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Royal Army Physical Training Corps Association ........................ 2 Honours, Awards, Commissions and Promotions ...................... 3 Editorial ..................................................................................... 4 Chairman’s Annual Statement.................................................... 5 SMAA’S Foreword ..................................................................... 6 Royal Army Physical Training Corps Sergeant Major .................. 8 Headquarters Royal Army Physical Training Corps................... 10 Army Headquarters Physical Development .............................. 16 Headquarters Regional Command 1(UK) DIV PD Branch ......... 20 Headquarters 3rd (United Kingdom) Division............................ 22 The Royal Scots Borderers
1st Battalion The Royal Regiment Of Scotland......................... 22 Headquarters North West ........................................................ 23 Headquarters South West PD Branch...................................... 23 HQ Londist .............................................................................. 36 Headquarters British Forces Cyprus ........................................ 38 BF Gibraltar ............................................................................. 42 1 Armoured Infantry Brigade .................................................... 44 4 Infantry Brigade & Midlands Brigade ..................................... 52 7 Infantry Brigade .................................................................... 54 11 Infantry Brigade .................................................................. 63 11 Signal & Midlands Brigade .................................................. 74 38 Infantry Brigade .................................................................. 80 51 Infantry Brigade .................................................................. 84 101 Logistic Brigade................................................................ 88 ARITC...................................................................................... 90 LWC ...................................................................................... 100 Adventure Training ................................................................. 110 DDR and Rehabilitation.......................................................... 123 HQ Army School of Physical Training ..................................... 134 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst......................................... 138 BATUS .................................................................................. 142 British Army Training Unit Kenya Adventurous Training Cell .... 143 RAPTC Sport......................................................................... 146 Regimental Secretary’s Report............................................... 165 RAPTC Museum.................................................................... 172 North East Branch ................................................................. 173 North West Branch Association ............................................. 175 Beyond The Gym .................................................................. 177 Features ................................................................................ 180
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Front Cover – Original members of the Army Gymnastics Staff Major Hammersley and
12 Apostles pictured with their Course Instructor
Mr Archibald McLaren Oxford Sep 1860.
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Mind, Body and Spirit
The Annual Journal of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps
1860–2020 160th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAPTC
Number 103 2019/20
First Published in 1920
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