CORPS MEMORANDUM NO 13
RA SIGS CORPS BANNER
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Index
| Background | The Banner | Custody | Approval for Use |
| Appropriate Occasions for Use | Conditions of Loan | Parade Procedures |
1301. On 10th September 1980, approval was given by Her Royal Highness the Princess Anne, our Colonel-In-Chief, for the Corps to carry a banner bearing her cipher. The banner is to be known as "The Princess Anne Banner".
1302. The banner was presented at a parade at Simpson Barracks on 29th November 1986, on behalf of Her Royal Highness by His Excellency The Governor General, The Right Honourable Sir Ninian Stephen, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE.
1303. The banner and its accoutrements consist of the following:
a. Commonwealth Property:
| (1) | Banner, | |
| (2) | Ensign Belt, | |
| (3) | Tassle, | |
| (4) | Crown, | |
| (5) | Pike, | |
| (6) | Two rifles, | |
| (7) | Two bayonets, and | |
| (8) | Two scabbards. |
b. Corps Property:
| (1) | Sword - presented by LTCOL F.B. Wood, MBE; | |
| (2) | Sword - presented by RA Sigs Association, Victoria. and | |
| (3) | White leather belts (2). |
Commonwealth property is to be accounted for in accordance with MEMA, Corps property is to be accounted for in accordance with Corps Memorandum No 5.
1304. The Chief Instructor School of Signals is the custodian of the banner and is responsible for its security and maintenance. The banner is to be permanently displayed in the School of Signals when not being paraded on ceremonial occasions.
1305. The Director of Signals - Army is the sole approving authority for use of the banner. Requests for the use of the Corps Banner are to be submitted to the Director of Signals - Army through the Corps RSM.
1306. As a general principle, approval to use the banner will only be given for parades associated with significant and important Corps events. Such occasions could be significant unit birthdays, freedom of entry parades and Corps day parades involving a number of Corps units. Units could expect to parade the banner about once every three to four years.
1307. The Corps banner may be displayed at Regimental Dinners. It may be used by units out of the Simpson Barracks area for such only if the Banner is already in location for another activity, eg. a parade.
1308. The following conditions apply when approval is given for the loan of the banner to a unit for a ceremonial occasion:
a. The banner and accoutrements are to be transported in the transit case specifically made for the purpose;
b. The banner is to be escorted in transit by a minimum of two personnel;
c. The borrowing unit is responsible for arrangement of the escorts and provision of any travel and subsistence funding associated with the movement of the banner and its escorts; and
d. The borrowing unit is responsible for the care, accounting and security of the banner and accoutrements from the time of its removal from the School of Signals to its subsequent return.
1309. Procedures for handling the banner, on parade, are contained in the Drill Manual and the Ceremonial Manual.