14 Signal Regiment ( Electronic Warfare ) The 14th Signal Regiment ( Electronic Warfare ) is a part of the British Army ' s Royal Corps of Signals . The Regiment ' s website states " 14th Signal Regiment ( Electronic Warfare ) is to provide a robust and sustainable Electronic Warfare ( EW ) capability in support of deployed Land Commanders , in order to enable operations in electronic battlespace " . It is the only British Army Regiment capable of conducting sustainable electronic warfare in support of national operations world - wide . 14th Signals is currently based at Cawdor Barracks , on the site of the former RAF Brawdy , near Haverfordwest , in south Wales . Under plans announced in early 2013 , Cawdor Barracks will be closed in 2018 and 14 Signals will relocate to MOD St Athan , near Cardiff . The site will then be sold for development . The reasons cited for the closure are cost savings and the operational benefits from being based with other Army units . History . 14th Signal Regiment was originally formed in 1959 in England to provide world - wide communications on behalf of the British Army , superseding the United Kingdom Commonwealth Communications Army Network Signal Regiment , but was subsequently disbanded . It reformed as 14th Signal Regiment ( Electronic Warfare ) at Tofrek Barracks , Hildesheim on 1 July 1977 with a headquarters and three squadrons to provide electronic warfare support to the Commander of 1st British Corps . In April 1978 , the Regimental headquarters was resited to Ironside Barracks , in Scheuen , north of Celle . Despite physical difficulties , such as lack of equipment , dilapidated barracks and the Regiment ' s personnel dispersed throughout the Corps front , the Regiment made an important contribution to 1st Corps . Its first Commanding Officer was Lt Col . ( later Major General OBE ) I . O . J Sprackling . 14 Signal Regiment were stationed at Norton Barracks , Worcester until amalgamating with 30 Signal Regiment in Blandford Forum , Dorset in 1976 . They operated D11 , E21 , & TSC 502 and posted personnel worldwide , on various assignments . New barracks were occupied in 1985 . These were Taunton Barracks , Celle ; a 19th - century neo - Gothic complex which is now Celle Town Hall , previously used by 94 Locating Regiment RA . In 1992 , 14 Signal ' s mission was changed to provide electronic warfare support to NATO and to the British elements under its command , this as a result of the formation of the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps . Changes in the organisation of the British Army caused the Regiment to move its Headquarters and two of its three field squadrons ( 226 and 245 Signal Squadrons ) to Osnabruck , in April 1993 . The third field squadron , 237 Signal Squadron ( Electronic Warfare ) moved to Hullavington , England at the same time . In December 1995 , the German - based elements moved again , to Cawdor Barracks near Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire , and 237 Signal Squadron joined them six months later after a tour in Bosnia . 224 Signal Squadron was formed on 21 June 2004 as a joint services unit , comprising 90 Army and RAF personnel . Most of these are equally from the Royal Signals , Intelligence Corps and the RAF , with small numbers of key personnel from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers , Royal Logistics Corps and the Adjutant General ' s Corps . The Squadron is based at RAF Digby in Lincolnshire . Deployment . 14 Signals joined military operations in the Falklands and the Persian Gulf ( Operation Desert Storm ) . They supported NATO and United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia and Kosovo . They assisted the British rapid deployment to Kuwait and Sierra Leone . In general , 14 Signals units are assigned to deployed operational units to provide local electronic warfare support by surveilling enemy targets and jamming enemy communications . Recent casualties . In its role in Afghanistan , the Regiment has suffered casualties . Cpl ( promoted to Sgt posthumously ) Peter Thorpe and LCpl Jabron Hashmi were killed by a suspected 107mm rocket after it hit the platoon house in Sangin on 1 July 2006 . Both were part of 226 Signal Squadron supporting 3rd Bttn . Pete Thorpe was a member of the airborne LEWT troop . LCpl Hashmi was a Pashtu Linguist from the Intelligence Corps . Lance Corporal Jonathan Hetherington ( aged 22 ) was shot during an assault on his platoon house in Musa Qala , in Helmand , on 27 August 2006 . Sergeant Barry Keen was killed by a mortar attack on 27 July 2007 in Mirmandab , northeast of Gereshk . Keen was serving as a communications specialist with 245 Signal Squadron , attached to Battle Group ( South ) , which was deployed on Operation Chakush . The goal of the operation was to defeat the Taliban in the Upper Gereshk Valley , which is located in the Helmand province . Lance Corporal James Brynin was killed by enemy fire while on patrol in Helmand Province on 15 October 2013 . Brynin was a member of the Intelligence Corps , on attachment to 14th Signals as an analyst . Honours . The Regiment has the Freedom of Entry into Gloucester and the Freedom of Celle . In 1997 it was honoured with the Freedom of St Davids .