CORPS MEMORANDUM NO 17
THE PRINCESS ROYAL TROPHY
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1701. 0n 6April 1940, His Excellency the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Gowrie, presented to the -Australian Corps of Signals a trophy on behalf of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, Princess Mary who was our Colonel-in-Chief at that time.
1702. 2nd Cavalry Division, as winners of the annual competition for the year 1938-39, received the trophy on behalf of the Corps from Lord Gowrie.
1703. The trophy is a silver statuette of Mercury (or Hermes) mounted on a wooden base.
1704. The trophy was initially awarded for an annual competition between units of the Australian Corps of Signals. The competition was a practical signalling test of varying skills according to unit role between Signals units of the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) (now Army Reserve) although regular units with a CMF component could also compete.
1705. The competition lapsed after 1967 and the winner in that year was 4 Signal Regiment. In 1984, an unsuccessful attempt was made to resurrect the competition.
1706. The trophy may be re-awarded in the future when a suitable competition, agreed by ARA, -ARES and composite RA Sigs units, is initiated by the Corps Committee.
1707. Currently the trophy is no longer competed for and is displayed in the School of Signals.
