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Board of Ordnance / Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Categories: Armed Forces

Responsible for the supply of armaments and munitions to the army and the navy, based in the Tower of London and also used Verbruggen's House at the Woolwich Arsenal until 1939. Disbanded in 1855 due to poor performance in the Crimean War. The work was then carried out by a variety of departments until the creation of the (Royal) Army Ordnance Corps in 1918.

The Corps' Latin motto, Sua tela tonanti, is normally loosely translated as "To the Warrior his Arms".

Our image of the Board of Ordnance device comes, via Wikipedia, from the Tower of London. The equivalent for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps has a crown at the top instead of the turret and fist clutching lightening and thunderbolts.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Board of Ordnance / Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Royal Arsenal Brass Foundry

The Royal Brass Foundry, 1717, attributed to Sir John Vanbrugh. Following an...

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Royal Arsenal Gatehouse - Board of Ordnance

GR IV {On the ribbon of the Board of Ordnance badge, their motto:} Sua tela ...

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Verbruggen's House - 1

Verbruggen's House, 1773, built for Jan & Pieter Vanbruggen, joint master...

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Woolwich Army Ordnance Department war memorial

{Beneath the Board of Ordnance badge with the motto 'Sua Tela Tonanti' (To th...

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Other Subjects

Lance Corporal Frederick Joshua Bright

Lance Corporal Frederick Joshua Bright

Frederick Joshua Bright was born on 20 November 1892 in Haggerston, London, one of the nine children of Edward Charles Bright (1860-1936) and Alice Sarah Bright née Slater (1861-1948). He was bapt...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Tom Fletcher Mayson, VC

Tom Fletcher Mayson, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 31 July 1917, aged 23, while serving in the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). "№1309 Twice leading a charge against machine gun posts and putting them out of ...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Private Arthur Henry Tyler

Private Arthur Henry Tyler

Arthur Henry Tyler was born on 27 February 1896, the fifth of the seven children of Frederick Elihu Tyler (1864-1930) and Mary Elizabeth Tyler née Arscott (1861-1906). His birth was registered in t...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
H. P. Hindle

H. P. Hindle

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Ernest Bitmead

Ernest Bitmead

Wing Commander Ernest Ralph Bitmead was born in 1913, the second of the seven children of Ralph Bitmead (1885-1961) and Naomi Bitmead née Dodd (1890-1974). His birth was registered in the 2nd quart...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW2
1 memorial