22-405: Intelligence Corps can refer to: Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom) Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army) Directorate of Military Intelligence (Ireland) New Zealand Intelligence Corps Australian Army Intelligence Corps Canadian Intelligence Corps Israeli Intelligence Corps [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
44-525: A distinctive cypress green beret with a cap badge consisting of a union rose (a red rose with a white centre) between two laurel branches and surmounted by a crown. Their motto is Manui Dat Cognitio Vires ("Knowledge gives Strength to the Arm"). The corps' quick march is The Rose & Laurel while its slow march is Henry Purcell 's Trumpet Tune & Ayre . Within the British Army, soldiers of
66-846: A few days after the fall of Rome in June 1944 to identify and reimburse Italian civilians who had assisted Allied escapees. Throughout the Cold War , Intelligence Corps officers and NCOs (with changed insignia) were posted behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany , to join in the intelligence-gathering activities of the British Commanders'-in-Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany ( Brixmis ). Many members of
88-707: A few matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club and one each for the Royal Navy cricket team and a "Gentlemen of England" team; he played in other non-first-class matches for both MCC and the Navy sides. Montgomery was a middle-order right-handed batsman and an occasional bowler whose bowling style is not known. He was educated at Marlborough College where he played in the annual match at Lord's against Rugby School in both 1897 and 1898. He made his first-class debut in two matches for Somerset in 1901. In
110-547: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom) The Intelligence Corps ( Int Corps ) is a corps of the British Army . It is responsible for gathering, analysing and disseminating military intelligence and also for counter-intelligence and security. The Director of the Intelligence Corps is a brigadier . In
132-871: The Army Training Centre Pirbright , or the Army Training Regiment , Winchester. OPMI/OPTI soldiers then will complete a 20-week special-to-arm training at Templer Training Delivery Wing, Chicksands, at the end of which they are promoted to Lance Corporal and posted to a battalion . Intelligence Corps battalions are under the command of the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group within Field Army Troops . Hugh Montgomery (Royal Marines officer) Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Ferguson Montgomery CMG DSO (6 May 1880 – 10 December 1920)
154-916: The Distinguished Service Order medal. His Commonwealth War Graves Commission citation says that he was mentioned in despatches six times. In 1920, Montgomery was seconded to the British Army Intelligence Corps in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence . He was part of the Cairo Gang , a group of British spymasters whose deaths were ordered by Michael Collins as part of Bloody Sunday . On 21 November 1920, Collins' Twelve Apostles entered Montgomery's lodgings at 28 Pembroke Street and shot him. Montgomery died of his wounds almost three weeks later. He
176-759: The Mediterranean Theatre were debriefing and interrogation of high-ranking prisoners of war in East Africa following Mussolini 's invasion of Abyssinia ("Eldoret" P.O.W. Camp no. 365 being one example), counter-intelligence operations following Operation Husky the Allied invasion of Sicily in August 1943, and implementation of the Allied Screening Commission. The commission was established by Field-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander
198-598: The 19th century, British intelligence work was undertaken by the Intelligence Department of the War Office . An important figure was Sir Charles Wilson , a Royal Engineer who successfully pushed for reform of the War Office's treatment of topographical work. In the early 1900s intelligence gathering was becoming better understood, to the point where a counter-intelligence organisation ( MI5 )
220-647: The Intelligence Corps are often referred to as Green Slime, or sometimes simply 'Slime', due to the colour of their beret. Their headquarters, formerly at Maresfield Camp, East Sussex , then Templer Barracks at Ashford, Kent , moved in 1997 to MOD Chicksands in Bedfordshire along with the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC). DISC was renamed as Joint Intelligence Training Group in January 2015. The Intelligence Corps Museum
242-598: The Intelligence Corps served in Northern Ireland during " the Troubles ". Units such as the Military Reaction Force , Special Reconnaissance Unit , Force Research Unit and 14 Intelligence Company contained Corps soldiers and officers. On 1 February 1985 the corps was officially declared an 'Arm' (combat support) instead of a 'Service' (rear support). Intelligence Corps personnel wear
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#1732765836553264-533: The first, against the South Africans he made 1 and 0. He did marginally better a few weeks later with scores of 7 and 8 in the match against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club . He then made irregular appearances for Somerset until 1909, playing more than a couple of matches only in the 1904 season. In this year he made his only score of 50, reaching that exact score when opening the second innings as Somerset lost heavily to Sussex County Cricket Club . It
286-560: The highly-effective Long Range Desert Group , and Corps officer Lt Col Peter Clayton was one of the four founders of the Special Air Service (SAS). Around 40 per cent of British Army personnel at Bletchley Park were in the Intelligence Corps. The Combined Allied Intelligence Corps as it was known in Malta, began recruiting in 1940 following Italy's entry into the war on the side of Germany. Among its many responsibilities in
308-772: The only first-class match in this series he played in was his last first-class match in 1912. Montgomery served with the Royal Navy but by 1916 during the First World War he was seconded to the General Staff as a brevet Major serving in the Royal Marine Light Infantry at the Admiralty. In 1917 he was promoted to be a temporary lieutenant-colonel and the citation in the London Gazette records that he has by this time been awarded
330-510: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intelligence_Corps&oldid=877793739 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
352-652: Was a British first-class cricketer and Royal Marine Light Infantry officer. Montgomery was born in India and was a cousin of Field Marshal Montgomery . He died as a result of wounds he sustained in the Bloody Sunday assassination of high-ranking British intelligence officers by the Irish Republican Army in the Irish War of Independence . Montgomery played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1901 and 1909. He also played
374-416: Was a senior Staff Officer serving with Irish Command ( Brevet Lieut-Colonel Hugh Montgomery ), three policemen (all former British military), two civilians (all former British military) and one local civilian. Following the war the Intelligence Corps was gradually scaled down and disbanded entirely in 1929; intelligence matters were left to individual unit officers. On 19 July 1940 a new Intelligence Corps
396-513: Was created by Army Order 112 and has existed since that time. The Army had been unprepared for collecting intelligence for deployment to France, and the only intelligence had been collected by Major Sir Gerald Templer . The Corps trained operatives to parachute at RAF Ringway ; some of these were then dropped over France as part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Intelligence Corps officers were involved in forming
418-615: Was created in 1969, and later renamed as the Military Intelligence Museum, now also at Chicksands. Because the museum is on a working military base, it can be visited by appointment only. The corps has a particularly high proportion of commissioned officers , many of them commissioned from the ranks, and also a high percentage of female members. Non-commissioned personnel join as an Operator Military Intelligence (OPMI) or Operator Military Technical Intelligence (OPTI). They do basic 14-week military training at either
440-541: Was formed by the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DoMI) under Captain (later Major-General) Vernon Kell ; overseas intelligence gathering began in 1912 by MI6 under Commander (later Captain) Mansfield Smith-Cumming . Although the first proposals to create an intelligence corps came in 1905, the first Intelligence Corps was formed in August 1914 and originally included only officers and their servants. It left for France on 12 August 1914. The Royal Flying Corps
462-483: Was formed to monitor the ground, and provided aerial photographs for the Corps to analyse. During the Irish War of Independence , Intelligence Corps operatives were used to monitor the Irish Republican Army . On Bloody Sunday (1920) 15 British Military Officers and civilians were shot and killed during multiple attacks in Dublin. Of the 15 killed six were Army Intelligence Officers, two were Courts Martial Officers, one
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#1732765836553484-485: Was in 1904 as well that he took his only first-class wickets, five in all, with a best return of two for 17 against Hampshire County Cricket Club . As well as playing odd games for Somerset, he also appeared in most seasons in a couple of matches for MCC, though none of these matches were first-class until 1907. Similarly, he played for the Royal Navy cricket team against the British Army cricket team from 1908, but
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