Ulster and Antrim Artillery) Signal Squadron at Lisburn.
The Regiment was formed 1 April 1967 in Belfast by the amalgamation of 66 Signal Regiment (TA), 81 Signal Regiment (AER) 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.
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