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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training, fraternal grants, welfare, benevolence and out of date.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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