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).


 * United States Army Signal Corps was founded in 1860 by Major Albert J. Myer
 * Royal Corps of Signals was founded in the United Kingdom (under the name Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers) in 1884
 * The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals was formed in 1903 as the Canadian Signalling Corps.
 * First Anzac Signal Company was formed in 1916: http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/patches/signals.htm
 * Royal Australian Corps of Signals
 * Telegrafregimentet Royal Danish Signal Regiment