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AGC JOURNAL 2018



              Corps                                                                                                                   Regimental



              Headquarters                                                                                                            Association




              By Lieutenant Colonel Jason Hurndall                                                                                    By Major (Retired) Joseph Bright MBE

              Corps Headquarters is located in                                                                                        Corps Headquarters Adjutant General’s
              Worthy Down, the spiritual home of                                                                                      Corps is the spiritual home of the
              the Corps.                                                                                                              Corps and our mission is to provide the
                                                                                                                                      Regimental focus for the Corps.


             Support                                          and it is intended to merge both charities and their
                                                              funds into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
             The Corps is currently over 9,000 strong, Regular   The new organisation will still provide the same                     25th Anniversary Year                           Colonel Commandant Message
             and Reserve, representing over 10% of the Army.   benefits to our members.

             We have a federated and distributed structure,                                                                           The Anniversary Year Celebrations concluded with   By Lieutenant General Tyrone R. Urch CBE
             with understandably strong ties to our Branch cap   Corps Instructions                                                   the Corps Day event held in Scotland at which Linda
             badges, and it is therefore equally important to                                                                         Sprouting presented the Captain Dean Sprouting                         The British
             support Corps activity whenever possible. Corps   Corps Instructions are the policy documents of the                     Award – The Entertainer.                                               Army’s current recruiting
             Headquarters does this either directly through   Headquarters and detail how many of the meetings                                                                                               campaign started last
             representation by key personnel, or indirectly   and processes allow the Corps to be governed and                        Commemorations                                                         year with ‘Belonging’

             through financial support to Corps activities. In 2018   managed effectively and within the law. These are                                                                                        and will continue in 2019

             we have spent over £370,000 on sport, adventurous   currently being reviewed as a number of them are                     The annual events at the National Memorial                             with ‘Your Army’.  Some
             training, fraternal grants, welfare, benevolence and   out of date. This includes Corps Dress Instructions               Arboretum and the Field of Remembrance were                            of you may have been
             Corps events.                                    which are going to have a major review and be re-                       attended by a number of our widows and their                           uncomfortable with
                                                              issued in the New Year.                                                 families and we remember our fallen comrades.                          Belonging 18 and the
             Changes                                                                                                                                                                                         associated adverts
                                                                                                                                      Hello and Goodbye                                                      but they have proved

             The Headquarters is undergoing two significant                                                                                                                                                   a huge success and
             changes in 2019. Firstly is the re-subordination of                                                                      We said farewell to our Colonel Commandant,                            are credited with new
             the Central Reserve Headquarters. For the first time                                                                      Lieutenant General James Bashall and welcomed                          recruit applications


             they will come under the operational command of                                                                          his successor, Lieutenant General Ty Urch. We also   hitting a five year high. We plan to build on this
             Corps Headquarters. Secondly the move to the new                                                                         said farewell to Major General Rob Nitsch and   with the “Your Army Needs You” campaign.  This will
             building under Project Wellesley. This will provide                                                                      welcomed Major General Ivan Jones as our new    only deliver to its full potential if we mobilise our
             opportunities for improved ways of working and we                                                                        Assistant Colonel Commandant and Chairman of    strategic recruiting tool - our people; which includes
             will be working closely with the Headquarters of the                                                                     the Regimental Association Trustees.            serving and former members of the Army. The
             Royal Logistic Corps, who will share the new building                                                                    Benevolence                                     campaign will start on the 3rd of January 2019 with
             with us.                                                                                                                                                                 billboards and posters; television, radio and social
                                                                                                                                      We continue to support our serving and ex serving   media products will be released the following day.
             Governance                                                                                                               members who find themselves in genuine need and   I am asking you to help spread the message: “The

                                                                                                                                      thank the other service charities for their support.  Army is open for business, is a genuinely brilliant
             In order to allow the Corps to function, many                                                                                                                            career proposition, and is recruiting now”.  We are
             responsibilities are devolved down to Branch                                                                             Annual General Meeting                          asking for your help to tackle this together because
             level. At Corps level governance is provided by the                                                                                                                      we are clear that “people are the Army, not in the
             Corps Trustees, made up of representatives from                                                                          The 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Regimental   Army”.  Thank you for your time and for your
             each Branch, and the Regimental Council which                                                                            Association will take place on Tuesday 7 May 2019   support.
             is chaired by our Colonel Commandant with each     Assistant Corps Secretary, Major                                      in Worthy Down commencing at 1600 hrs. Items
             Branch represented by their own Deputy Colonel     (Retired) Joseph Bright MBE in front                                  for inclusion in the agenda are to be sent to the
                                                                of the new Corps Headquarters
             Commandant. The Assistant Colonel Commandant                                                                             Secretary at RHQ AGC, Gould House, Worthy Down,
             attends both as Chair of the Regimental Association                                                                      Winchester, SO21 2RG by 1 April 2019.
             Trustees and as a member of the Council.         HMS Lancaster
                                                                                                                                      Accounts
             Charitable Incorporated Organisation             In the last journal we mentioned re-establishing links

                                                              with our affiliated ship, HMS Lancaster. This we have                     The 2017-2018 Annual Report and Accounts can be

             Currently the Corps has both the Regimental      done although she is still undergoing maintenance                       downloaded by using the QR Code.
             Association which supports serving and retired   in Plymouth, which will be followed by sea trials. We
             members and the Regimental Institution which     have invited a team from the ship to join us on the
             supports serving members only for Sport and      Triple Crown and when she is ready to put to sea we
             Adventurous Training. Both are registered charities   will join her Captain and crew for the ceremony.




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