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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 25 the free officers movement egypt concluded the anglo egyptian agreement of 1954 signed on 19 october with great britain 26 the agreement stipulated a phased evacuation of british troops from the suez base agreed to withdrawal of all troops within 20 months that is june 1956 maintenance of the base was to be continued and allowed britain to hold the right to return for seven years 27 the compromise solution to retain british influence over the suez canal base area seen as vital in the event of any future middle east war with the soviet union was to arrange the canal zone depot area to be taken over by specially arranged british civilian contractors as the risk of british egyptian ruptures over the suez canal rose between september 20 1955 and december 30 1955 almost all the middle east land forces canal zone depots and workshops were handed over to the contractors 28 among them were 2 base workshop 5 base ordnance depot and the base vehicle depot all at tel el kebir 9 base ammunition depot at abu sultan near deversoir air base and the engineering base group probably including nos 8 and 9 engineer stores base depots at suez and fanara respectively 29 other establishments included 33 supply reserve depot and 10 base ordnance depot 30 in the mid 1960s new recruits were informed that the raoc occupies nearly 90 different locations in the uk alone and world wide uses 86 000 000 square feet of storage space over 1 000 000 different items are held in stock and over 11 000 000 issues are made in a year 31 by 1980 the raoc was reduced to two cods at bicester and donnington cod chilwell was closing cods branston and didcot had closed in 1963 and weedon in 1965 after being downgraded from a cod in 1957 two cads at kineton and longtown nesscliffe had closed in 1959 corsham in 1963 and bramley in 1974 and three central vehicle depots ludgershall for a armoured vehicles and ashchurch and hilton for b soft skinned vehicles 32 cvd marchington having closed in 1965 cvds feltham and irvine in the early 1970s 6 across the uk the structure of smaller regional depots ordnance support units osus training materiel parks supply depots and ammunition sub depots was steadily run down a reconfiguration in the late 1960s provided four regional depots thatcham hereford catterick and stirling and nine osus aldershot ashford burscough colchester feltham old dalby thetford tidworth and woolwich which had been downgraded following the closure of the royal ordnance factory and the sale of the old dockyard at the height of the northern ireland troubles ordnance depot kinnegar was a major logistic facility but is now much reduced 33 overseas 3 bod in singapore closed in 1972 leaving a composite ordnance depot in hong kong that finally closed shortly before handover in 1997 the middle east logistic base withdrew from egypt in 1956 5 bod and 9 bad closing in 1955 and was partially re established in aden in turn this closed in 1967 with facilities being established in sharjah and bahrain these in turn closed in 1971 the ordnance depot in gibraltar where the board of ordnance had first established a facility in 1704 was transferred to the royal navy in 1964 and the depot in malta dating from the 1830s closed in march 1972 6 the ordnance depot in cyprus became part of the joint logistic unit in 1988 in germany 15 bod and 3 base ammunition and petrol depot bapd closed in 1992 34 two post war campaigns falklands 1982 and gulf 1990 1 were unique in being fought in areas completely outside existing theatres temporary lines of communication were rapidly established that successfully managed huge surges in matériel 35 formation of royal logistic corps edit 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 36 later that year the rlc withdrew from the tower of london where the raoc had continued to maintain a centuries old link 37 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 38 appointments in the raoc edit appointments in the raoc edit prior to 1981 82 the royal army ordnance corps in common with the rest of the british army used the idiosyncratic system of staff titles that was unique to british and most commonwealth armies after 1981 in nato assigned units principally those in british army of the rhine baor the standard nato system was adopted with all appointments elsewhere changing the following year the senior raoc appointment was director equipment and ordnance stores deos always a major general which during the 1920s became director ordnance services dos dos was also a title given to senior raoc officers at major commands such as middle east command 21st army group and in more recent times baor after the somerville logistic reorganisation committee report of 1977 the head of the corps was re titled director general ordnance services dgos following the huge expansion of the raoc in the second world war the senior raoc major general was designated controller ordnance services cos from 1942 39 to 1948 40 deputy director ordnance services ddos usually a brigadiers appointment were found in the war office mod after 1964 and in large headquarters throughout the army 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 colonel ordnance col ord a title principally used in the ministry of defence this title was retained in dgos after 1981 despite the fact that supply was in general use elsewhere assistant director of ordnance services ados usually a lieutenant colonel s but occasionally a colonel s appointment on the staff deputy assistant director of ordnance services dados a major s appointment on the staff corps commander royal army ordnance corps ccraoc a unique title for the brigadier in i british corps held for only one year until the appointment was retitled comd sup 1 br corps commander royal army ordnance corps craoc a lieutenant colonel occasionally a colonel in uk districts and senior raoc officer in a two star headquarters brigade ordnance officer boo an officer usually a captain attached to a brigade brigade district ordnance warrant officer b dowo a warrant officer class 1 frequently a conductor attached to a headquarters chief ammunition technical officer cato the senior ammunition officer in a large headquarters and was usually a lieutenant colonel in a smaller headquarters the appointment was called senior ammunition technical officer sato and usually held the rank of major before 1942 the senior ordnance mechanical engineer in a headquarters was designated principal ordnance mechanical engineer pome until 1920 the aoc and later raoc in common only with the royal engineers maintained a rank of second corporal after 1980 1 most of these titles disappeared with the notable exception of cato sato and dowo bowo all raoc appointments gave the staff grade e g staff officer grade 2 so2 suffixed with the word sup the head of corps in a headquarters irrespective of rank was titled comd sup in mod the titles of dgos and ddos were retained general ordnance services heads edit this is a list of heads of the royal army ordnance corps 41 controller of ordnance services edit major general sir basil hill kbe cb dso 25 may 1939 to 31 december 1940 major general sir leslie williams kbe cb mc 28 june 1942 to 20 april 1946 major general ww richards cb cbe mc 21 april 1946 to 17 july 1947 director of ordnance services edit major general lh williams mc 23 april 1940 to 27 june 1942 major general km body cb cmg obe 1 january 1941 to 27 june 1942 major general william w richards cb cbe mc 18 july 1947 to 20 april 1948 major general gerald tw horne cb cbe 21 april 1948 to 20 april 1951 major general sir neville swiney kbe cb mc 21 april 1951 to 21 april 1955 major general sir lionel cutforth kbe cb 22 april 1955 to 21 april 1958 major general george o crawford cb cbe 22 april 1958 to 21 april 1961 major general sir john c hildreth kbe 22 april 1961 to 19 november 1964 major general george le f payne cb cbe 20 november 1964 to 18 march 1968 major general alexander young cb 19 march 1968 to 8 april 1971 major general leonard th phelps cb obe 9 april 1971 to 8 november 1973 major general norman h speller cb 9 november 1973 to 17 october 1976 major general michael callan 18 october 1976 to 3 april 1977 director general of ordnance services edit major general michael callan cb 4 apr 1977 to 14 march 1980 major general james brown cb 15 march 1980 to 11 march 1983 major general william l whalley cb 12 march 1983 to september 1985 major general gerald b berragan cb september 1985 to march 1988 major general ja hulme cb march 1988 to july 1990 major general david fe botting cb cbe july 1990 to 4 april 1993 directors of supply management edit this list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items june 2022 this is a list of directors of supply management of the royal army ordnance corps brigadier david j porter 1983 to 1988 42 regimental matters edit 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 43 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 the raoc band had first been formed in 1922 the regimental march chosen by its first bandmaster woi r t stevens as appropriate to the corps role and to its artisans was the village blacksmith 44 in common with the royal artillery the raoc had st barbara as its patron saint the garrison church first at hilsea and then at deepcut was dedicated in her name the pulpit organ stained glass windows and several memorials were transferred from the former to the latter when hilsea barracks closed in 1962 there was also a st barbara s church at cad bramley which had originally come from the depot in pimlico having done service in bramley for 52 years it was again disassembled in 1978 and moved to didcot 6 the raoc gazette edit the official journal of the corps was the raoc gazette 45 recruiting edit before the second world war raoc recruits were required to be at least 5 feet 2 inches tall 5 feet 4 inches for driver mechanics and could enlist up to 25 years of age they initially enlisted for three years with the colours and a further nine years with the reserve fitters could also choose six years with the colours and six years in the reserve or eight and four years clerks and storemen enlisted for six years and six years they trained at the raoc depot hilsea barracks portsmouth before proceeding to specialist trade training armourers were only recruited from boy entrants and enlisted for twelve years armament artificers trained at the military college of science woolwich for fifteen months half of them were serving soldiers who were already qualified fitters armament artificers had to be at least 22 years of age and could enlist up to 30 they enlisted for twelve years and were promoted to staff sergeant as soon as they had completed training 46 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