CORPS MEMORANDUM NO 4

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER CORPS

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401. RA Sigs is affiliated with the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army under a Royal ant dated the 5th August 1920. At the conclusion of the Second World War 1939-1945, Her Highness, The Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, on behalf of the Royal Corps of Signals presented to a representative of the Australian Corps of Signals a silver salver, 'as a memento of the cooperation that has existed between the Royal Signals and the Australian Corps of Signals throughout the Second World War 1939-1945'.

Exchange of Greetings with Other Signal Corps

402. The Director of Signals - Army on behalf of the Corps, exchanges greetings with the Commonwealth and US Signal Corps on appropriate occasions such as Corps Days, anniversaries and special occasions.

403. Occasions for Exchange of Greetings with other Signal Corps are:

a. 24 Mar - RNZ Signal Corps Day,

b. 21 Jun - USA Signal Corps (formed 1860),

C. 28 Jun - Royal Signals Corps Day (formed 1920, known as Princess Royal Day),

d. 1 Oct - US Army Signal Center (established 1919),

e. 24 Oct - Anniversary of the founding of Signals in Canada in 1903,

f. 15 Nov - Royal Malaysian Signal Corps Birthday (1 952), and

g. 2 Dec - Fort Gordon USA (established 1941), and

404. In addition to the exchange of greetings with other Signal Corps, the Director of Signals Army, on behalf of the Representative Colonel Commandant and all ranks RA Sigs, can convey birthday greetings to the Colonel-in-Chief, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, Princess Anne to celebrate her birthday on 15 August.

Exchange of Toasts Between the Signal Corps of the Commonwealth and the United States of America

405. Royal Signals has proposed that Commonwealth Signal Corps should drink a toast annually, on ,or near Remembrance Day to the Signal Corps of the Commonwealth, thus perpetuating the close association between the various Corps during two World Wars. RA Sigs have agreed to the toast including the Signal Corps of the United States of America.

406. It is suggested that Defence Regions and the Corps Messes should include this toast in ceremonies conducted annually to mark RA Sigs Corps Day on or about 10 Nov.

407. See Corps Memorandum No 11 for procedures on proposing the relevant corps toasts.