RAOC Gazette - page 17
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Colour | Yes |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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THE ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE NEWSPAPERS ADVERTISEMENT PAGES, PO BOX 4, FARNBOROUGH, HAMPSHIRE, GU14 7LR. TEL 0252 515891 THIS IS YOUR ORDER FORM To: British Philatelic Bureau, FREEPOST (No s t a m p required). Dept. 83AMA, 20, Brandon Street, EDINBURGH EH3 OHN Please send me Sets of British Army stamps; at £1.22 the set. OUANTITY REQUIRED TOTAL VALUE £ p Presentation Packs of British Army stamps with clear protective display cover and fully illustrated descriptive leaflet; at £1.41 the pack. Sets of British Army postcards: at 65p the set. 1 1982 Collectors' Packs: perfect start or essential part of any serious collection. The complete year's special issues-8 in all-with full Collectors' Notes. £7.63 the pack. Please check total (and note-add nothing for p&p-itisfree). £ I enclose cheque/PO made out to British Philatelic Bureau, crossed "A/C Payee" or use National Giro Account No. 110 0009: Do not send cash. NAME ADDRESS POSTCODE SIGNATURE Allow 28 days for delivery. T h e Royal S c o t s , senior of the Line infantry regiments and nicknamed, because of its fabled antiquity, "Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard," was raised in 1633. After the Restoration of King Charles II, it took its place as the 1st, or Royal, Regiment of Foot. It was an anti-cavalry force, consisting of pikemen and musketeers. The pikemen wore rudimentary armour and carried a fifteen or eighteen foot pike and a short sword. Their role was to protect the musketeers from being trampled by advancing cavalry during the lengthy process of loading, firing and reloading their cumbersome match- lock muskets. In the period shown in the stamp, the Regiment was generally in the Service of France, Scottish soldiers having formed a martial backbone to the 'auld alliance' since the thirteenth century. The Royal Welch Fusiliers, senior infantry regiment of Wales, was raised in 1689 and adopted the title, uniform and weapons of Fusiliers in 1702. Their weapon, the fusil, was a light flintlock musket with a smaller bore than the matchlock then in general use. Part of their EricStemp, designer of the series, lectures at St. Martin's School of Art and is a specialist in period costume illustration. SUPPLEMENT No. 1—PAGE TWO < ^^^M-tmffM^mr uniform was a tall cap, like a Grenadier's. This was partly to enhance their stature and bearing, butalso to make it easier for the fusilier to sling his fusil on his back. Today, fusiliers still weardistincnveuniforms.thepar- ticular distinction of the Royal Welch being the 'flash' of black ribbons at the back of the tunic collar. This recalls the ribbons used to tie the plait of long hair worn by soldiers and to decorate officers' wigs. T h e Royal Green J a c k e t s inherit a great tradition: the capacity of the British Army to adopt new, more efficient techniques of war- fare. Key to the change in this case was the development of the rifle. With its range, its accuracy, and its rapid delivery of Are it was too deadly to be ignored. The stamp shows uniforms of one of the Regiment's ancestors-the Experimental Corps of Riflemen, formed in 1800. Dressed in dark green for concealment and armed with Baker rifles, they soon attracted recruits and taught them marksmanship and swift movement With a sword- bayonet as their sidearm, their quick marching-pace and the practice of giving commands in action by bugle-call ratherthan by drum-beat, they soon established a tradition for hard-hittingeffectiveness which strongly survives to this day. Irish Guards - formed by Queen Victoria in 1900, in recognition of exemplary service in South Africa by eight regiments of Irish Line Infantry. As the fourth Regi- ment of Foot Guards, they have a cap badge which recalls the Star of the Order of S t Patrick, with plumes in their bearskins of S t Patrick's blue. A section of the newly formed regiment returned to South Africa in October 1901, dressed in khaki uniforms, with slouch hats and ammunition bandoliers, and armed with Lee Enfield magazine rifles. The Parachute Regiment - the 'Paras' of Falkland Islands fame, and the 'maroon machine' of the recent _ BBC tv series — are amongst the most formidable fighting men the British Army has ever put into the field. The Regiment began life in 1940 as No. 2 Commando, at the personal order of Winston Churchill. Routine training provides for parachute jumps from as little as 300 feet in emergency. The stamp shows paratroopers dressed for combat in their 'Disruptive Pattern Material' anorak, with light-weight olive green trousers, armed with the General Purpose Machine Gun or self-loading rifle. Headgear is the steel helmet or red beret. Honouring as they do the Scots, the Welsh, the English and the Irish as well as a truly British Regiment these stamps will be important possessions for anyone with an interest in military history, in costume, in philately — or simply in owning (or giving as presents) examples of fine British printing and design. You can buy them from 6th July at any post office; or .->, order them here and now, using S the address in this advertise- lt=* ment or the order form above, r~vv British Philatelic Bureau, Dept. 83AMA, 20, Brandon collectors' Street EDINBURGH EH3 5TT. -from The Post items Office Printed in Great Britain |
| Book number | R0406 |