RAOC Gazette - page 100
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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1981 THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS GAZETTE ? 6 VOLUME 63 No. 3 AUGUST 1981 ONE HUNDRETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE ORDNANCE STORE CORPS THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS AND ARMY ORDNANCE SERVICES AND THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE RAOC ASSOCIATION THE EDITOR'S NOTICES Editor i COLONEL E, RIDCEWAY, OBE (Retd.). Treasurer: COLONEL R. K. KELSEY (Retd.). BSCRIPTION RATES—HOME AND ABROAD. 40p per copy, or £4.30 per annum, post free. Orders for monthly sales should reach this office by 9th day of the month, accompanied by remittance for previous month. Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to " Treasurer RAOC Gazette," and should be crossed. CONTENTS. The contents of T H E GAZETTE are strictly copyright and all rights expressly reserved. The views expressed herein do writ necessarily express the uiews of the Editor or the Corps t *' -refore no responsibility will be accepted* : . iOTOGRAPHS. If it is desired to illustrate news with photographs, the photo- grapher's name and his written permission to reproduce must accompany the pictures, to avoid infringement of copyright. ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS NOTICES. These will be inserted free to all past and present members of the Corps. P O R SALE AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. These must be submitted in the form in which it is desired f they shall be published. Charges: £2 for the first five lines or '•• der, and 20p per line subsequently. Charges must be pre-paid. Bux numbers will be allotted if asked for. EDITORIAL OFFICE: RAOC SECRETARIAT, DEEPCUT, CAMBEHLEY, (Telephone: Aldershot 24431 t Ext. Btackdown 516.) SURREY, WHAT is now RAOC was not actually formed until 1865 when a Royal Warrant was published in November of that year the new Corps to be titled the Military Store Staff Corps. Its Headquarters was at Woolwich and it was commanded by officers of the Military Store Department. The original establishment of the Corps in 1866 was two hundred men all of whom were shown as at Woolwich. In each of the next two years the strength was increased by one hundred and by 1869 were to be found at such places as London, Portsmouth, Devonport, Aldershot, Dublin, Chatham, Edinburgh, St Helena, and the Windward and Leeward Islands in addition to Woolwich. In the following year a Control Department was set up from the Commissariat, Military Store, Transport, Barracks and Pur- veyors Department, This consisted of a senior branch with administrative, and a junior with executive duties. The ad- ministrative officers were known as Controller, Deputy Con- troller and Assistant Controller ranking with Major General, 1 Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel. The executive branch was given the grades of Commissary, Deputy Commissary and Assistant Commissary equating to Major, Captain and Lieutenant. The Army Service Corps was formed at the same time from the military elements of these departments and a universal uni- form adopted. White was the facing colour. The tunic was wholly blue with white lace to outline the collar and cutis and white piping round the edge. ASC appeared on the shoulder straps and chaco plate, the band and button of the cap were white as was the double trouser stripe. 'Control' disappeared in 1876, the Ordnance Store Depart- ment being formed from those officers who had remained en- gaged in store duties, but the rank and file remained as the Army Service Corps for five years longer. In 1877 it was ordered that the documents of the companies engaged on store work were to be sent to the Ordnance Store Branch of the ASC at Woolwich and in 1880 the ASC was divided into a Commissariat and Transport and an Ordnance Branch: the uniform reflected these changes. The Ordnance Branch of the ASC was once more given a double red trouser stripe with red and yellow lace mingled round the collar and cuffs. A crown was worn on the shoulder, the initials OASC on the shoulder and OB (Ordnance Branch) was added to ASC on the chaco plate. A yellow band was placed halfway up the forage cap with a red line down its centre and a similar button on top. One year later the Ordnance Store Corps was formed and finally separated from the Commissariat and Transport This year is the one hundredth anniversary of that separation. The uniform was again altered and the red and yellow lace disappeared to be replaced with scarlet facings and piping round the edge of the tunic together with the letters OSC. A. J. C. Acknowledgements: History of the Army Ordnance Services —A Forbes. — 77 — |
| Book number | R0250 |