Editing Adjutant General's Corps

{{Short description|Corps of the British Army}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Adjutant General's Corps
| image                         = AGC Cipher.png
| image_size                    = 150
| caption                       = Cipher of the AGC
| dates                         = 6 April 1992 – present
| country                       = 
| allegiance                    = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch                        = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| type                          = 
| role                          = Administrative services
| size                          = 
| command_structure             = 
| current_commander             = 
| garrison                      = [[Worthy Down Camp]], [[Winchester]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhqagc.com/|title=Adjutant General's Corps Association|accessdate=24 February 2021}}</ref>
| ceremonial_chief              = [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester]]
| ceremonial_chief_label        = Colonel-in-Chief
| colonel_of_the_regiment       = 
| colonel_of_the_regiment_label = 
| nickname                      = 
| patron                        = 
| motto                         = ''Animo et fide'' (''With resolution and fidelity'')
| colors                        = 
| identification_symbol         = [[Image:SPS TRF.svg|100px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Tactical Recognition Flash
| march                         = Quick March. Pride of lions;  Slow march. Greensleeves
| mascot                        = 
| battles                       = 
| notable_commanders            = 
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}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}{{British Army Arms}}
The '''Adjutant General's Corps''' is a corps in the [[British Army]] responsible for many of its general administrative services, named for the [[Adjutant-General to the Forces]] (now the [[Commander Home Command]]). As of 2002, the AGC had a staff of 7,000 people.

==History==
The corps was formed on 6 April 1992 through the amalgamation of several separate services:<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/adjutant-generals-corps/|title=Adjutant General's Corps|website=www.army.mod.uk}}</ref>

* [[Army Legal Services Branch|Army Legal Corps]]
* [[Royal Military Police|Corps of Royal Military Police]]
* [[Military Provost Staff Corps]]
* [[Royal Army Educational Corps]]
* [[Royal Army Pay Corps]]
* [[Women's Royal Army Corps]]
* [[Staff clerk]]s from the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]]
*   Clerks from the [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]].

In October 2022, to celebrate the Corps' 30th anniversary, a parade was held in [[Winchester]], in the presence of [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester|The Duchess of Gloucester]], Deputy Colonel in Chief.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adjutant General's Corps celebrates 30 years with freedom parade |url=https://www.forces.net/services/army/adjutant-generals-corps-celebrate-30-years-freedom-parade |website=Forces Net |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref>

== Organisation ==
The AGC is organised into the following branches:<ref name="auto"/>

===Staff & Personnel Support (SPS) Branch===
The SPS branch provides specialist HR, Finance, Accounting and ICT support to the British Army, during peacetime and on operations. Its personnel serve alongside and administer every unit in the British Army. The branch also provides clerical support to headquarters at all levels including various departments of the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|MOD Head Office]] in [[Whitehall]] and the [[Permanent Joint Headquarters|Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ)]] at [[Northwood Headquarters|Northwood]] working alongside counterparts in the [[Royal Navy]] and [[RAF]], as well as in divisional and brigade headquarters and at unit and sub-unit level through Land Forces.  In addition to HR, administrative and clerical support, the SPS Branch also maintains the Army Welfare Service, where its small cohort of Army Welfare Workers - trained social and occupational welfare specialists - provide therapeutic support to Army personnel and their families.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/adjutant-generals-corps/staff-and-personnel-support/|title=Staff and Personnel Support|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>

In 2011, [[Gurkha]] clerks and administrative personnel who, up to that point, had served under the [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]] cap badge, were brought into a single unit titled the '''Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Company''' (GSPS Coy). Following the traditions of the [[Queen's Gurkha Engineers]], [[Queen's Gurkha Signals]] and the [[10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC|Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment]], the GSPS Coy has a cap badge that combines elements of both its parent corps (the AGC) and the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]], of which it is a constituent alongside the other Gurkha units in the British Army.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/brigade-of-gurkhas/|title=Brigade of Gurkhas|website=www.army.mod.uk}}</ref>

===Provost (AGC Pro) Branch===
The AGC Pro unifies two former services which, while no longer independent, retain their identities and [[cap badge]]s. The [[Royal Military Police]] (RMP) is the Army's police force, while the [[Military Provost Staff]] (MPS) provides guards for military prisons. The newly formed [[Military Provost Guard Service]] (MPGS) is also part of this branch.<ref>{{cite web|title=Military Provost Guard Service|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/agc/provost/31527.aspx|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref>

===Educational and Training Services Branch===
The [[Educational and Training Services Branch|ETS]] Branch has the responsibilities of the former Royal Army Educational Corps, it is an all officer branch with around 400 serving members. In 2006 the former RAEC cap badge of a 'fluted flambeau with five flames, with crown and scroll' was reintroduced, with 'ETS' replacing 'R.A.E.C.' on the scroll.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/619983/2017-03109.pdf|title=Army Dress Regulations 2017}}</ref>

===Army Legal Services===
The [[Army Legal Services Branch|ALS]] Branch provides legal advice to all levels of the Army. It retains the cap badge of the former Army Legal Corps. Prior to its amalgamation into the AGC, it was an independent corps in its own right. Its personnel are all qualified lawyers and commissioned officers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/agc/31506.aspx|title=ALS history|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref>

=== CRHQ ===
Almost all corps of the [[British Army]] contain a CRHQ (Central Reserve Headquarters) which oversee training for the corps along with controlling specialist units and formations.  The Adjutant General's Corps currently maintains two specialist pools:<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 July 2020|title=Army Reserve unit changes since 2015|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/664382/response/1596315/attach/3/20200706%20FOI05506%20Arbeely%20Response%20Letter%20ArmySec.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1|access-date=11 July 2020|website=whatdotheyknow.com}}</ref>

* CRHQ Adjutant General's Corps Educational Training and Services Specialist Pool
* CRHQ Adjutant General's Corps Staff and Personnel Support Specialist Pool

==Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps==
The [[Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps]] is based at [[Peninsula Barracks]] in [[Winchester]]. It is one of several [[regimental museum]]s that are part of [[Winchester's Military Museums]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhqagc.com/museum.html|title= Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps|publisher=Adjutant General's Corps Regimental Association|access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref>

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{{order of precedence |
  before= [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers|Corps of Royal Electrical<br />and Mechanical Engineers]] |
  title=  [[British Army Order of Precedence|Order of Precedence]]|
  after= [[Royal Army Veterinary Corps]]}}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/adjutant-generals-corps/ Official site]
* [https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/adjutant-generals-corps/staff-and-personnel-support/ AGC (SPS Branch)]
* [https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/adjutant-generals-corps/educational-and-training-services/ AGC (ETS Branch)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130118034750/http://army.mod.uk/agc/6100.aspx AGC Museum]
* [http://www.rhqagc.com/ AGC Regimental Association]
* [http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0078.html AGC entry on the UK Armed Forces site]
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[[Category:Legal occupations in the military]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1992]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in the United Kingdom]]