RAOC Gazette - page 14
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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 | 1980 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
| Transcription |
ikmembet T H E Corps remembrance service is always a memorable and moving occasion. T h e parade, drawn from the Training Battalion and Depot and the Apprentice College, was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel M. A. Marshall and during the Service wreaths were laid by the D G O S , Major General M. Callan—on behalf of all serving members of the C o r p s ; by Major General R. B. Darkin—on behalf of past members of the C o r p s ; by Colonel W. Kelly—on behalf of the Corps Territorial Army and by Lieutenant Colonel G. Little—on behalf of the R A O C Associa- tion. R A O C is also represented annually at the Westminster Abbey Field of Remembrance, where Regiments and Corps lay out their individual plots with the wreaths and crosses which are donated by their Units. Some one hundred and seventy of our Corps Units and establishments were represented there this y e a r : a part of the Corps plot is shown bottom right. Lieutenant Colonel Marshall leads the parade past War Memorial. the Corps Some of the large number of Corps Old Comrades who marched past. In the centre front rank is Mr Harry Tomms an ex W 2 who joined the AOC in 1 9 5 . He is now aged ninety six. The Reverend M. R. Ryall and the Reverend B. Rowley conduct the Service. At the Field of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey, the past and present lay out the crosses representing units. The laying of the wreaths. 241 — |
| Book number | R0403a |