33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment
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The 33rd (Lancashire and Chesire) Signal Regiment is a British Territorial Army regiment of the Royal Corps of Signals.
The regiment was originally a TAVR II (Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve) unit created due to defence cuts, being formed on 1 April 1967 at Huyton, Liverpool and consisting of four squadrons:
- HQ Squadron
- 42 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron -- successor to the 42nd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment
- 59 (West Lancashire) Signal Squadron -- successor to the 59th Signal Regiment
- 80 (Cheshire) Signal Squadron - successor to the 80th Signal Regiment
In 1973, 80 Squadron became 80 (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron, in honour of the Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) from which the squadron descended. In 1969, the TAVR was re-designated as the Territorial Army.
In 1999, during the reforms implemented due to the Strategic Defence Review, the squadron subtitles, with the exception of 80 Squadron, were changed. They became:
- 55 (Merseyside) HQ Squadron
- 42 (City of Manchester) Signal Squadron
- 59 (City of Liverpool) Signal Squadron
The regiment's squadrons are all based in the North-West of England: 42 Signal Squadron is based in Manchester; 55 Signal Squadron is based in Huyton; 59 Signal Squadron is based in Aintree; and 80 Signal Squadron is based in Runcorn. The regiment provides support to the Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps, and is part of 12 Signal Group (V).
The regiment was caught up in a financial scandal in July 2006
