38 ( City of Sheffield ) Signal Regiment 38 Signal Regiment ( Volunteers ) is Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army . The regiment ' s task is to " provide contingency communications throughout the whole of Northern England , from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Home Counties . In this role it provides direct support to 15th ( North East ) Brigade , the Preston - based 42nd ( North West ) Brigade and the Nottingham - based 49th ( East ) Brigade . " The regiment forms part of 2 ( National Communications ) Signal Brigade . " The Regiment was formed as part of 13th Signal Group on 1 April 1967 , from an amalgamation of three existing units based in Derby , Sheffield and Nottingham . They were , respectively , 46th ( North Midland ) Signal Regiment TA , 64th Signal Regiment TA and 337th Brigade Signal Squadron . The headquarters of the new Regiment , together with Headquarter Squadron and 64th Signal Squadron , were initially established in ad - hoc accommodation in Sheffield before being eventually re - housed in purpose built premises at Manor Top in 1980 . HRH The Princess Royal , Colonel in Chief of the Royal Corps of Signals , visited the Regiment in the same year . Existing TA Centres in Nottingham and Derby were used to house 87th Signal Squadron and 46th Signal Squadron respectively ; the latter squadron also included a detached troop in Leicester . " In 2009 , the Regiment comprised four squadrons : However , as a result of a defence review in 2009 , with effect from 1 April 2010 , both 46 ( City of Derby ) Squadron and 93 ( East Lancashire ) Squadrons disbanded , while 64 ( City of Sheffield ) Squadron gained an addition troop in Leeds . In 2010 , the Regiment gain the following Squadrons 41 Signal Squadron . 41 ( Princess Louise ' s Kensington ) Signal Squadron ( Volunteers ) can trace back its history over 199 years to 1798 when the Corps of the Kensington Volunteer Association was enrolled in answer to the threat from France . The squadron ' s motto " Quid Nobis Ardui " meaning " Nothing is too hard for us . " In 1908 Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise , Duchess of Argyll consented to the use of her name by the Regiment and thereafter became known as THE KENSINGTONS . During the First World War , the KENSINGTONS grew in size to 3 Battalions , the 1st Battalion of the Kensingtons served in France , seeing action in Neuve Chapelle , Aubers , Somme , Arras , Ypres and Cambrai . The 2nd Battalion served in the Middle East in the Palestine campaign , seeing action in Doiran 1917 , Gaza , Jerusalem and Sharon . The 3rd Battalion remained in the UK as a training unit . During the Second World War , the Kensingtons became the first TA unit to guard the Tower , including the ceremony of the Keys . It also changed its role from Infantry to Heavy Support equipped with Mortars , Medium Machine Guns and Oerlikon Anti Aircraft Guns . The 1st Kensingtons served with the British Expeditionary Force in France , and later deployed to North Africa to be part of 1st Army to prepare for the Sicilian Campaign . The 2nd Kensingtons served first in Iceland and were to see action from Normandy to Arnhem . In 1945 the Regiment became part of the Royal Corps of Signals with the Army Phantom Signal Regiment ( Princess Louise ' s Kensington Regiment ) . The Regiment reformed as 41 ( PLK ) Signal Regiment TA in 1961 and became a trunk communications Signal Regiment with squadrons in Portsmouth , Coulsdon and Hammersmith . In 1967 , with the reorganisation of the TA , 41 Signal Regiment became a Squadron of 31 Signal Regiment . The Regiment is made up of three Radio Squadrons and a HQ Squadron . Each Radio Squadron is made up of a number of Radio detachments . A detachment consists of four soldiers and are Land Rover based , to provide high mobility , although there are some detachments that use 4 tonne vehicles . Detachments can be deployed as part of a squadron or independently to other locations . HQ Squadron provides all the support elements , such as fuel and equipment , which enable the Regiment to function as well as a small number of discrete radio detachments The Squadron still retains it links with the PLK and proudly wears the Kensington badges and buttons on its uniform . The squadron was reassigned from 31 ( City of London ) Signal Regiment to 38 ( City of Sheffield ) Signal Regiment in 2010 . 1 ( RBY ) Signal Squadron . 1 ( Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomany ) Signal Squadron is a British Territorial Army Squadron of the Royal Corps of Signals part of 38 ( City of Sheffield ) Signal Regiment . The Squadron consists of 4 troops :