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{{Infobox Militarymilitary Unitunit

|unit_name=62 Reserve Field Communication & Information Services Company

|image=62CIS.svg

|image=[[Image:62CISlogo.gif|62 CIS Coy logo]]

|caption=Unit Flash of the 62 Res CIS Coy

|dates=[[1940]] - Present1940–present

|country=[[Ireland]]

|branch=Army

|type=Communication and Information Services

|command_structure=2 Reserve InfantryEastern Brigade <br> [[CommunicationCIS Corps (Ireland)|Communications and Information Services Corps]]

|role=Brigade Communications

|size= Company

|current_commander=Comdt F KeeganD Power

|garrison= [[Cathal Brugha]] Barracks]]

|commanding officer=Comdt F Keegan

|company sergeant=CS K Young

|colors=Blue & Yellow

}}

The ''' 62 Reserve Field Communication and Information Services Company''' is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[Reserve Defence Forces]] [[Company (military unit)|Company]] of the [[CommunicationCIS Corps (Ireland)|Communications and Information Services Corps]].

== Unit heritage ==

===The Emergency===

62 Reserve Field Communication & Information Services Company can trace its origin to 27 Parnell Square, Dublin in 1940 as the 11 Field Communications Battalion Local Defence Forces (LDF) under the command of Capt. M. Egan. It comprised of a Headquarters (HQ) Company and seven other Companies.

The unit was equipped with Field Telephone Exchanges, Signal Lamps and D. 3 cable. Training parades involved the use of this equipment in the field.

On the 31st of31 March 1946 the LDF was disbanded and 596 members were awarded with the 'Emergency' service medal. The Battalion Penant was handed over to the Permanent Defence Forces (PDF) in Clancy Barracks for safe keeping.

===An Forsa Cosanta Áitiúil (FCA)===

[[Reserve Defence Forces|An Forsa Cosanta Áitiúil (FCA)]] was founded on the first day of April 1946 and the unit reformed as a Field Signal Company under the command of Capt. P. Walsh FCA. 11 Field Signal Company FCA consisted of 44 members in 4 platoons based in Collins Barracks, Dublin.

The unit was integrated into the 6 Infantry Brigade and came under the command of Comdt. J. Newman.

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===Reserve Defence Forces (RDF)===

11 Field Communication and Information Services Company FCA was re-established as the 62 Reserve Field Communication and Information Services Company on the establishment of the [[Reserve Defence Forces]] from the [[Reserve Defence Forces|An Forsa Cosanta Áitiúil (FCA)]]. In April 2013 the unit was integrated into its associated PDF unit, 2 Bde CIS Coy

== Locations and operations ==

The unit is based in [[Dublin]]: The Unitunit Headquartersheadquarters is based in [[Cathal Brugha]] [[Cathal Brugha Barracks|Barracks]].

==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120327104037/http://www.army.ie/ Irish Defence Forces Official Website]

* [http://www.62cis.org 62 Res CIS Coy]

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