List of ROC Group Headquarters and UKWMO Sector controls

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This is a list of the locations for former Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Group Headquarters and the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) sector controls that received information from ROC posts by dedicated GPO/BT landlines. Clusters of posts also had VHF radio communications with HQs and sector controls, in case of land-line failure, from the cluster Master Posts.

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The Royal Observer Corps was a civil defence organisation operating in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down. (ROC headquarters staff at RAF Bentley Priory stood down on 31 March 1996). Composed mainly of civilian spare-time volunteers, ROC personnel wore a Royal Air Force (RAF) style uniform and latterly came under the administrative control of RAF Strike Command and the operational control of the Home Office. Civilian volunteers were trained and administered by a small cadre of professional full-time officers under the command of the Commandant Royal Observer Corps; latterly a serving RAF Air Commodore.

ROC Group Headquarters

UKWMO Sectors and groups

Metropolitan sector [13]
Midlands sector [13]
Southern sector [13]
Western sector [13]
Caledonian sector [13]

Map of ROC Group Headquarters and UKWMO Sector Controls

Map of the United Kingdom showing former ROC Group Headquarters and United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Sector and Group Controls.

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Maidstone
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Horsham
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Oxford
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Colchester
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Winchester
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Norwich
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Bedford
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Coventry
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Lincoln
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York
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Yeovil
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Exeter
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Bristol
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Carmarthen
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Shrewsbury
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Wrexham
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Preston
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Carlisle
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Durham
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Belfast
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Edinburgh
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Ayr
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Dundee
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Aberdeen
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Inverness
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See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Royal Observer Corps – Subterranea Britannica". subbrit.org.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Royal Observer Corps Number 2 Group Headquarters, Norfolk TA Centre, Denne Road, Horsham, West Sussex | Educational Images | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Wood 1976, p. 274.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cocroft & Thomas 2003, p. 187.
  5. 1 2 Wood 1976, p. 275.
  6. 1 2 Wood 1976, p. 267.
  7. 1 2 Wood 1976, p. 270.
  8. ↑ Historic England. "Former 10 Group ROC HQ, Poltimore Park, Poltimore, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3TN (Grade II) (1411752)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 Wood 1976, p. 273.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill (1019439)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  11. 1 2 Wood 1976, p. 271.
  12. ↑ Wood 1976, p. 272.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Cocroft & Thomas 2003, p. 177.

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