The Royal Observer Corps Museum Trust


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  • Creation of the Personnel Records
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    • 1 - the spanish armada
    • 2 - World War I 1914-1917
    • 3 - World War I 1917 - 1918
    • 4 - No Air Defence Sys - 1918-1920's
    • 5 - 1925-1940
    • 6 - Battle of Britain 1940
    • 7 - World War II 1941-1946
    • 8 - Royal Observer Corps - Totter1
    • 9 - D Day & 'Seaborne'
    • 10 - 1945 - 1947 Stand down
    • 11 - 1947 to 'Cold War' 1957
    • 12 - Cold War Overview 1956 to 1995
    • 13 - Cold War Role
    • 14 - Adapting to the 'Cold War'
    • 15 - Confirming Nuclear Strike
    • 16 - Locating position (Ground Zero)
    • 17 - Establishing Weapom Power
    • 18 - Calculating Fallout & Position
    • 19 - ROC & UKWMO
    • 20 - NRC's & NBCC's

Holdings by the ROC Museum Trust



The ROC Museum holds what is the national collection of ROC equipment and memorabilia from its early days up to the 1990’s, and still actively adding to it. There are approximately 10,000 items the majority of which are catalogued.


The Collection comprises; Uniforms, Plotting equipment (aircraft & fallout), 1991 Control furniture and fittings, Data processing equipment (paper tape & computer), Posts operational equipment, Posts domestic equipment & furniture & fittings, Manuals, Operational Procedures and Instructions, ROC Archive, Communications equipment (experimental and operational – historic & modern), Images & media, ROC Official Records of Service cards medal slips etc.



Museum Wish List



Among the many individual items of equipment ROCM would wish to add to the collection if the terms of any offer were suitable are the following:



  • Items relating to ‘GRANITE’ Rocket system.
  • Items relating to ‘SANDRA’ Searchlight system
  • Items relating to GL (Gun Laying) RADAR system
  • WWII Siren or Warning items
  • ‘MONEY FLARE’ (Paraffin like goose-neck flare? or COLEMAN LAMP (petrol)
  • Items relating to ‘HEARKERS CLUB’ or ROC CLUB (but not ROC Club Journals!)
  • W/Obs BATTLE DRESS TUNIC (Has 5 Buttons and no epaulettes) & Skirt that has 2 front pockets.
  • POST INSTRUMENT (Spiral Drive) type (?)II.B or (?)IIC


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