page_title: Royal Observer Corps
section_title: Main sources
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Observer Corps / Main sources
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Observer Corps Memorial Stone at the National Arboretum Memorial. Alrewas, Staffordshire. England.UK.
context_page_description: The Royal Observer Corps was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain. It operated in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down. Composed mainly of civilian spare-time volunteers, ROC personnel wore a Royal Air Force 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.
context_section_description: Wood, Derek (1975 and revised 1992). Attack Warning Red (Rev. ed.). Portsmouth; Carmichael and Sweet Ltd. ISBN 0-9517283-1-8. The History of the ROC 
  Buckton, Henry (1993). Forewarned in Forearmed, an Official Tribute and History of the Royal Observer Corps. Ashford; Buchan and Enright. ISBN 9781852532925.
caption: ROC Memorial Stone at the National Memorial Arboretum.
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