Royal Observer Corps
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Air Commodore-in-Chief ROC | HM The Queen |
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24th and last Commandant ROC | Martin Widdowson |
Motto | Forewarned is Forearmed (Praemonitus praemunitus) |
Founded | October 29 |
1925 | |
Headquarters location | York Cold War Bunker, York, United Kingdom |
Engagements | World War II |
Cold War | |
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ID | 2615920 |
About Royal Observer Corps
The Royal Observer Corps was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain. It operated in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down.