Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 48162

Royal Observer Corps

Tabled: 25 April 2025

Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Jamie Stone

Liberal Democrat — Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising the Royal Observation Corps as having served as a (a) regular and (b) reserve for the armed forces.

Answer

Al Carns

The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was formed by a Royal Warrant on 21 May 1947; this Warrant was re-issued by Her Late Majesty The Queen several times, most recently in July 1966. The Warrant laid down that, while the Defence Council would be responsible for...

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