Ordnance Corps
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| Branch | United States Army |
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| Motto | Armament for Peace |
| Chief of Ordnance | Chief of Ordnance |
| Brigadier General Heidi J. Hoyle | |
| Color | Crimson and Yellow |
| Founded | May 14 |
| 1812 | |
| Home of Ordnance | Fort Lee |
| Virginia | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1293405 |
About Ordnance Corps
The United States Army Ordnance Corps, formerly the United States Army Ordnance Department, is a Sustainment branch of the United States Army, headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia.
Capturing war-time memories, before it is too late
... Mervyn joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - and soon after his basic training, was heading to Normandy alongside an invasion force...
Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession
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The procession in fullMounted Metropolitan Police • Royal Canadian Mounted Police • Bands of The Rifles and Brigade of Gurkhas • Representatives of the George Cross from Malta, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the UK National Health Service Representative detachments of Commonwealth forces: Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy • Royal Australian Air Force Reserve • Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps • Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps • Royal Australian Infantry Corps • Royal Australian Engineers • Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery • Royal Australian Navy • The Canadian Armed Forces Legal Branch • The Royal Canadian Air Force (Reserve) • The Calgary Highlanders • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada • The 48th Highlanders of Canada • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • Le Regiment de Ia Chaudière • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Princess Louise s) • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • Governor General s Foot Guards • Royal 22e Regiment • The King s Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) The Governor General s Horse Guards • The Royal Canadian Engineers • The Canadian Armed Forces Military Engineering Branch • The Royal Regiment of Canadian ArtilleryRepresentatives of the Royal Air Force: 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Air Force Marham • The Combined Bands of the Royal Air Force • Royal Air Force College, Cranwell • Royal Air Force RegimentRepresentatives of the Army: The Honourable Artillery Company • Adjutant General s Corps • British Army Bands Sandhurst and Colchester • The Queen s Gurkha Engineers • The Royal Welsh • The Duke of Lancaster s Regiment • The Royal Regiment of Scotland • Welsh Guards • Irish Guards • Scots Guards • Coldstream Guards • Grenadier Guards • Bands of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards • Corps of Royal Engineers • Royal Regiment of Artillery • Royal Tank Regiment • The Royal Lancers • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)Representatives of the Royal Navy: Royal Navy • Royal Marines • The Combined Bands of the Royal MarinesDefence advisers and staff of Her Majesty s realms: Jamaica • New Zealand • Australia • CanadaRepresentative colonels of Commonwealth forces of which Her Majesty was Colonel-in-ChiefChaplains of the armed forces: Principal Church of Scotland & Free Church Chaplain Royal Air Force • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain Royal Air Force • Chaplain-in-Chief Royal Air Force • Deputy Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Army) • Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Church of Scotland and Free Churches Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Chaplain of the FleetRepresentatives of forces of which the Queen was air commodore-in-chief • Representative Colonels Commandant, Colonels and Honorary Colonels of Her Majesty s Regiments and Corps • Commandant General, Royal Marines • Representatives of Her Majesty s ships • Commander Strategic Command • Vice Chief of the Defence Staff • Chief of the Air Staff • Chief of the General Staff • Chief of the Naval Staff • Chief of the Defence Staff • Drum Horse and State Trumpeter • 1st Division of the Sovereign s Escort • ADC to the Major General Commanding the Household Division • Brigade Major Household Division • Major General Commanding the Household Division • Combined Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of Scotland: March • Linlithgow • Ormond • Rothesay • Falkland • Unicorn • Carrick • Marchmont Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of England: Portcullis • Rouge Dragon • Norfolk • Windsor • York • Bluemantle • Wales • Maltravers • Chester • RichmondKings of Arms: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms • Lord Lyon King of Arms • Clarenceux King of Arms • Lady Usher of the Black Rod • Garter King of ArmsThe Earl Marshal • Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards • Captain, the King s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard • Captain general, the King s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) (Gold Stick for Scotland) • Captain, His Majesty s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Royal Household; Vice Chamberlain of the Household • Comptroller of the Household • Treasurer of the Household • Queen s Gurkha Orderly Officer (x2) • Royal Waterman (x2) • Director of the Royal Collection • Comptroller Lord Chamberlain s Office • Master of the Household • Keeper of the Privy Purse • Private secretary to the Queen • Master of the Horse • Lord Steward • Her Majesty s Page (x2) • Her Majesty s Palace StewardBehind the gun carriage: Escort Party of the Household CavalryRoyal Family: The Earl of Wessex and Forfar • The Duke of York • The Princess Royal • The King • Peter Phillips • The Duke of Sussex • The Prince of Wales • Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence • The Duke of Gloucester • The Earl of SnowdonRoyal Car 1: The Queen Consort • The Princess of WalesRoyal Car 2: The Duchess of Sussex • The Countess of Wessex and ForfarField officer in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick in Waiting • Colonel Coldstream Guards • Gold Stick in Waiting • Adjutant in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick Adjutant • Crown EquerryHousehold of the King: Master of the Household • Equerry • Principal Private Secretary • TreasurerSecond division of the Sovereign s escortRepresentatives of Civilian Services: Merchant Navy • Royal Fleet Auxiliary • The Maritime Coastguard Agency • Police Services • Fire and Rescue Services • His Majesty s Prison Services • Ambulance Service • British Red Cross • St John Ambulance • Royal Voluntary Service • Cadet forcesRear: Mounted Metropolitan PoliceOnce the procession reaches Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, at about 13:00 BST, the coffin will be transferred to the new State Hearse for its final journey to Windsor Castle...
Capturing war-time memories, before it is too late
With every passing year, fewer of The Men and women who helped defeat Nazi Germany and liberate Europe remain alive to share their stories. Before Remembrance Sunday - When The Service and sacrifice of those who defended The country's freedom is commemorated's Allan Little spoke to three veterans.
In 1943, an advert in The Daily Gleaner newspaper, " Britain needs you, " caught The Eye of a teenager Growing Up in Jamaica, Neil Flanigan.
" As loyal members of The Empire, we thought That it was good to go and help The Mother Country at a time When they were in distress, " he says.
And he sailed across The Atlantic , in a group of ships, to join The Royal Air Force (RAF).
" The German U-boats were picking us off, sinking us, " Neil says. " We thought nothing about our personal lives. "
Neil is one of The Last surviving members of The generation whose youth was defined by World War Two.
Another, Christian Lamb , 102, from London, was in France When War broke out.
" I'd gone there to improve my French, " she says. " I got a telegram from My Father , saying, 'War declared. Return Home . '"
Back in The UK, Christian joined The Women 's Royal Naval Service, known as The Wrens , and was posted to Belfast.
She worked as a plotter in a map room, tracking The progress of The North Atlantic shipping convoys as they tried to evade U-boat attacks.
Became engagedOne day, Royal Navy destroyer HMS Oribi arrived in Belfast for repairs.
" Half a dozen of us went down to have a drink on board - and there I met John Lamb , my future husband, " Christian says.
Over The Course of The Oribi's 10 days in port, John and Christian fell in love and became engaged.
But When Lt Lamb's ship left Belfast to join a convoy, Christian wondered whether she would ever see her fiance again.
Ahead of The 80th anniversary of The End of World War Two, in 2025, The Bbc is trying to gather as Many first-hand accounts from surviving veterans as possible, to preserve them for Future Generations .
Working with A Number of partners, including The Normandy Memorial Trust and The Royal British Legion , The Bbc has already spoken to Many men and women who served during The War -
Growing Up in a Jewish family in South London , Mervyn Kersh, now 97, had been following news of Hitler and The growth of Nazi Germany since before The War .
" We knew what was happening to Jewish People under The Nazis - That was a big part of why I wanted to join up, " he says.
Mervyn joined The Royal Army Ordnance Corps - and soon after his Basic Training , was heading to Normandy alongside an invasion force.
Meanwhile, The RAF had trained Neil in Avionics - The electronic systems used on aircraft.
And he was stationed at bases across England, keeping bomber crews in The air.
" The Germans bombed us, day and night, " Neil says. " People from The Empire and Commonwealth died - Many of my colleagues who had volunteered to be aircrew and rear gunners and engineers
" It was ghastly as a young person watching Death - But I had a job to do, to Get Out and maintain my aircraft to make sure they'd fly safely. "
In Belfast, Christian was tracking her fiance's convoy across The Atlantic , When it came Under Attack from German U-boats.
" They were involved in this terrible battle, " she says. " My Friends urged me to Go Home - But I couldn't possibly leave The Scene . It was a matter of life and Death for me. So I stayed, waiting for information, hoping. "
'Thank goodness'Christian learned HMS Oribi had collided with a U-Boat and been damaged.
But she knew nothing of The Crew 's Fate - until The Ship eventually arrived in Canada and John was able to ring to tell her he was safe.
" There was nothing for either of us to Say - just, 'Thank goodness, thank goodness, thank goodness,'" Christian says.
When Christian was posted back to London, she was given a top-secret role planning The D-Day landings, working from a windowless basement office in Whitehall.
" This Was going to be The Most extraordinary, enormous invasion ever seen in history, " she says. " The whole of my office was covered with enormous maps of France.
" I didn't realise how important it was. I was sworn to secrecy. It was ingrained in us That we didn't even talk about it after The War - I didn't tell John Till about 50 Years later. "
Mervyn crossed The English Channel Three Days after D-Day.
" That was The First Time I really realised what I was going into, " he says. " The Adventure ceased to be an adventure and I became frightened.
" I had a prayer book with me, a Book of Psalms, which I did make use of, I must admit".
Mervyn took part in The liberation of Europe, as The Allied armies fought through France, Belgium, The Netherlands and into Germany.
" That was a marvellous feeling, " he says. " Our name was The British Liberation Army, then we suddenly changed to The British Army of The Rhine. We weren't liberators anymore, we were conquerors. "
Just days after its liberation, Mervyn arrived at The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
" I saw The People who were able to walk out, " he says. " I spoke to dozens of them - mostly men in striped clothing. They were as thin as anything, thin faces, The arms just bone. It was very moving.
" I gave them my chocolate ration - it was only weeks later That I learned chocolate is The worst thing you can give someone who hasn't eaten. "
They are a remarkable generation.
The courage and sacrifice of their youth bequeathed to those who came later, these veterans shaped The World we grew up in.
But few are Still Alive .
The youngest are now in their late 90s, while Some - Such as Christian - are centenarians.
It seems more important than ever to listen to their stories and record their reflections for Future Generations .
After The War , Mervyn spent time as a door-to-door salesman - a job he did not enjoy.
Later, he worked for Many years as a freelance journalist.
Christian married John, wearing a Wedding Dress bought by her mother from a War -time catalogue.
The couple had A Family and, in her 80s, Christian began a successful career as an author of books on botanical history.
Neil settled in The UK and raised A Family here.
He was appointed an MBE in recognition of his service to his community.
" I think I made a contribution in Some small way, " he says, " to make Britain safe and sound today, a country That I Still Live in and enjoy. "
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