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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.

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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 Gatehouse - Board of Ordnance

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

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Royal Brass Foundry

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

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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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C. T. Clarkson

C. T. Clarkson

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private Thomas Alfred Drabble

Private Thomas Alfred Drabble

Thomas Alfred Drabble was the eldest of the four children of Alfred Samuel Charles Drabble (1863-1937) and Jane Drabble née Curley (1863-1915), whose birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1890...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Geo. Hill

Geo. Hill

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. P. Blackmore

J. P. Blackmore

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
J. W. Ambridge

J. W. Ambridge

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial

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Cannon in Gunpowder Square

Cannon in Gunpowder Square

We can find no information on the history of this place nor reason for the presence of the cannon.

Place, Other

1 memorial
Arthur Herbert Procter, VC

Arthur Herbert Procter, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 4 June 1916, age 25, while serving in the King’s (Liverpool Regiment). "Seeing wounded men in front of him, he left the trenches and under heavy fire dressed their...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
New Cross Fire - Fordham Park

New Cross Fire - Fordham Park

SE8, Childeric Road, Fordham Park

In memory of the young people who died as a result of the New Cross fire 18th January 1981 The names of those remembered Patrick Cummings...

15 subjects commemorated
Viscountess Rothermere, Maiko Jeong Shun Lee

Viscountess Rothermere, Maiko Jeong Shun Lee

A Korean citizen born in Japan. Married (as his second wife) the 3rd Viscount Rothermere (grandson of the 1st Viscount) in 1993. Widowed 1998. From Wikipedia: In 2009 Lady Rothermere set up the La...

Person, Philanthropy, Japan, Korea

1 memorial
Commissioner Nancy Roberts

Commissioner Nancy Roberts

Commissioner  in the Salvation Army in 2015.

Person, Religion

1 memorial