216 Parachute Signal Squadron
Officers Commanding    

1st Airborne Divisional Signals

1942-1944Lieutenant Colonel R J Moberly
1944-1945Lieutenant Colonel T G V Stephenson

6th Airborne Divisional Signals / Signals Regiment

1944 Lieutenant Colonel D Smallman-Tew
1944 Lieutenant Colonel E S Cole
1944-1946Lieutenant Colonel P E M Bradley DSO
1946-1948Lieutenant Colonel D A Pringle

16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group Signal Squadron

1948Major G Proudman
1948-1951Major R C Pringle
1951Major J Smith
1951-1954Major V H Martin MC
1954-1956Major J G Geary
1956-1958Major A B Dryland
1958-1959 Major G Peat

216 Signal Squadron [Parachute Brigade Group]

1959-1961Major G Peat
1961-1963Major W T MacFarlane
1963-1965Major A H Dennis

216 Parachute Signal Squadron 1965 -1977

1965-1967Major M U Ryan
1967-1968Major C N Last
1968-1971Major H R Wiliams
1971-1974Major J R Roberts
1974-1976Major J V Fielding
1976-1977Major C D A Blessington

6th Field Force Headquarters & Signal Squadron 1977 - 1979

1977-1978 Major C D A Blessington
1978 Major M Mcl Ayrton