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In the period 1945–93 the RAOC, as with the rest of the Army, reduced greatly in size and closed its worldwide bases as garrisons withdrew. At the same time, there was considerable development of warehousing techniques and information technology (the first move towards computerisation came with the opening of an Automated Data Processing Installation at Chilwell in 1963 and one at Bicester the following year.) [26]
During the Second World War, the RAOC expanded rapidly from a few hundred officers and a few thousand men to 8,000 officers and 130,000 men in the space of four years.Major General A Forbes 'A History of the Army Ordnance Services' Medici Society, London 1929. Vol II pp 153-5 Access to the Journals is on a pay/view or subscription basis. Please see www.rlcarchive.org for further details. Charges apply for using the facilities and bookings MUST be made in advance. If your enquiry is for commercial purposes (eg. a book you will publish or a film project) a consultancy fee may apply. Other charges may apply (reproduction, photocopying, etc). Please see charges below.
Only home units and wartime photographs are listed in this catalogue, but it should be noted that the RLC Museum holds a significant number of photographs from overseas RAOC units, from almost every British army station around the world.Ordnance Maintenance Park Formed at Labuan, Borneo early 1965 by renaming OFP Labuan, Feb 67 relocated to Singapore [12] Major General A Forbes 'A History of Army Ordnance Services', Medici Society, London 1929. Vol II pp 151-152 Forward of the UK base, a huge array of temporary depots were built to meet the rapidly changing pace of war. Base Ordnance Depots (BOD) and Base Ammunition Depots (BAD) sprung up all over the world wherever a major line of communication was established. [24]
Between 1795 and 1815, the Field Train served in thirty expeditions and campaigns. [6] In peacetime, the civilians and sergeants returned to their former duties, but the cadre of officers was retained; they were based initially in the Royal Arsenal, and then in the Grand Depot (just off Woolwich Common) where the guns were stored ready for deployment. At the start of the Crimean War, the Ordnance Field Train was mobilized once again. An parallel supply corps within the Army (the Royal Waggon Train, first established in 1794) had been disbanded as a cost-cutting measure in 1833, however, and its responsibilities devolved again to the Commissariat (which was by now more attuned to peacetime operations than warfare); [6] after a well-publicised series of logistical failings the Commissariat and the Board of Ordnance, as well as the command-structure of the army itself, were all strongly criticised, leading (among other things) to the abolition of the Board (in 1855) and its Field Train Department (in 1859, its officers having transferred to the new Military Store Department). [5] After Crimea [ edit ] Can any one help me. My dad passed away in January and we appear to have no photos of him in uniform does anyone know of him or have any photos of him here is a list of details...Thanks Stu Division Mobile Laundry and forward decontamination Unit – OC – CAPT A.A. Smith, Klaung then Farrar Road, Singapore [10] a b c d e f g Forbes, Major General A. (1929). The History of the Army Ordnance Services, vol. II. London: The Medici Society Ltd. Ordnance Field Parks 1 to 19". British Army units 1945 on. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019 . Retrieved 8 December 2019.Official photographs form the basis of the collection, showing groups of personnel, depot buildings, materials held, and visits by Colonels Commandant and by members of the Royal family. Items given by former personnel include group photographs, but also many informal pictures. In the late 20th century many photographs were donated to the Museum by the Corps Gazette, including images which the Gazette chose not to publish.
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Extract from a War Office Committee of 1888-9 on Ordnance matters, probably penned by General Sir William Butler; quoted in Major General A Forbes, 'A History of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps' Vol II Medici Society London 1929, p3.n Singapore would capitulate in February 1942 in what was to be the largest loss of manpower, resources and stature in the Empire's history and it would not be until late 1945 the British forces returned. Post war, Britain and other Commonwealth nations retained military forces in the region to fight the communist insurgency, deal with the confrontation with Indonesia and nurture the independence of Malaysia and Singapore until 1989 when the New Zealand forces departed Singapore. Please note our small Archive team do not have the resources to take telephonic or walk-in enquiries.
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