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1998.131.103

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Cap Badge - Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Cap Badge - Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Cap Badge - Royal Army Ordnance Corps (King's Crown - title scroll) In 1918, in recognition of the Corps having acquitted themselves with distinction during the First World War, King George V granted the prefix Royal. The new title was to be The Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and as such it then embraced all Officers and Other Ranks into one Corps. This led to a complete re-design of the Corps Cap Badge, Both Officers and Soldiers now wore a badge of the same design, incorporating the Garter and the Tudor Crown (Also known as the Kings Crown) At this stage, the use of the motto of the Board of Ordnance Sua Tela Tonanti was approved and brought into use, though it was not incorporated into the Corps Cap Badges until 1947. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army. At its re-naming as a Royal Corps in 1918 it was both a supply and repair corps. In the supply area it had responsibility for weapons, armoured vehicles and other military equipment, ammunition and clothing and certain minor functions such as laundry, mobile baths and photography. The RAOC was also responsible for a major element of the repair of Army equipment. In 1942 the latter function was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and the vehicle storage and spares responsibilities of the Royal Army Service Corps were in turn passed over to the RAOC. The RAOC retained repair responsibilities for ammunition, clothing and certain ranges of general stores. In 1964 the McLeod Reorganisation of Army Logistics resulted in the RAOC absorbing petroleum, rations and accommodation stores functions from the Royal Army Service Corps as well as the Army Fire Service, barrack services, sponsorship of NAAFI (EFI) and the management of staff clerks from the same Corps. On 5 April 1993, the RAOC was one of the corps that amalgamated to form The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC).
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