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  Royal Logistic Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Deputy Colonels-in-Chief are HRH The Duke of Gloucester and HRH The Duchess of Kent.
The shield in the centre is from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
The Corps Headquarters is at Princess Royal Barracks Princess Royal, Deepcut.
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 Chaplain
Although the military chaplain occurs most commonly, chaplains can be attached also to educational institutions like universities and colleges, scout troops, ships, places like hospitals and prisons and on occasion private companies and corporations.
A military chaplain can be an army-trained soldier with additional theological training or a priest nominated to the army by religious authorities.
Chaplains are nominally noncombatants under the Geneva Convention.
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 Army Air Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army.
The Army first took to the sky when the requirement for observation aircraft was realised during the First World War, with the creation of the Royal Flying Corps.
Between the wars, the Army used RAF co-operation squadrons, though a true army presence did not occur until WWII.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_Air_Corps   (689 words)

  
 Chaplain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
A chaplain is a priest or clergyman attached to a military unit, a private chapel, a ship, an institution and so on.
Originally a Christian chaplain had a function of serving as an aide to a bishop and various chaplains still help the pope in his ecclesiastical duties.
Chaplains are nominated in different ways in different countries.
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 Diocese of London - Army Chaplains
Army chaplains take care of the spiritual and moral well-being of the soldiers and often have to go into dangerous situations, as soldiers do.
Chaplains serve a multitude of purposes in the Army apart from being parish priests and carrying out all the same duties as a local vicar would.
The Revd Jonathan Woodhouse, an Army Chaplain who had been a student at London Bible College during the 1970s, empathised with this argument but contended that Christians and chaplains could not afford to be bystanders and should participate in helping those who were in need of their services.
www.london.anglican.org /ArmyChaplains   (545 words)

  
 Organsation of other units
The Royal Army Ordnance Corps is one of the oldest corps in the army, it can trace its origins to the Office of Ordnance administered by the crown in the 15th century and the Board of Ordnance established after the restoration in 1683.
Formally established as the RAOC in 1918 by the amalgamation of the Army Ordnance Department and Army Ordnance Corps.
In 1796 the Army Chaplains' Department was formed with solely Church of England chaplains, when a Royal Warrant was issued,with Presbyterians being admitted in 1827, Roman Catholics in 1836, Wesleyans in 1881 and in 1892 the first Jewish Chaplain was appointed.
www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/orgothers.htm   (5337 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Focus: the army
The army is principally divided into more than a dozen different corps, which are a collection of regiments or small groupings of soldiers that share a common area of specialist expertise, such as infantry, artillery, cavalry or even dentistry.
The Royal Armoured corps (RAC) and Household Cavalry consists of cavalry regiments and the royal tank regiment.
The King's Royal Hussars wear a brown beret, which is the oldest cavalry beret and is unique in the British army.
www.guardian.co.uk /military/army/0,12209,749315,00.html   (3672 words)

  
 British Army officer rank insignia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Life Guards, Blues and Royals, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards and Welsh Guards use the star of the Order of the Garter, the Scots Guards that of the Order of the Thistle, and the Irish Guards that of the Order of St Patrick.
The Crown has varied in the past, with the King's Imperial Crown being used from 1910 until it was replaced by the St Edward's Crown from the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.
All officers' badges on service dress were originally of gilding metal, except for Rifle regiments and the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, which used bronze instead.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_military_rank_insignia   (765 words)

  
 Defence Internet | About Defence | The British Army
The British Army is one of the few armies capable of operating at all these different levels, from helping civilian communities to peace-keeping and to warfighting.
This new structure will ensure that the Army is able to meet the demands of current and future operations and is fit for the challenges of the 21st Century and remains amongst the best in the world.
Royal Army Medical Corps – responsible for the sick and wounded on the battlefield and for providing for the medical needs of Army personnel and their families in peacetime garrisons.
www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/Organisation/KeyFactsAboutDefence/TheBritishArmy.htm   (1094 words)

  
 MILITARY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
The Parachute Regiment - The Parachute Regiment is the airborne infantry of the British Army.
The Royal Green Jackets - The Royal Green Jackets was formed as a large Regiment on 1 January 1966 by the amalgamation of the 1st Green Jackets (the 43rd and 52nd), the 2nd Green Jackets (the King's Royal Rifle Corps), and the 3rd Green Jackets (the Rifle Brigade).
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, formed in 1968 from the amalgamation of several older regiments, is today headquartered in Her Majesty's Tower of London - the last remnant of the once huge garrison in the Tower.
www.ability.org.uk /military.html   (2116 words)

  
 KOSOVO: Photo Library: NATO in Kosovo #4
Captain Neil Allison, the Royal Army Chaplains Department Padre of the Kings Royal Hussars Battle Group, sings during a service held in the war torn town of Podujevo, 10km from the Kosovo border with Serbia..
Major Stephen Cartwright, commanding A Company 1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers 1RHF (an independant company from the 1st Battalion RHF, currently serving in Bosnia) talks to local villagers from Metohija after they reported the location of a body in the hills surrounding their homesteads.
Royal Engineers working for KFOR's "Chief Refuse Administrator Pristina" clear away stinking vermin-infested heaps of rubbish, which have become a serious health hazard in the city.
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 United Kingdom Government Defence Army Corps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
Army Air Corps - Responsible for Army aviation (including scout and attach helicopters), the AAC is a combat arm in its own right and also provides support to the Army as a whole.
Army Physical Training Corps - Responsible for physical training of Army soldiers, to ensure that troops are fit both physically and mentally.
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - The REME is responsible for regular inspection, maintenance and modification of Army equipment to ensure that it is always ready for action.
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Royal Army Ordnance Corps: Conductors, sub-Conductors, Serjeant-Majors, Serjeant-Majors (Armourer), Serjeant-Majors Armament Artificer (Fitters), Serjeant-Majors Armament Artificer (Instruments).
The Royal Army Chaplains' Department: Chaplain-General to the Forces (ranking as Major-General), Deputy Chaplain-General (ranking as Colonel), Chaplains to the Forces 1st Class (ranking as Colonels), Chaplains to the Forces 2nd Class (ranking as Lieutenant-Colonels), Chaplains to the Forces 3rd Class (ranking as Majors), Chaplains to the Forces 4th Class (ranking as Captains).
History of the 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers formerly the Madras European Regiments, from its raising in 1642 to 1842.
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 Royal Engineers Museum and Library - History Section - Corps Traditions page
The Royal Engineers Militia, Volunteers and Territorials had a slightly different Badge in that the motto Ubique was omitted from the Scroll under the Royal Arms and its place taken by a laurel branch.
The Chief Royal Engineer is 'Head of the Corps of Royal Engineers' and is invariably a distinguished officer of the Corps, his tenure in the post is normally for a period of 5 years.
From the earliest days since the formation of the Standing Army after 1660, the Colonelcy of a regiment of cavalry or infantry was highly esteemed for its prestige and as a source of income.
www.remuseum.org.uk /rem_his_tradition.htm   (2888 words)

  
 Arm of Service badges of the AMF
A sample prepared by the CCF in response to a request by the DGMS on 10.1.1945 that dull cherry, the colour of the Royal Army Medical Corps, be substituted for the chocolate currently used by the AAMC.
Army Education Corps in 1948 and was granted the title 'Royal' in 1961.
Parachute Training Depot (Army Wing), and had its origin in a request in January 1943 for 400 badges, parachutist, of standard British army design, to be made available for members of the instructional staff at the Parachute Training Depot.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/patches/arm-service.htm   (1992 words)

  
 Corps
While the regiment is the main identification in the infantry and cavalry units, the corps seems to be the main identifier in the rest of the army branches.
Thirdly, moving from unit to unit has for a very long time been a condition for a career to reach the higher ranks of the army hierarchy, and in contrast to how the British system works, once you move, you are in all respects considered to belong to your new regiment or corps.
Even though one might expect this "tribalism" to be anachronistic, and something the soldiers find troublesome and taking up unnecessary time, the general consensus among the TA soldiers I have spoken too seems to be that it is an important part of their life.
www.eng.umu.se /htp/example1/corps.htm   (585 words)

  
 List of units that served in the Desert Rats - 7th Armoured Division
The modern British Army was born in 1660 after the Stuart restoration to the throne and in the subsequent three and a half centuries the British army evolved from a very small insular establishment to a imperial force, covering most areas of the world, before returning the force we see nowadays.
Loyalty to a regiment or corps is a peculiar characteristic of the British Army, for whereas a British or Commonwealth soldier considered his loyalty to be his regiment, a German soldiers loyalty was to his Division.
Most regiments in the British Army were originally single-battalion units, with the battalion being the tactical unit and the regiment was its spiritual counterpart.
www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/units.htm   (1752 words)

  
 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; usually pronounced phonetically as "Reemee") is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance of all electrical and mechanical equipment.
This decision was published in Army Council Instruction 110 of 1949, and the necessary reorganisation was carried out in the various arms and services in three stages between July 1951 and January 1952.
Within the army there are a total of seven regular and four TA battalions:
www.tocatch.info /en/REME.htm   (493 words)

  
 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
The Army's only female chaplain flies out to Iraq this month, but the powers-that-be are hoping she will be the first of many women to serve in such a capacity.
At the moment, the Rev Juliette Hulme is the sole female representative on the army's chaplaincy team of 154.
Watson, a retired navy chaplain, feared that the increasing age of candidates for the ministry would be a problem for the army's recruitment campaign.
www.cfnetwork.co.uk /news/wk110.asp   (547 words)

  
 HELLFIRE CORNER - Army Chaplain VCs
The second chaplain of the Great War to be awarded the Victoria Cross, William Addison was to enter the records of the award in Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq, in April of 1916.
Continuing with his role with the army chaplains he rose through the ranks to become senior chaplain to the forces in the late 1930s and between 1939 and 1942 he was Deputy Assistant Chaplain through the early second war years.
The final Chaplain VC is perhaps the most well known of this illustrious trio being generally recognised as the most decorated non combatant of the Great War.
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 Armed Forces - a10a7 - British Army - Combat Service Support - Adjutant General's Corps - Royal Military Police - ...
The Corps absorbed the functions of six existing smaller corps; the Royal Military Police, the Royal Army Pay Corps, the Royal Army Educational Corps, the Royal Army Chaplains Department, the Army Legal Corps and the Military Provost Staff Corps.
AGC(SPS) officers are employed throughout the Army, in direct support of units as Regimental Administrative Officers or AGC Detachment Commanders.
ETS personnel provide assistance at almost all levels of command, but their most visible task is the manning of Army Education Centres wherever the Army is stationed.
www.armedforces.co.uk /army/listings/l0078.html   (1065 words)

  
 Royal Army Chaplains Department [UK]
Royal Army Chaplains Department (Department site), by Rev. Stephen Parselle.
Collects of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army authorised by the Chaplain-General (Oremus)
Museum of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, Bagshot (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/corps/RAChD.htm   (102 words)

  
 Anglican Communion News Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
Jonathan Gough is currently Senior Chaplain at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
This experience of Army chaplaincy has seen him undertake two tours of Northern Ireland (Omagh and Portadown), three tours of Bosnia, and nearly a year spent as Senior Chaplain to the British Forces in Kosovo from August 1999-February 2000.
As an Army Chaplain, Mr Gough has always worked in ecumenical teams, sometimes internationally, sharing churches and congregations with priests and ministers of different denominations.
www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/acnsarchive/acns2550/acns2566.html   (274 words)

  
 Welcome To Replicaters.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
This is the pattern that most wwI British army troops went to battle in.
The lining is in strips of white cotton and all facings are of the same drab serge as the jacket (pocket facings and front button hole facings).
We also manufacture British Army Highland regiments kilts and other equipment like sporrans, sashes, banners, flags, hose, doublets, belts, insignia, badges, buckles etc. For Kilts you will need to send us the fabric but all other articles are manufactured in house.
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 British Flags (United Kingdom) from The World Flag Database
Army flags are theoretically 3:5 but this flag is usually made 1:2 to match the flags of the other two service branches.
There is also a version of the flag which puts the text ARMY in gold beneath the Army's logo.
The Army uses Union Flags with a height to width ratio of 3:5.
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 Bagshot Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
There has been a Royal hunting lodge on the site now known as Bagshot Park for many centuries: it was well favoured by the Stuart kings.
Bagshot Park again became a Royal residence in the latter part of the 19th century when Queen Victoria had it rebuilt for her third son, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.
It is the home of Their Royal Highnesses the Earl and Countess of Wessex, perhaps better known as Prince Edward and his wife, the former Miss Sophie Rhys-Jones.
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 History of Australian Army Corps Badges 
The first badge (wrongly called "Rising Sun") approved for use by an Australian Army unit was approved on 7 February 1902.
The only Field Marshal currently on the Army List is HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh so the crossed batons badge of the Field Marshal is rarely seen in Australia.
For a short time it was worn with red enamel between the arches of the crown.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/history01.htm   (416 words)

  
 The Museum of Army Chaplaincy, Amport, Hampshire UK
The Museum of the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department reopened in its new location at Amport House in September 2001, after being in storage for over five years.
Previously it had been located at Bagshot Park, the home of Army Chaplains’ since 1946.
The Museum of Army Chaplaincy houses the archives and historical relics of RAChD and it’s chaplains, and unlike most military museums does not include any weapons or ammunition, since the chaplains are non-combatant and their work is to sustain not destroy.
www.hants.gov.uk /discover/places/chaplains.html   (181 words)

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