Corps Commander General Aide-de-Camp 6 March 2013 [ORGANIZATION OF CORPS STAFF] Organization of Corps Staff w w w. B r i t i s h M i l i t a r y H i s t o r y. c o. u k Page 1
General Staff (B.G.S.) General Staff Officer Grade 2 (Intelligence) (G.S.O. 2 (I)) General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Intelligence) (G.S.O. 2 (I)) General Staff Officer Grade 2 (Operations) (G.S.O. 2 (Ops)) General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Operations) (G.S.O. 3 (Ops)) General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Operations) (G.S.O. 3 (Ops)) General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Liaison) (G.S.O. 3 (Liaison)) General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Liaison) General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Air Liaison) Motor Contact Liaison Officer (M.C.L.O.) Motor Contact Liaison Officer (M.C.L.O.) Motor Contact Liaison Officer (M.C.L.O.) General Staff Officer Grade 2 (Chemical Warfare) Chemist w w w. B r i t i s h M i l i t a r y H i s t o r y. c o. u k Page 2
Deputy Adjutant and Quarter-Master-General (D.A. & Q.M.G.) Assistant Quarter-Master-General (A.Q.M.G.) Colonel Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master-General (D.A.Q.M.G.) Staff Quarter-Master Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (Administration) (D.A.A.G.) Staff Entertainment Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (Movement) (D.A.A.G.) Deputy Assistant Director of Postal Services (D.A.D.P.S.) Hirings Officer Corps Catering Adviser Deputy Director of Medical Services (D.D.M.S.) Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services (D.A.D.M.S.) Deputy Assistant Director Hygiene (D.A.D.H.) Medical Officer for Corps Headquarters (M.O.) w w w. B r i t i s h M i l i t a r y H i s t o r y. c o. u k Page 3
Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (A.D.O.S.) 1 Colonel Ordnance Mechanical Engineer 1 st Class 2 Colonel Deputy Assistant Director Ordnance Services Ordnance Officer 4 th Class Ordnance Mechanical Engineer 2 nd Class 3 Salvage Control Officer Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport (D.D.S.T.) 4 Colonel Adjutant to Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport Deputy Assistant Director, Supplies Deputy Assistant Director, Transport, Royal Army Service Corps (Requisitioning Duties), Royal Army Service Corps (Ammunition Duties) Deputy Judge Advocate-General Legal Staff 1 Circa early 1944, this post was upgraded to a s appointment as a Deputy Director. 2 In 1943, with the creation of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, the two posts of Ordnance Mechanical Engineers transferred to this new corps. By late 1944, the role of Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering was enhanced to become a s appointment. 3 See above. 4 In late 1944, this post was also upgraded to that of a s appointment. w w w. B r i t i s h M i l i t a r y H i s t o r y. c o. u k Page 4
Assistant Director of Labour Colonel Staff, Labour Camp Commandant Assistant Camp Commandant Subaltern, Royal Army Service Corps Transport Officer Assistant Provost Marshal (A.P.M.) 5 Deputy Assistant Provost (D.A.P.M.) Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General Colonel 5 In some Corps, this post was a Colonel s appointment. w w w. B r i t i s h M i l i t a r y H i s t o r y. c o. u k Page 5
Corps Commander, Royal Artillery (C.C.R.A.) General Staff Officer Grade 2 Royal Artillery (G.S.O. 2 R.A.) Staff Royal Artillery (S.C.R.A.) Commander, Royal Engineers (C.R.E.) Staff Officer Royal Engineers (S.O.R.E.) Intelligence Officer Royal Engineers (I.O.R.E.) Corps Camouflage Officer Staff Chief Signal Officer (C.S.O.) 6 Colonel Assistant Signal Officer Assistant Signal Officer 6 In late 1944, this role was enhanced to become a s appointment. w w w. B r i t i s h M i l i t a r y H i s t o r y. c o. u k Page 6