The Army Catering Corps
War Memorial Hall Today
MOD Services Central Library
The Memorial Garden incorporates a memorial stone; the 1971 commemoration stone where HRH The Duchess of Kent opened the new Centre; a cutting from the original bay tree planted near the Tower Block; the Burmese Lion, suitably refurbished; a Soyer boiler and No1 burner; two memorial benches and a walkway known as the Duchess of Kent Walk.
A cross-section of former Corps members were invited to the ceremony, which was followed by a reception and lunch in the St Omer Officers’ Mess. The whole project cost £12,000 of which half was generously donated by the RHQ the RLC. The Director RLC was present and said how pleased he was to have been involved in the project, adding that the memorial would be added to the list that would be maintained by the RLC in the future.
To visit the War Memorial Hall, Shrine and Memorial Garden please first make an appointment with the head librarian.
Jeanette Cohen
MOD Services Central Library
The ACC Memorial Hall
Thornhill Road
Aldershot, Hants, GU11 2BN
Tel: 01252 349831
Email: scl@alibs.detsa.co.uk
The ACC Memorial Hall was scheduled for demolition in the rebuild of St Omer Barracks over the next few years, but thanks to the alertness and initiative of Association Committee Members, the Hall is now in safe hands. The Ministry of Defence Services Central Library had been looking to relocate its offices and jumped at the chance to use the Hall. As part of the deal, the ACC Association maintains its shrine, certain items of memorabilia relating to the units that made up the Training Centre and a memorial garden. The Chaplain General rededicated the War Memorial, incorporating all those killed since World War 2 and a new cast bronze plaque on the front of the building was unveiled by the Association Vice-President Colonel AF Barnett OBE, recognising the part that the ACC has played in training soldiers in Aldershot over the years.