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British military unit
The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over
Royal_Observer_Corps
Long service medal for members of the Royal Observer Corps
The Royal Observer Corps Medal was instituted in 1950 by King George VI for long service by members of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in the United Kingdom
Royal_Observer_Corps_Medal
British military installation
Royal Observer Corps monitoring posts are underground structures all over the United Kingdom, constructed as a result of the Royal Observer Corps' nuclear
Royal Observer Corps monitoring post
Royal_Observer_Corps_monitoring_post
United States civil defense organizations
Aircraft Identity Corps (Canada) Volunteer Air Observers Corps (Australia) Royal Observer Corps (United Kingdom) Aircraft Detection Corps Newfoundland The
Ground_Observer_Corps
The Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps (CROC) was the Royal Air Force commander of the Royal Observer Corps. All the holders of the post were RAF
Commandant Royal Observer Corps
Commandant_Royal_Observer_Corps
Senior officer rank of the Royal Navy
its existence, the British Royal Observer Corps (ROC) maintained a rank of observer lieutenant-commander. The ROC wore a Royal Air Force uniform and their
Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)
Lieutenant_commander_(Royal_Navy)
The Royal Observer Corps Orlit Post is an observation post used by the Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War to recognise enemy aircraft. Many Orlit
Royal Observer Corps Orlit Post
Royal_Observer_Corps_Orlit_Post
1931 – 2011) was a senior Royal Air Force officer in the Cold War period, and the seventeenth Commandant Royal Observer Corps. Offord was Station Commander
Raymond_Offord
Building in Crayke, North Yorkshire, England
Brandsby Royal Observer Corps monitoring post is a historic site in Crayke, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The structure was part of a network
Brandsby Royal Observer Corps monitoring post
Brandsby_Royal_Observer_Corps_monitoring_post
Commissioned officer rank
its existence, the British Royal Observer Corps (ROC) maintained a rank of observer lieutenant commander. The ROC wore a Royal Air Force uniform and their
Lieutenant_commander
Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO). List of Royal Observer
List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (A–E)
List_of_Royal_Observer_Corps_/_United_Kingdom_Warning_and_Monitoring_Organisation_Posts_(A–E)
the Royal Observer Corps for nearly fifty years and wrote the history of the Corps in his 1975 book Attack Warning Red : The Royal Observer Corps and
Derek_Wood_(author)
Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO). List of Royal Observer
List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (F–K)
List_of_Royal_Observer_Corps_/_United_Kingdom_Warning_and_Monitoring_Organisation_Posts_(F–K)
1990 post–Cold War restructuring of the British Army
Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation and its field force, the Royal Observer Corps (a part-time volunteer branch of the RAF), both disbanded between
Options_for_Change
Royal Air Force station in the London Borough of Harrow
and was still at the helm when the Observer Corps was granted the title Royal to become the Royal Observer Corps and became a uniformed branch of the
RAF_Bentley_Priory
Royal Air Force Air Commodore (1899–1965)
final appointment Vasse also served as the seventh Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps. Vasse was chosen as one of the RAF's principal representatives to
Gordon_Herbert_Vasse
Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation operating in the United Kingdom between October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps'
Operational instruments of the Royal Observer Corps
Operational_instruments_of_the_Royal_Observer_Corps
Skill of identifying aircraft on sight
even specially-printed playing cards. In the United Kingdom, The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was formed as a defence warning organisation with civilians
Aircraft_recognition
1965) was a senior Royal Air Force officer during the Second World War who served as the fourth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC). He led the
Finlay_Crerar
City in Cumbria, England
World War the air raid warning organisation No 32 Group Carlisle Royal Observer Corps operated in the city centre controlled from RAF Kingstown. The association
Carlisle
British RAF Air Commodore (1912–1970)
commodore in his final tour, the ninth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps. Warfield joined the Royal Air Force on 29 December 1930 on a short service commission
John_Mortimer_Warfield
Hill to the east of the town of Daventry in the English county of Northamptonshire
Borough Hill is a hill to the east of the town of Daventry in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is over 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level and
Borough_Hill
Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO). List of Royal Observer
List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (L–P)
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Former command of the Royal Air Force
remainder of its existence as the Royal Observer Corps (ROC). The corps continued as a civilian organisation but wearing a Royal Air Force uniform and administered
RAF_Fighter_Command
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1902-1994)
Second World War, a senior Royal Air Force officer during the post-war years and the sixth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps (1949–51). Educated at Marlborough
Richard_Jordan_(RAF_officer)
British military senior officer and rugby union player
during the Battle of Britain and the change to the Royal Observer Corps. Warrington-Morris joined the Royal Navy at the age of 15 in 1899 as a midshipman.
Alfred_Warrington-Morris
This is a list of the locations for former Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Group Headquarters and the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO)
List of ROC Group Headquarters and UKWMO Sector controls
List_of_ROC_Group_Headquarters_and_UKWMO_Sector_controls
Topics referred to by the same term
or bells. It may refer to: TOCSIN, the codeword attached by the Royal Observer Corps to any reading on the Bomb Power Indicator after a nuclear strike
Tocsin
Instrument to detect nuclear explosions
desk-mounted automatic detection instrument, located at 13 of the 25 Royal Observer Corps (ROC) controls, across the United Kingdom, during the Cold War. The
Atomic Weapons Detection Recognition and Estimation of Yield
Atomic_Weapons_Detection_Recognition_and_Estimation_of_Yield
Human settlement in Wales
yards away from the historic Marconi hut Penarth's only World War II Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Searchlight post stood on the cliff edge with its clear views
Lavernock
Royal Observer Corps facility in York, England
for government offices. The bunker was designed for members of the Royal Observer Corps, and replaced the previous ROC structure in York at Knavesmire. The
York_Cold_War_Bunker
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (born 1946)
as the 23rd Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps, the last but one officer to hold the post. Spink joined the Royal Air Force in the spring of 1963
Cliff_Spink
Award
Royal Aircraft Establishment. Henry Charles Greest, Chief Observer, Royal Observer Corps. George Gregory, MM, Chief Observer, Royal Observer Corps. Ormond
1946 New Year Honours (British Empire Medal)
1946_New_Year_Honours_(British_Empire_Medal)
Royal Air Force air marshal (1904–1978)
senior officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. Ambler served as the third Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps, the first serving
Geoffrey_Ambler
War, and a senior Royal Air Force officer in the post-war years. Sismore served as the thirteenth Commandant Royal Observer Corps between 1971 and 1973
Edward_Sismore
UK government agency (1957–1992)
Home Office and used its own premises which were mainly staffed by Royal Observer Corps (ROC) uniformed full-time and volunteer personnel as the fieldforce
United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation
United_Kingdom_Warning_and_Monitoring_Organisation
Electronic warfare conflict in the Second World War
the Air Ministry, led by R. V. Jones, became aware of the system when the Royal Aircraft Establishment analysed a downed German bomber's Lorenz system and
Battle_of_the_Beams
MBE (born 22 July 1943) is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who became the 22nd Commandant Royal Observer Corps from 1992 to 1993. Educated at Chislehurst
Michael Donaldson (RAF officer)
Michael_Donaldson_(RAF_officer)
Royal Air Force Air Commodore (1880–1957)
the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century. After retiring from the RAF, he served as the first ever Commandant of the Observer Corps. Masterman
Edward_Masterman
Scottish former military facility, now a community property asset
their role in his death. During the Cold War, Cultybraggan housed a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post and an underground Regional Government Headquarters
Cultybraggan_Camp
RAF officer
2014) was a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot, a senior Royal Air Force officer in the 1970s and 1980s and a Commandant Royal Observer Corps. Horrocks was
Ian_Horrocks_(RAF_officer)
Codename for the former attack warning system in the UK
1992. It consisted of two injection sites (RAF High Wycombe and the Royal Observer Corps Group 21 bunker in Goosnargh, Lancashire) linked to a series of two
Handel_(warning_system)
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1904-1979)
commander during the Second World War, and the fifth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps after the war. He was awarded the American Distinguished Flying Cross
Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon
Percy_Bernard,_5th_Earl_of_Bandon
RAF officer
George Michael Boddy, OBE was a senior Royal Air Force officer in the 1980s and the Commandant Royal Observer Corps. "Units directly responsible to Ministry
George_Boddy
British military officer (1927–2021)
joined the British military Royal Observer Corps in 1944 and retired in 1992 as its Assistant Commandant with the rank of Observer Captain. She was the only
Joyce_Shrubbs
Organisation and equipment in 1989
squadrons and minor units; and also had administrative control of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC), which was tasked with nuclear warfare analysis and manned
Outline of the British Royal Air Force at the end of the Cold War
Outline_of_the_British_Royal_Air_Force_at_the_end_of_the_Cold_War
Device to measure nuclear explosions
overpressure of their blast waves. It was used at the twenty five British Royal Observer Corps (ROC) controls and nearly 1,500 ROC underground monitoring posts
Bomb_Power_Indicator
Hand-held radiation meter used in civil defense
dosimeter chargers. Dosimeter Operational instruments of the Royal Observer Corps Royal Observer Corps "CD V-718 Survey Meter (ca. 1994)". ORAU Museum of Radiation
Civil_defense_Geiger_counters
British Army officer (1872–1953)
before founding and developing the organisation that would become the Royal Observer Corps. Ashmore was born on 20 February 1872 at the family home which was
Edward Ashmore (British Army officer)
Edward_Ashmore_(British_Army_officer)
Royal Air Force Air Commodore (1907-1967)
retirement in 1959, Simpson was the eighth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps. Simpson joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 30 December 1927 and completed his
John_Simpson_(RAF_officer)
Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO). List of Royal Observer
List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (Q–Z)
List_of_Royal_Observer_Corps_/_United_Kingdom_Warning_and_Monitoring_Organisation_Posts_(Q–Z)
Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (1890-1958)
Pollock volunteered for service the Royal Observer Corps during World War II. He is recorded as being an Observer Officer and full-time Duty Controller
James_Dalgleish_Pollock
Senior Royal Air Force officer
General Security. Howe also served as the sixteenth Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps between 1977 and 1980. Howe was born in East London, South Africa
John_Howe_(RAF_officer)
Royal Air Force officer
senior Royal Air Force officer in the 1980s and 1990s and the 24th and last Commandant Royal Observer Corps. Widdowson was commissioned into the Royal Air
Martin_Widdowson
British RAF Air commodore (1933/34-2023)
was a senior Royal Air Force officer. A navigator, he obtained senior rank in the 1970s and 1980s and was Commandant Royal Observer Corps from 1984 to
Jack_Broughton_(RAF_officer)
British fighter pilot
and a senior Royal Air Force officer during the post-war years. In 1961, Wight-Boycott became the 10th Commandant Royal Observer Corps. Wight-Boycott
Cathcart_Wight-Boycott
Bracelet that straps a watch to the wrist
Royal Observer Corps tie with matching NATO strap on Sector clock themed wrist watch.
Watch_strap
Skywatch is the official regimental march of the Royal Observer Corps. The march was composed and scored in 1972 by Wing Commander Roy R C Davies RAF,
Skywatch_march
to all who needed to know, including Air Raid Warning Officers, Royal Observer Corps, Anti-Aircraft Command artillery, Air Sea Rescue Centres and Group
Filter_Room
Military belt
belt over the jersey. (The former Royal Observer Corps conformed to RAF dress regulations). Historically, the Royal Navy rarely wore stable belts unless
Stable_belt
Type of rocket which generates a loud bang and a bright flash
Maroons were also intended to be used by the British Civil Defence or Royal Observer Corps in the event of a nuclear attack - the Protect and Survive series
Maroon_(rocket)
NATO air forces Ranks of the cadet forces of the United Kingdom Royal Observer Corps ranks Women's Auxiliary Air Force ranks In felt for the chief of
Ranks and insignia of the officers of the RAF
Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_officers_of_the_RAF
Former RAF airfield in Cumbria, England
Training Corps, based near the redundant station, the Carlisle and District Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association and the Royal Observer Corps Association
RAF_Carlisle
Human settlement in Scotland
castles along the eastern shore of the Rhins. The top was used by the Royal Observer Corps during the Second World War as a lookout point, but in earlier times
Sandhead
Instrument for detecting ionising radiation
Fixed Survey Meter was a specialist detection instrument used by the Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War between 1958 and 1982 to detect ionising radiation
Fixed_Survey_Meter
Former air warfare service of the British Army
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service
Royal_Flying_Corps
October 2016) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who was active in the post-war years. He served as Commandant Royal Observer Corps from 1975 to 1977, and
Michael_Horace_Miller
Motivational poster produced by the British government in 1939
brought in to the Antiques Roadshow in 2012 by the daughter of an ex-Royal Observer Corps member. A few further examples have come to light since. During 1938
Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On
Town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
near the airfield; after the war, this was extended to become the Royal Observer Corps Group HQ. Oban was also important during the Cold War because the
Oban
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1892-1944)
November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during the First
Trafford_Leigh-Mallory
Former Royal Air Force station in Wrexham
Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. The airfield became the site of a Royal Observer Corps
RAF_Wrexham
Military unit
Aircraft recognition Royal Observer Corps Aircraft Identity Corps (Canada) Volunteer Air Observers Corps (Australia) Ground Observer Corps (USA) Civil Air
Luftmeldekorpset
Call prioritisation in UK emergencies
1992 the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation and Royal Observer Corps operational lines have been deleted from the scheme. A similar scheme
Government Telephone Preference Scheme
Government_Telephone_Preference_Scheme
during World War II and a senior Royal Air Force officer in the post-war years and a Commandant Royal Observer Corps. During World War II, he was the
Denis_Rixson
British optical sighting instrument
Instrument and sometimes the Observer Instrument, was the standard optical sighting system used by the UK's Royal Observer Corps (ROC) to determine the location
Post_Instrument
Military unit
The Ground Observer Corps (GObC) was a civilian organization within the Royal Canadian Air Force formed in October 1950 to help identify intruder aircraft
RCAF_Ground_Observer_Corps
Military unit size designation
name and structure of the organization. In the United Kingdom, the Royal Observer Corps was a civil defence unit from 1925 until disbanded in 1995. In the
Corps
This is a list of Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post and United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation civil defence posts for monitoring aircraft
List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts
List_of_Royal_Observer_Corps_/_United_Kingdom_Warning_and_Monitoring_Organisation_Posts
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1897-1976)
he served as Commandant for the Eastern Area, Royal Observer Corps (1954–1965) in the rank of Observer Captain. He published his autobiography, Flying
Stanley_Vincent
Commissioned rank in the RAF and air forces of other Commonwealth countries
1980) was wing officer. The equivalent rank in the Royal Observer Corps (until 1995) was observer commander, which had a similar rank insignia. Known in
Wing_commander
Military museum in Norfolk, United Kingdom
original radar and communications equipment, and an exhibit of a Royal Observer Corps Nuclear Reporting Post. There is also a gallery devoted to the history
RAF_Air_Defence_Radar_Museum
Human settlement in Scotland
rebuilt. Between 1961 and 1991, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It
Achnasheen
Hill in Merseyside, England
25 miles (40 kilometres) away. Billinge Hill was also used by the Royal Observer Corps, and there was a bunker at the site, 60 yards (55 metres) west of
Billinge_Hill
RAF official
February 1983 Black was appointed as the 18th Commandant of the Royal Observer Corps, an appointment he held until September 1984. Between 1987 and 1992
George_Black_(RAF_officer)
British Admiralty Trade Division programme established in June 1939
you would please convey to all ranks of the Royal Observer Corps, and in particular to the Seaborne observers themselves, how grateful I, and all pilots
Defensively equipped merchant ship
Defensively_equipped_merchant_ship
Air raid siren signal
weapons had been used, or when any nuclear fallout was deemed by the Royal Observer Corps to have reached safe levels, which might have been up to two weeks
All_clear
World War and a senior Royal Air Force officer in the post-war years. He served as the fourteenth Commandant Royal Observer Corps from 1973 to 1975. He
Roy_Orrock
Measurement device
a specially designed shadowgraph instrument used by the British Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War to locate the Ground Zero of any nuclear explosion
Ground_Zero_Indicator
German air raids on British cities during World War II
demoralisation campaign. The Luftwaffe planned the raids in response to the Royal Air Force's (RAF) area bombing offensive against Nazi Germany as a result
Baedeker_Blitz
Village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
A74(M)/M74. Between 1964 and 1991, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It
Abington,_South_Lanarkshire
Tower building in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
training mission in June 1943. In the late 1950s, an underground Royal Observer Corps monitoring post was built nearby. It was decommissioned in 1991,
Broadway Tower, Worcestershire
Broadway_Tower,_Worcestershire
three British Armed Services (Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force) as well as members of the Royal Observer Corps. At the start of the Second World War
Aircraft Recognition (magazine)
Aircraft_Recognition_(magazine)
In World War II, and for many years afterwards, he served in the Royal Observer Corps, for which he was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1958. He worked
Ivo_Peters
Standardised military dress
plus any merit badges, are displayed. From 1941 until 1996, the Royal Observer Corps wore RAF uniforms, with a midnight blue beret, ROC cap badge, rank
Uniforms of the Royal Air Force
Uniforms_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
British military operation in World War II
an incoming V-1 approaching the English coast was reported by the Royal Observer Corps with the message "Diver, Diver, Diver". Defences that had been guarding
Operation_Diver
British military service in World War II
World War, alongside the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (1917–1921) and the first iteration of the Women's Royal Naval Service (1917–1919). In 1938, RAF companies
Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1882–1970)
Dowding was among the first to appreciate), (ii) human observers (including the Royal Observer Corps), who filled crucial gaps in what radar was capable
Hugh_Dowding
British Army organization in World War II
large number of units, some of them including members of the Women's Royal Army Corps (successors of the ATS). It was structured in five regional AA Groups
Anti-Aircraft_Command
British civil defence programme
of the Civil Defence Service were resurrected through the Civil Defence Corps. During the First World War Britain was bombed by Zeppelins and Gotha bombers
Air_Raid_Precautions
WWII UK air defence network
collect information from Chain Home (CH) radar stations and the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in order to build a single image of the entire UK airspace
Dowding_system
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