SAS (TA)
Special Air Service Regiment (Territorial and Volunteer Units)
By Nigel West, Madoc Roberts
By Doris A. Paul
SAS (TA) - Special Air Service Regiment (Territorial and Volunteer Units) |
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HISTORY 21 Bn Special Air Service Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) formed 1.7.1947 13.5.1950 A Squadron (Chelsea) B Squadron (Chelsea) C Squadron (Hitchin,Herts) D Squadron (Portsmouth) 1.4.1967 21 Bn Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Volunteers) A Squadron (Chelsea) B Squadron (Chelsea,later Dulwich) C Squadron (Hitchin) D Squadron (Portsmouth,later Bramley(Basingstoke) 1994 reduced to 3 squadrons A Squadron (Chelsea) B Squadron (Newport,Gwent - later E Squadron) C Squadron (Portsmouth) 23 Bn Special Air Service Regiment (TA) formed 1959 HQ (London,later Birmingham) A,B,C and D Squadrons 1.4.1967 23 Bn Special Air Service Regiment (Volunteers) A Squadron (Solihull - 1.4.1975 to Port Glasgow) B Squadron (Leeds) C Squadron (Rotherham - 1970 to Tyneside) D Squadron (Invergowrie) 1994 reduced to 3 squadrons (HQ Birmingham) B Squadron (Sandyford,Newcastle) D Squadron (Invergowrie,det.Glasgow - A and D amalgamated) G Squadron (Manchester) 1.7.1999 squadrons reorganised A Squadron (Invergowrie,Angus - det.Glasgow - redesignated D Squadron) B Squadron (Leeds,Yorkshire - newly raised) C Squadron (Newcastle - det.Manchester - B and G amalgamated) 21 SAS Signal Squadron,Royal Signals (TA) formed 5.7.1950 (HQ London) served 21 SAS 322 (SAS) Signal Squadron (TA),Royal Signals formed 1.4.1961 served 21 and 23 SAS 63 (SAS) Signal Squadron (Volunteers),Royal Signals formed 1.4.1967 serves 21 and 23 SAS (HQ Portsmouth) A Troop (Southampton) C Troop (Portsmouth) 1969 B Troop formed (Bournemouth) 1977 D Troop formed (Chichester) September 1977 HQ moved to Thorney Island | ||||
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