The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army. At its renaming 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.

CAO Turner served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs.

The new Army Ordnance Corps was granted the prefix ‘Royal’ in 1922. It served in numerous roles during subsequent conflicts, such as bomb disposal during the Second World War (1939-45). It was also responsible for much of the repair of Army equipment and vehicles until that task was made the responsibility of the Royal Electrical and ...

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. In 1965 the RAOC incorporated the supply functions of the RASC.

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army. When it was renamed in 1918 it became a Royal Corps and 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 ...

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a C orps of the British Army. Until 1942 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.

World War II. Royal Army Ordnance Corps . Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves History of the RAOC. The RAOC in the Far East by Kevin Snowdon. Death Roll of the RAOC in WWII. Timeline of Deaths in WWII . Acknowledgements. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (R.A.O.C.) was the branch of the British Army responsible for the procurement, storage and issue of materiel classified as ‘Ordnance Stores’. Likewise, in the Indian Army, the Indian Army Ordnance Corps (I.A.O.C.) performed the same function.

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was that part of the British Army responsible for equipping units and supplying everything the Army needed in peace and war until 1993 when it became one of the Corps forming a major part of the new Royal Logistic Corps (RLC).

In 1918 the officers and soldiers of AOD and AOC were brought together into a new Corps and granted the title ‘Royal’ in recognition of their WW1 service. WW2 led to an unprecedented expansion of the work of the RAOC as vast depots sprang up at home and abroad to accommodate the huge stockpiles of ammunition, stores, and equipment and new ...