Intelligence Corps Cap Badge This Auction is for the Cap Badge worn by the Intelligence Corps. The Intelligence Corps (also known as Int Corps) is one of the corps of the British Army. It is responsible for gathering, analysing and disseminating military intelligence and also for counter-intelligence and security, so forming part of the United Kingdom intelligence community. The Director Intelligence Corps is a Brigadier. Authority was given by Army Order 112/40 for the Intelligence Corps to be raised although one had previously existed by name during the First World War. The badge was sometimes irreverently described as 'a pansy resting on its laurels' but it was based on the rose as the emblem of secrecy while the laurel sprays are standard garnishing for military insignia. The Queen's crown issue was made about 1956. Brand new and unissued brass metal other ranks Cap badge (QC), 45mm high, complete with it's slider. Guaranteed brand new and in mint condition. Brief Corps History -
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 Although the first proposals to create one came in 1905, the first Intelligence Corps was formed in 1914 and originally included only officers and their servants. The unit was rapidly run down after the First World War and was finally disbanded in 1929. On 19 July, 1940 a new Intelligence Corps was created by Army Order 112 and has existed since that time. On 1 February, 1985 the corps was officially declared an 'Arm' (combat support) instead of a 'Service' (rear support).  Cap Badge of the Intelligence Corps Corps Traditions Intelligence Corps personnel wear a distinctive cypress green beret with a cap badge consisting of a union rose (a red rose with a white centre) between two laurel branches and surmounted by a crown. Their motto is Manui Dat Cognitio Vires (Knowledge gives strength to the arm). The Corps' quick march is "The Rose & Laurel" while its slow march is Purcell's "Trumpet Tune & Ayre". Locations Their headquarters, formerly at Maresfield, East Sussex, then Templer Barracks at Ashford, Kent, moved in 1997 to the former Royal Air Force station at Chicksands in Bedfordshire along with the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre and the Intelligence Corps Museum. Training and promotionThe corps has a particularly high proportion of commissioned officers, many of them commissioned from the ranks, and also a high percentage of female members. Non-commissioned personnel join as Operators Military Intelligence, with the possibility of specialising as Operator Military Intelligence (Linguist) later. They do their basic 14-week military training at the Army Training Regiment Winchester and their 27-week special-to-arm training at Templer Training Delivery Wing, Chicksands, at the end of which they are promoted to Lance Corporal. Up until 2005, linguists would then do a 78-week language course at either Chicksands or the Defence School of Languages in Beaconsfield, at the end of which they would be promoted to Acting Corporal. At present, both Operator Military Intelligence and Linguist must first complete a tour of duty, and it is typically after about two years' service that those opting for language training will receive instructions for joining a long language course. Promotion continues to be more rapid than in most other corps. Officers complete their training at Sandhurst and then a Junior Officers Course (JOC) to qualify them as Intelligence Officers. Structure The main formation is 1 Military Intelligence Brigade. 1 MI Brigade has responsibility for three regular and two Territorial Army battalions: - 1 Military Intelligence Battalion - Rheindahlen
- 2 Military Intelligence Battalion - Netheravon
- 3 Military Intelligence Battalion (Volunteer) - London
- 4 Military Intelligence Battalion - Bulford
- 5 Military Intelligence Battalion (Volunteer) - Coulby Newham
The tri-service 15 Psychological Operations Group is also based at Chicksands and comes under the remit of the Intelligence Corps and 1 MI Brigade. Notable members of the Intelligence Corps - Sarah Bryant, first female British soldier to die in Afghanistan
- John Buchan, author and politician
- Jabron Hashmi, first Muslim British soldier killed in Afghanistan
- Christopher Hill (historian), spent most of the Second World War serving with the corps.
- Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, first Director General of UNESCO and one of the founders of The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- General Sir Mike Jackson, formerly Chief of the General Staff
- Bernard Lewis, historian of Islam
- Anthony Powell, author
- Laurens van der Post, author
- Peter Alan Rayner, author
- C. G. H. Simon, tax commissioner
- Maurice Oldfield, former Head of the Secret Intelligence Service
- Chaim Herzog, former President of Israel
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