Pursuing his interests in technological development and gadgetry, Mountbatten joined the Portsmouth Signals School in August 1924 and then went on to briefly study electronics at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

After performances in the youth and A teams gained him promotion to the reserves, Banks was posted to Germany with the Royal Signals on National service, winning the Rhine Cup with his regimental team.

During the Second World War Wyndham first served as a censor in the Ministry of Information, then joined the army, serving as a Corporal cipher operator in the Royal Corps of Signals.

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Category: Royal Corps of Signals soldiers

* August 16 – The HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School open at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.

Electronic warfare operators in the Royal Australian Corps of Signals work closely with the Defence Signals Directorate.

Signals intelligence, in the form of Ultra, enabled the British to wait on each German drop zone, yet despite compromised secrecy, surviving German paratroops and airlanded mountain troops pushed the Commonwealth forces off the island in part by unexpected fire support from their light 75 mm guns, though seaborne reinforcements were destroyed by the Royal Navy.

* a non-commissioned officer usually with the rank of staff sergeant or Warrant Officer Class 1 in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army, an appointment achieved upon completion of a 14-month technical course.

In the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, and other maritime forces which follow British naval tradition, a Yeoman of Signals is a signalling and tactical communications petty officer.

Following a proposal devoped by Lt Col Adrian Simpson that a small number of stations located around Britain would not work, the task of developing a comprehensive listening organization was given to Ralph Mansfield, 4th Baron Sandhurst, an enthusiastic amateur radio operator who had served with the Royal Engineers Signal Service during World War I, and had been commissioned as a Major in the Royal Corps of Signals in 1939.

File: 1946-R-Sigs-KingDavidHotel. jpg | Royal Signals HQ, in June 1946

Nearby Vimy Barracks was established in 1937 for the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals ( later the Royal Canadian School of Signals ).

* Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals

* Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Corps of Signals

The Household Cavalry, Royal Armoured Corps, Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals, Army Air Corps, Special Air Service, Honourable Artillery Company and Royal Logistic Corps use the term squadron instead of company ( although the Royal Engineers and Royal Signals had companies until after the Second World War, except in armoured divisions ).

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There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675 ; the second is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834.

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On the outskirts of the town is the Royal Navy's officer training college ( Britannia Royal Naval College ), where all officers of the Royal Navy and many foreign naval officers are trained.

Beatty, as a rapidly promoted war hero, with no financial worries and with a degree of support in Royal circles, felt more confident than most naval officers in standing firm on requesting a posting nearer home.

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* 1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hood after several members of the Hood family, who were notable Navy officers:

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Among the distinguished foreign officers given commissions in the 60th ( Royal Americans ) was Henri Bouquet, a Swiss citizen, whose ideas on tactics, training and man-management ( including the unofficial introduction of the rifle and ' battle-dress `) would become universal in the British Army some 150 years later.

* 1971 – Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot ' in First Nation is severely beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers ; he dies two days later.

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Category: Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers

In the United Kingdom, certain civilian individuals, such as officers of HM Revenue and Customs, salute the quarterdeck of Royal Navy vessels on boarding.

Morita was awarded the Albert Medal by the United Kingdom's Royal Society of Arts in 1982, the first Japanese to receive the honor.

Gainsborough felt that he had a good chance of securing it but Reynolds felt that he deserved it and threatened to resign the presidency of the Royal Academy if he did not receive it.

Today six Swedish libraries receive legal deposit copies, but only Lund and the Royal Library in Stockholm are required to keep everything for posterity.

* October 22 – Letitia Alice Walkington becomes the first woman to receive a degree from the Royal University of Ireland.

The new air service was to receive direction from a new ministry and on 29 November 1917 the Air Force Bill received Royal Assent and the Air Ministry was formed just over a month later on 2 January 1918.

Members of the Royal Family carry out public duties ; these individuals receive an annual payment known as a Parliamentary Annuity, the funds being supplied to cover office costs.

* His Royal Motto was qui non dat quod habet non accipit ille quod optat ( He who does not give what he has, does not receive what he wants ).

In Canada, some music students receive training prior to undergraduate studies because examinations in music history ( as well as music theory ) are required to complete Royal Conservatory certification at the Grade 9 level and higher.

The viceregal and / or royal group return to the dais to receive the playing of the Royal Anthem of Canada, " God Save the Queen ", prior to the assembled Armed Forces personnel and veterans performing a march past in front of the viceroy, bringing about the end of the official ceremonies.

Initially, the award came with a $ 15, 000 bursary-today's winners receive $ 25, 000 and a medal struck by the Royal Canadian Mint.

On failing famously to receive from the Pope an annulment to his marriage, Henry had himself declared Supreme Head of the Church in England in February 1531, and instigated a programme of legislation to establish this Royal Supremacy in law and enforce its acceptance throughout his realm.

Today, it is mostly charities and professional institutions who receive Royal Charters.

To receive a Royal Charter, the organization must have corporate members who have at least first degree level in a relevant field, consist of 5, 000 members or more, be financially sound, and it must be in the public interest to regulate the institution under a charter.

" Know Ye That by Virtue of His Majesty Lord's Patent and the Commission and authority unto me given by His Royal Highness, I have given and granted by these presents, Doe hereby give and grant unto the said William Burton his heirs and assigns the aforesaid recited piece of Land and Premises with their and every of their appurtenances ; To Have and To Hold the saide piece of land and premises unto the saide William Burton his heirs and assigns unto the proper use and behoofe of him the said William Burton his heirs and assigns forever he making present improvements thereon and continuing in obedience and conforming himself according to the Laws of this Government and yielding and paying therefor yearly and every yeare unto His Royal Highness as a quite Rent Ten bushels of good winter wheat unto such officers as shall be there Impowered to receive the same.

The town was granted a Royal Charter in 1155 by the new king, Henry II, being the second town in England to receive one.

In addition, Sarah was not compelled to sign confidentiality agreements as part of her marital dissolution, allowing her to profit by writing of her former life in the Royal family ; this paved the way for her to receive £ 2. 2 million from writing her ( first ) autobiography.

Upon payment of fifty shillings for each, the warrantee could receive a permanent grant for Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs.

In 1866, the college received its first charter, as well as university status, making it the final institution in Canada to receive a Royal Charter from London before the British North America Act, 1867 made education a provincial responsibility.

From a Royalist and post-restoration perspective this Bill was not lawful, since the House of Lords refused to pass it and it failed to receive Royal Assent.

In contrast, when Sophie Rhys-Jones married Prince Edward, she became HRH The Princess Edward, Countess of Wessex (& c .) and automatically acquired an HRH, by virtue of her marriage to a royal prince who was the son of the British monarch ; as only those males in the Royal Line of Succession receive Royal titles and styles unless there is special dispensation from the Monarch for special courtesy titles i. e. that of Viscount Severn for HRH The Earl of Wessex's son, Prince James ; as the British Monarchy operates on the basis of a male primogeniture ; i. e. one whereby males have preference over females in succeeding to the peerage or title.

As Lady Donaldson explains, moreover, the Royal Family and ranking members of the Establishment were unwilling for the former Wallis Simpson to receive the HRH because no one believed that the Windsors ' marriage would endure.

The Lords rejected it, and as it did not receive Royal Assent, Charles asked at the start of his trial on 20 January in Westminster Hall " I would know by what power I am called hither.

Finally, the passage of the Parliament Act in 1911, which restricted the veto powers of the House of Lords, opened up the prospect that an Irish Home Rule Bill might indeed pass through both Houses, receive the Royal Assent and become law.