Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team
- Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team
The Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team (RSMDT), also known as the White Helmets, is a group of serving soldiers from the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army, who give public displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding. The team is based at the home of the Royal Signals at Blandford Camp in Dorset.
Origins
The team's origins lie in precision motorcycling and horseriding demonstrations given by instructors and students from the British Army Signal Training Centre in Yorkshire, beginning in 1927. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=White Helmets homepage | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.army.mod.uk/royalsignals/whelmets/index.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-08 | language = ] They were originally normally employed as despatch riders.
Today's Team
Today's team consists of 30 soldiers, all volunteers from within the Royal Signals. New members begin with two weeks' induction in November and the whole team spends the winter learning routines and stunts, culminating in an Opening Display in April where white motorcycle helmets are ceremonially presented to successful new recruits by the Signal Officer-in-Chief. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A Year in the Life of the White Helmets | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.army.mod.uk/royalsignals/whelmets/yearinthelife.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-08 | language = ] The remainder of the summer is spent touring, giving public performances at events throughout the UK and abroad.
Dress and Equipment
Team members wear a tailored blue uniform and open-face white motorcycle helmets, and ride 750cc Millennium Triumph motorcycles.
References
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