| 词条 | Women's Royal Army Corps |
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|unit_name=Women's Royal Army Corps |image= |caption=Badge of the Women's Royal Army Corps |dates=1949–1992 |country= |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |type= |role=Support services |size= |garrison=Guildford, Surrey |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= |motto=Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re (Gentle in manner, resolute in deed) |colors=None |march=Quick: Lass of Richmond Hill, Early One Morning Slow: Greensleeves |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries=Corps Day (1 February) }} The Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC; sometimes pronounced acronymically as {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|æ|k}}, a term unpopular with its members) was the corps to which all women in the British Army belonged from 1949 to 1992, except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains (who belonged to the same corps as the men), the Ulster Defence Regiment which recruited women from 1973, and nurses (who belonged to Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps). HistoryThe WRAC was formed on 1 February 1949 by Army Order 6 as the successor to the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) that had been founded in 1938.[1] For much of its existence, its members performed administrative and other support tasks.[1] In March 1952 the ranks of the WRAC, which had previously been Subaltern, Junior Commander, Senior Commander and Controller were harmonised with the rest of the British Army.[2] In 1974, two soldiers of the corps were killed by the Provisional IRA in the Guildford pub bombings.[3] In October 1990 WRAC officers employed with other corps were transferred to those corps and in April 1992 the WRAC was disbanded and its remaining members transferred to the Corps they served with. Those that served with the Royal Army Pay Corps, the Corps of Royal Military Police, the Military Provost Staff Corps, the Royal Army Educational Corps, the Army Legal Corps and the Staff Clerks from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps were transferred to the newly formed Adjutant General's Corps. The post of Director WRAC, which carried the rank of Brigadier, was also abolished and it was seven years before a woman, Brigadier Patricia Purves, again reached that rank.[4] Senior postsThe highest rank available to a serving officer was Brigadier, held by the Director WRAC, although the Controller-Commandant, a member of the Royal Family, held a higher honorary rank. Princess Mary held the post from 1949 to her death in 1965 (beginning as a Major-General and being promoted General on 23 November 1956) and the Duchess of Kent held it from 1967 to 1992 (with the rank of Major-General).[1] List of Directors WRACDirectors of the WRAC were:
Band of the WRACThe Staff Band of the Women's Royal Army Corps was an all female military band.[6] Reunion meetingsWRAC organizes Reunion Meetings to promote the solidarity among its past and current members. See also
Notes1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://wracassociation.org.uk/history|title=A Brief History of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps|publisher=Women's Royal Army Corps Association|accessdate=18 May 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519004905/http://wracassociation.org.uk/history|archivedate=19 May 2014|df=}} 2. ^"Army Titles in the WRAC", The Times, 20 March 1950 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk/archive/Womens%20Royal%20Army%20Corps.htm|title=Women's Royal Army Corps|publisher=Palace Barracks Memorial Garden|accessdate=18 May 2014}} 4. ^Graduate Careers: How I got here: Brig Patricia Purves 'I just happened to be good at my job,' The Independent, April 26, 2001 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=53001 |supp=y|page=12670|date=27 July 1992}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-staff-band-of-the-womens-royal-army-corps-6243|title=The Staff Band of the Women's Royal Army Corps|publisher=BBC|accessdate=18 May 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401011006/http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-staff-band-of-the-womens-royal-army-corps-6243|archivedate=1 April 2015|df=}} Further reading
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