Following the downfall of Czechoslovakia and occupation of its Czech part by Nazi Germany in 1939, Czechoslovak units and formations served with the Polish Army ( Czechoslovak Legion ), the French Army, the Royal Air Force, the British Army ( the 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade ), and the Red Army ( I Corps ).

In the British Army, all cavalry regiments were mechanised between 1929 and 1941, redefining their role from horse to armoured vehicles to form the Royal Armoured Corps together with the Royal Tank Regiment.

In the US the term " combat engineer vehicle ( CEV )" is used, in the UK the term " Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers ( AVRE )" is used, while in Canada and other commonwealth nations the term " armoured engineer vehicle ( AEV )" is used.

* Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers

The Royal Canadian Dragoons is the senior Armoured regiment in the Canadian Forces.

Plastic explosive is commonly used for the demolition of obstacles and fortifications by engineers and combat engineers, an early use being the warhead of the British Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers's ( AVRE )' s ' Petard ' demolition mortar, used to destroy concrete fortifications encountered during Operation Overlord ( D-Day ).

The Sheridan was never used in Australian Army service, however it was trialled by the Royal Australian Armoured Corps beginning 1967 and appeared in several Manual of Land Warfare pamphlets ( the equivalent of US military FMs ) of late 1960s vintage.

* 1908, Armoured cruiser Gneisenau, sunk December 1914 in the Battle of the Falkland Islands by Royal Navy

See: List of Royal Armoured Corps Regiments in World War Two

The Royal Armoured Corps is divided into those regiments that operate main battle tanks ( armoured regiments ) and those that operate reconnaissance tanks ( formation reconnaissance regiments ).

Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps are based in the UK and Germany:

* Tidworth-2nd Royal Tank Regiment ( Armoured )

* Catterick-The Royal Dragoon Guards ( Armoured ); Queen's Royal Lancers ( Formation Reconnaissance )

* Honington-1st Royal Tank Regiment ( Armoured )

* Fallingbostel-The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ( Carabiniers and Greys ) ( Armoured )

* Sennelager-The Queen's Royal Hussars ( The Queen's Own and Royal Irish ) ( Armoured )

The reorganisation of the Army announced in 2004 led to significant changes to the Royal Armoured Corps.

The Royal Armoured Corps was to be reduced by a total of two regiments, with the 9th / 12th Royal Lancers amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Lancers to form a single lancer regiment, and the 1st and 2nd Royal Tank Regiments joined to form a single Royal Tank Regiment.

* 1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

Fleming served throughout World War I as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was Mentioned in Dispatches.

Category: Royal Army Medical Corps officers

Production could not start because of the outbreak of World War I, and Martin joined the Admiralty and Bamford the Royal Army Service Corps.

At the same time, he was doing his National Service with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Shrewsbury, where Busby had advised him to apply as it meant he could still play for United at the weekend.

Many of the Army's constituent Regiments and Corps have been granted the " Royal " prefix and have members of the Royal Family occupying senior positions within some regiments.

Advances in technology saw advent of the tank, with the creation of the Royal Tank Regiment, and advances in aircraft design, with the creation of the Royal Flying Corps, which were to be decisive in future battles.

* Conductor ( Army ), a senior Warrant Officer appointment in the Royal Logistic Corps and its predecessors

It is still used in this form by the British Territorial Army, and the Royal Canadian Armour Corps of the Canadian Army.

As the threat of Cold War eased, a number of such civil defense organisations have been disbanded or mothballed ( as in the case of the Royal Observer Corps in the United Kingdom and the United States civil defense ), while others have changed their focuses into providing rescue services after natural disasters ( as for the State Emergency Service in Australia ).

* Royal Observer Corps

* 1665 – The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter

* Walter Freud, Sigmund's grandson, chemical engineer, member of Royal Pioneer Corps and British Special Operations Executive

In Great Britain's Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force these aircraft were referred to as " scouts " into the early 1920s.

* 1730-A Belgian Engineer, the Marquis of Verboom, Chief Engineer of the Spanish Royal Engineer Corps, who had taken part in the 1727 siege, arrived in San Roque commissioned by the Spanish government to design a line of fortifications across the isthmus.

In the film, Barthelmess and Fairbanks play two Royal Flying Corps pilots during World War I who deal with the pressure of wartime combat and constant death by drinking and fighting with their commanding officer.

During the Second World War Wyndham first served as a censor in the Ministry of Information, then joined the army, serving as a Corporal cipher operator in the Royal Corps of Signals.

* British Royal Automobile Club ( RAC ) horsepower is one of the tax horsepower systems adopted around Europe which make an estimate based on several engine dimensions.

The RAC was created on 4 April 1939, just before World War II started, by combining the cavalry wing ( cavalry units that had mechanised ) with the Royal Tank Corps ( which was thereupon renamed the Royal Tank Regiment within the new corps ).

* In addition, there is a TA band within the RAC, the Regimental Band ( Inns of Court and City Yeomanry ) of the Royal Yeomanry.

In addition, The Automobile Association ( AA ) and the Royal Automobile Club ( RAC ) had frequently been successful in defending their members against evidence from primitive speed traps.

In 1942 these ' second line ' battalions were converted to armour as 114th Regiment RAC and 115th Regiment RAC within the Royal Armoured Corps.

Two of the battalions converted to armour and anti-air roles in 1941: the 11th became the 152nd Regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps, but continued to wear their King's Regiment cap badge on the black beret of the RAC, while the 12th transferred to the Royal Artillery as 101 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment.

In 1941 the 5th Manchesters were converted to armour as 111th Regiment ( Manchester Regiment ) RAC within the Royal Armoured Corps.

The first release was the Batley Leofric Garage ( 601 ) with opening garage door in May 1960 followed by two street lamps ( 606 ) and AA ( Automobile Association ) and RAC ( Royal Automobile Club ) Telephone Boxes ( 602 ) in June 1960.

The British RAC ( Royal Automobile Club ) horsepower taxation system had the secondary function of excluding foreign vehicles.

It was sold by the members of the Royal Automobile Club to Lex Service Plc in 1999, which subsequently renamed itself RAC Plc.

The RAC Foundation was later turned into a charity and received a legacy from Royal Automobile Club members when R. A. C.

Motoring Services was itself purchased by Lex Service Plc from members of the Royal Automobile Club and renamed themselves as RAC Plc in 2002.

In 1941 this Battalion was converted to armour as 108th Regiment RAC within the Royal Armoured Corps.

In 1941 this Battalion was converted to armour as 109th Regiment RAC within the Royal Armoured Corps.

In 1941 this Battalion was converted to armour as 143rd Regiment RAC within the Royal Armoured Corps.

The Royal Tank Regiment is itself a regiment of the British Army, part of the Royal Armoured Corps ( RAC ).

The 8th Battalion was converted to armour in 1941, becoming 153rd Regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps, but continued to wear their Essex cap badge on the black beret of the RAC.

In 1942 12th Battalion Green Howards converted to armour as 161st Regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps, but retained its Green Howards cap badge on the black beret of the RAC.

The 9th Battalion raised in 1940 converted to armour in 1942 as 162nd Regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps but retained its RWK cap badge on the black beret of the RAC.