21 Signal Regiment
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21 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides specialist military communications and information systems support as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 21 Signal Regiment canonical | 3 |
| 21 Sig Regt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T520458 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 21 Signal Regiment Context triple: [Royal Corps of Signals, hasSubUnit, 21 Signal Regiment]
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A.
16 Signal Regiment
16 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides tactical communications and information systems support, particularly to air and joint operations, as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
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B.
1st Signal Brigade
The 1st Signal Brigade is a major British Army communications formation responsible for providing deployable, secure information and communication systems support to military operations.
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C.
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion is an elite United States Marine Corps unit specializing in advanced reconnaissance and surveillance operations in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.
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D.
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
The 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is a United States Marine Corps unit specializing in fast, armored reconnaissance and security operations using light armored vehicles.
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E.
2nd Ranger Battalion
The 2nd Ranger Battalion is an elite U.S. Army light infantry unit specializing in airborne and direct-action special operations missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 21 Signal Regiment Target entity description: 21 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides specialist military communications and information systems support as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
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A.
16 Signal Regiment
16 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides tactical communications and information systems support, particularly to air and joint operations, as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
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B.
1st Signal Brigade
The 1st Signal Brigade is a major British Army communications formation responsible for providing deployable, secure information and communication systems support to military operations.
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C.
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion is an elite United States Marine Corps unit specializing in advanced reconnaissance and surveillance operations in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Forces.
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D.
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
The 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is a United States Marine Corps unit specializing in fast, armored reconnaissance and security operations using light armored vehicles.
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E.
2nd Ranger Battalion
The 2nd Ranger Battalion is an elite U.S. Army light infantry unit specializing in airborne and direct-action special operations missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army regiment
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signals regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown ⓘ |
| belongsToForceType | combat support ⓘ |
| branch | British Army ⓘ |
| CISMeaning | communications and information systems ⓘ |
| corps | Royal Corps of Signals ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| equipmentType |
information systems
ⓘ
military communications equipment ⓘ |
| function |
command and control support
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deployable communications ⓘ secure communications ⓘ |
| garrison |
Gloucestershire
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Imjin Barracks, Innsworth ⓘ |
| garrisonCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
21 Signal Regiment
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
21 Sig Regt
|
| hasCommandLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
electronic communications
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information systems engineering ⓘ signals engineering ⓘ |
| hasHierarchyLevel | regiment ⓘ |
| hasPersonnelType |
officers
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regular soldiers ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryMission | provide specialist CIS support ⓘ |
| hasSubUnitType |
headquarters squadron
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signal squadron ⓘ squadron ⓘ |
| isMilitaryUnit | yes ⓘ |
| isProfessional | yes ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | British Army communications doctrine ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| operationalDomain |
communications and information systems
ⓘ
land operations ⓘ |
| partOf | Royal Corps of Signals ⓘ |
| providesSupportTo |
British Army field formations
ⓘ
joint operations ⓘ |
| role |
information systems support
ⓘ
military communications ⓘ |
| service | British Army ⓘ |
| size | regiment ⓘ |
| specialism |
information and communication systems
ⓘ
tactical communications ⓘ |
| tradition | signals ⓘ |
| type | regular army unit ⓘ |
| wearsCapBadgeOf | Royal Corps of Signals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: 21 Signal Regiment Description of subject: 21 Signal Regiment is a British Army unit that provides specialist military communications and information systems support as part of the Royal Corps of Signals.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
21 Sig Regt