Signal Corps

Signal Corps

The Signal Corps is a military branch, usually subordinate to a country's army, responsible for the military communications ("signals").

Many countries have a Signal Corps, whose main function is usually communication (in modern times, usually radio, telephone or now digital communications on the battlefield).

* Signal Corps (United States Army), founded in 1860 by Major Albert J. Myer
* Royal Corps of Signals, founded in the United Kingdom (under the name Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers) in 1884
* Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, formed in 1903 as the Canadian Signalling Corps
* Royal Australian Corps of Signals
* Telegrafregimentet, Royal Danish Signal Regiment
* Viestirykmentti, Signal Regiment of the Finnish Army


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