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Revision as of 20:56, 9 November 2017
| General Service Corps | |
|---|---|
 Cap Badge of the General Service Corps | |
| Active | 1914– |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Role | Specialist |
| Beret | Dark blue |
The General Service Corps (GSC) is a corps of the British Army.
Role
The role of the corps is to provide specialists, who are usually on the Special List or General List.[1][2]
History
The corps was founded in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I for specialists and those not allocated to other regiments or corps.[3] It was used for similar purposes in World War II, including for male operatives of the Special Operations Executive (female operatives joined the FANY).[4][5] Historically, and today, it also serves a role holding some recruits pending allocation to their units.[6][7][8][9]
Insignia
From 1914, the cap badge has been the Royal Arms, with variously a king's or a queen's crown, depending on the reigning monarch. It bears the motto of the monarch 'Dieu et mon droit' and the Order of the Garter's motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense'.[10]
Notable personnel
Notable members of the General Service Corps include:
- Walter Freud[11]
- Edward Harrison
- Peter Lake[12][13]
- T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)[14]
- Bob Maloubier[15]
- John Pendlebury[16]
- Arthur Staggs[17][18]
Order of Precedence
The corps is twenty-second in the British Army's order of precedence.[19]
References
- ^ "Combat Service Support". Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "General List". World Heritage Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Imperial War Museum. "Badge, Headdress, British, General Service Corps". Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Foot, M R D (2006). SOE in France: An Account of the Work of the British Special Operations Executive in France 1940-1944. Routledge.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Tillotson, M (2001). SOE and the Resistance as Told in the Times Obituaries. London: Continuum. p. xii.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Vila, Maurice. "WW2 People's War". BBC. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Pigott, A J K (1960). Manpower Problems: The Second World War 1939-1945. London: The War Office.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Crang, J A (2000). The British Army and the People's War 1939-1945. Manchester University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0719047411.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Heyman, C (2012). The British Army Guide 2012-2013. Pen and Sword Military. p. 144.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Imperial War Museum. "Badge, Headdress, British, General Service Corps". Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ van den Vat, Dan. "Walter Freud Obituary". THe Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Lake, Peter. "Daily Telegraph Obituary". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Perrin, Nigel. "Peter Lake". Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Major Thomas Edward LAWRENCE". The National Archives. The National Archives. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Davidson, Phil. "Bob Maloubier Obituary". The Independent. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Grundon, Imogen (2007). The Rash Adventurer: A Life of John Pendlebury. Libri. ISBN 978-1901965063.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Staggs, Arthur. Wikipédia https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Staggs. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Staggs, Arthur. "Arthur Staggs Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ The Queen's Regulations for the Army, Chapter 8, Ceremonial (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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