The Army Catering Corps (ACC) was a

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of the

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, responsible for the feeding of all Army units. It was formed in 1941 and amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993.

History

In 1938 Leslie Hore-Belisha, the

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, appointed Sir Isidore Salmon as Honorary Catering Adviser for the Army in 1938. Salmon produced a report recommending various reforms including the appointment of Richard Byford (a former catering manager at Trust House Hotels) as Chief Inspector of Army Catering and the creation of a school of catering at St. Omer Barracks in

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in 1938. His report also led to the formation of the Army Catering Corps as part of the

Royal Army Service Corps The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and do ...

in March 1941. The Army Catering Corps then became an independent corps in 1965. It was awarded the Freedom of Aldershot in 1971 and the Freedom of Rushmoor in 1981. Two members of the Army Catering Corps were killed while off duty in the Droppin Well bombing in 1982. On 5 April 1993, following the Options for Change review, the Army Catering Corps united with the

Royal Corps of Transport The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army Corps established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider Defence community. It was formed in 1965 and disbanded in 1993; its units and ...

, the

Royal Army Ordnance Corps 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 equip ...

, the

Royal Pioneer Corps The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks. It was formed in 1939, and amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993. Pioneer units performed a wide variety of tasks in all theatres of war, in ...

, and the Postal and Courier Service of the

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is head ...

, to form the Royal Logistic Corps.

Alliances

* – Australian Army Catering Corps

References

External links

* * British administrative corps Military units and formations disestablished in 1993 Military units and formations established in 1941 Military food of the United Kingdom Royal Logistic Corps {{UK-mil-unit-stub