Департамент снабжения боеприпасами/Board of Ordnance.

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В 1414 году был назначен магистр артиллерии со штаб-квартирой в Лондонском Тауэре. Помимо того, что он был военным казначеем короля и казначеем-распорядителем, магистр артиллерии отвечал за поставку военных материалов.
Управление боеприпасов было создано в 1683 году как гражданский департамент правительства; оно отвечало за поставку и техническое обслуживание военной техники, такой как боеприпасы и оружие, а также за строительство и техническое обслуживание верфей, складов, укреплений и составление карт.
Перед Крымской войной департамент отвечал за поставки вооружения и амуниции армии и флоту, базировался в Лондонском Тауэре, а также в Verbruggen's House at the Woolwich Arsenal.
В Крымскую войну the Board of Ordnance поставлял оружие и боеприпасы для всей армии,
а также полностью отвечал за Королевскую артиллерию и королевских инженеров.
Департамент расформирован в 1855 году из-за плохой работы в Крымской войне.

На английском Департамент снабжения боеприпасами писался как - The Board of Ordnance.

Роль the Board of Ordnance его предшественников и последователей заключалась в закупке, хранении и выдаче вооружения, боеприпасов и военной техники.
В 1285 году Лондонский Тауэр стал первым складом боеприпасов, включавшим в себя арсенал боеприпасов и оружия, находившийся под контролем the Master of the King’s Wardrobe.
В 1299 году монарх заплатил “Artilliator” (производителю больших пушек) за изготовление или закупку военного снаряжения, которое хранилось в Лондонском Тауэре до тех пор, пока оно не понадобится армии.
В 1414 году звание “Master of Works, Engines, Cannon and other types of Ordnance” было изменено на “Master of Ordnance”,
Было создано гражданское Office of Ordnance.
В 1515 году был образован the Board of Ordnance.
В 1544 году было создано Office of Ordnance, которое в 1597 году стало the Board of Ordnance.
В 1683 году гражданское Office of Ordnance стало the Military Board of Ordnance.
В 1792 году был сформирован the Ordnance Field Train Department, подчинявшийся the Military Board of Ordnance, т.к. с течением времени число соединений росло, офицеры и другие чины становились сотрудниками различных ведомств.
В 1855 году был упразднен the Board of Ordnance (Департамент боеприпасов).
В 1857 году был создан the Military Store Department .
В 1858 году был сформирован Corps of Armourer Sergeants.

In 1861 the Military Store Department was staffed with Military Officers & subordinate, senior Military Store Clerks of the Miltary Srore Department formed.
In 1865 the Military Store Staff Corps comprised of Other Ranks was formed.
In 1870 all of the supply & transport services merged into the Control Department
(The Army Service Corps was formed by amalgamations of the military Other Rank elements of the supply & transport Services)
In 1875 the Control Department was disbanded & its members, who were all officers, were divided between two new departments – the Commisariat & Transport Department (later Royal Army Service Corps) & the Ordnance Store Corps, which continued to be officered by the Ordnance Store Department.
In 1877 the Ordnance Store Branch, consisting only of Other Ranks was formed to support the Ordnance Store Department (previously Other Ranks in ordnance trades had belonged to the Army Service Corps and its predecessors).
In 1881, this latter branch was replaced by The Ordnance Store Corps, still officered by the Ordnance Store Department.
The first Army Warrant Officers were created - Conductor of Stores (Ordnance Store Corps) & Conductor of Supplies (Army Service Corps).
The Corps of Armourers was placed under Ordnance Store Branch control.
In 1896 The Ordnance Store Department (Officers) formed the Army Ordnance Department & The Ordnance Store Corps (ranks up to & including Warrant Officers) the Army Ordnance Corps.
Inspectors of Ordnance Machinery and Ordnance Artificers were transferred to The Army Ordnance Corps from the Royal Artillery, becoming the Armourer and Armament Branch of the Army Ordnance Corps.
The Corps of Armourers was absorbed into the Army Ordnance Corps.
In 1904, The Army Ordnance Department was given its own director at the War Office - The Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores, under the Quarter Master General, the Director of Equipment & Ordnance Stores branches being known as “QMG 7, 8 & 9”.
In 1918, after WWI, The Army Ordnance Corps was designated “Royal” in recognition of its services during the war, & amalgamated with The Army Ordnance Department to form The Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
In 1927 The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was transferred from QMG to MGO control, & its responsibilities extended to include the supply, storage and repair of all load and personnel carrying vehicles, less those driven by the Royal Army Service Corps.
In 1939 the Ministry of Supply was formed. & The Royal Army Ordnance Corps again came under the control of the Quarter Master General, assuming responsibility for provision, issue & repair of all Ordnance stores.
In 1941 The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was given full combat status
In 1942 The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers was formed primarily from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Armourer, Armament & Engineering Branches of the workshops organisation, & the mechanical workshop companies of The Royal Army Service Corps & The Royal Engineers (less RE Regimental Plant Sections).
The Royal Army Service Corps assumed responsibility for the supply and storage of those vehicles and spares that The Royal Army Service Corps.
The larger Royal Electrical & Mechancal Engineers Workshops continued to be provided with Royal Army Ordnance Corps Stores Support Sections.
In 1965 the supply functions of The Royal Army Service Corps & The Royal Engineers were transferred to The Royal Ordnance Corps & it became the sole supply Corps of the Army, with responsibility for supplying rations, petroleum, oils & lubricants, boat stores, locomotive spares, defence stores and the provision and training of military staff clerks. This involved the transfer of 345 Officers and 2,500 soldiers from The Royal Army Service Corps (the transport functions of the Royal Army Service Corps became the new Royal Corps of Transport).
The Ordnance Directorate was removed from Ministry of Defence (Army Department) & the old War Office Services were no longer represented at the MOD.
In 1977 the Logistic Executive (Army) HQ Director of Services collocated with Logistic Executive (Army) & was renamed HQ Director General of Services.
In 1991 Women’s Royal Army Corps members employed in Royal Army Ordnance Corps trades (other than Staff Clerks) were re-badged as Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
In 1992 Staff Clerks of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps were transferred to the newly formed Adjutants Generals Corps.
In 1993 The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was amalgamated with The Royal Corps of Transport, The Royal Pioneer Corps, The Army Catering Corps, & The Postal Courier Service of the Royal Engineers to form The Royal Logistics Corps.

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Тhe addition of gold lace for sergeants is mentioned in the caption to a photograph of Armourer Quartermaster Sergeant E H Grice, attached to the Foot Guards in 1911

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