31. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Ordnance Corps upon graduation from Notre Dame in June 1961. 32. British Royal Army Ordnance Corps soldiers oversaw all commercial explosive issues post 1968 until the colony was transferred to China in 1997. 33. Johnson transferred to the Army Ordnance Corps Reserve from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1949 and rose to the rank of Colonel. 34. He studied accounting at the University of Edinburgh, and served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Second World War. 35. In 1936 he moved to London and worked in a factory until 1939 when he served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps . 36. Bryan Whitby started out as a bodywork apprentice in Sandbach, and later did national service in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps . 37. Robert Peaty ( 1903 1988 ), a British Major in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps , was the senior ranking allied officer. 38. Staff sergeant majors existed in the Army Ordnance Corps were renamed sub-conductors ( becoming staff sergeant majors again in 1967 ). 39. At the end of the war, in 1919, the site became a Royal Army Ordnance Corps ( RAOC ) storage depot. 40. During World War II, he served in the Royal Artillery, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
