original_query: What was the origin of 44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment?
query: What was the origin of 44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment?
answer: The 44 (Home Counties) Signal Regiment originated from a Volunteer unit of the Royal Engineers (RE) formed in the 1890s.  Later, in the 1920s, it combined the former 44th (HC) Signal Company, RE, with the 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.