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On 5 April 1993, following the Options for Change review, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps united with the Royal Corps of Transport, the Royal Pioneer Corps, the Army Catering Corps, and the Postal and Courier Service of the Royal Engineers, to form the Royal Logistic Corps. [37] Later that year the RLC withdrew from the Tower of London, where the RAOC had continued to maintain a centuries-old link; [38] and the following year the last vestige of the once-vast ordnance depot left Woolwich, with the closure of Royal Arsenal (West) and departure of the Ordnance QAD (Quality Assurance Directorate). [39] Appointments in the RAOC [ edit ] Appointments in the RAOC [ edit ] Gurkha Inf Bde Ordnance Field Park, Withdrawn from Malaya, 25 Aug 1950 reinforced with vols from Singapore and renamed 27 Inf Bde OFP [12]
Ordnance Maintenance Park Formed at Kuching, Borneo Oct 1964 by renaming 98 OFP, moved to Singapore Dec 1966, disbanded Jan 1967 [12]Sibbons, Mike (2016). From the Archives: An eclectic mix of stories from the history of REME. Osprey. p.110. ISBN 978-1472822338. Before 1942 the senior Ordnance Mechanical Engineer in a headquarters was designated Principal Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (POME). Vehicle Company 1945–195?9 King George then Park Jurong Road, Singapore, [12] renamed to 221 Base Vehicle Depot Tilbrook, Major John D (1989). To the Warrior His Arms (PDF). RAOC. p.227. ISBN 0731674863. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016 . Retrieved 17 September 2016. a b c d e f g h i j k l Steer, Brigadier Frank (2005). To The Warrior His Arms: the story of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1918-1993. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword.
Chief Ordnance Officer (COO) was a brigadiers' or colonels' appointment and was used as an alternative to DOS, e.g. COO United Kingdom Land Forces The RAOC's motto was that of the Board of Ordnance: Sua tela tonanti (literally "His [i.e. Jupiter's] Missiles to the one who is Thundering", but commonly translated as "To the Warrior his Arms"). [44] Roper, Michael (1998). The Records of the War Office and Related Departments, 1660-1964. Kew, Surrey: Public Record Office. p.177. The full-dress uniform of the RAOC had evolved from that worn by the Field Train Department in the eighteenth century, itself derived from the uniform of the Royal Artillery. Consisting of a blue tunic with red collar and cuffs and blue trousers with a double red stripe, it continued to be worn by the band (and in mess-dress form) until the corps' amalgamation. [6] Japanese Registers of Allied Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees held in Camps in Singapore, WO 367.In 1895 the Royal Army Clothing Department, with its factory and depot at Pimlico, was taken over by the AOD which then became responsible for the provision of uniforms and other items of clothing for much of the army. [14] Field units [ edit ] British Army logistics in the Boer War: mule train, 1899. The permanent establishment of an Ordnance Office long predated that of a standing army in Britain; it has therefore been claimed that 'in a wide sense, as heirs to the master- bowyers, master- fletchers, master- carpenters and master- smiths who, in mediaeval days, were responsible as Officers of Ordnance for the care and provision of warlike matériel, and to their successors the storekeepers, clerks, artificers, armourers and storemen of the Board of Ordnance, the R.A.O.C. can claim a far longer continuous history and more ancient lineage than any other unit of the British Army'. [1] Predecessors of the RAOC [ edit ] Army Ordnance Corps Cap Badge (pre-First World War) Commander Royal Army Ordnance Corps (CRAOC), a lieutenant colonel - occasionally a colonel in UK districts - and senior RAOC officer in a two star headquarters.
Major changes took place after 1942 when the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) absorbed most of the RAOC repair functions and the RAOC in turn took over the RASC's vehicle organisation. The more mobile nature of the Second World War also led to the creation of units at divisional and corps level with higher levels of mobility. The most notable of these was the ordnance field park, principally carrying vehicle and technical stores spares. [25] Post-war to 1993 [ edit ] Wheelbarrow bomb disposal device being operated by a team from 321 EOD Coy RAOC, Northern Ireland 1978. In 1870 a further reorganisation, ostensibly to simplify management, resulted in the MSD, MSC and MSSC being grouped with the Army Service Corps (ASC) under the Control Department. The officers remained a separate branch (Ordnance or Military Stores) in the Control Department but the soldiers were absorbed into the ASC. This arrangement lasted until 1876. [8] Ammunition Depots". British Army units 1945 on. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016 . Retrieved 8 December 2019. Access to the Journals is on a pay/view or subscription basis. Please see www.rlcarchive.org for further details. Central Ordnance Depot [COD] Bicester: computerisation; staffing implications". National Archives. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022 . Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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