25-452: SASC can refer to: Small Arms School Corps United States Senate Committee on Armed Services South American Sailing Confederation South Australian Supreme Court Sydney Amateur Sailing Club Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SASC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
50-459: A permanent depot and a geographical recruiting area. One battalion was to be on "foreign" and one on "home" service at any time. It was originally proposed that the 97th be paired with the 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) with a depot at Guildford in Surrey . This proved controversial, the 97th Foot still being regarded as an Irish regiment with no connection to England. The pairing
75-544: A shooting doctrine for instruction in rifle shooting it was decided to form a special corps of experts, who would also develop and improve the rifles and those whom use them. In March 1853, the Army Estimates included the sum of £1,000 (about £127,800 today ) for Lord Hardinge to form an "Establishment for the instruction of the Army in rifle and target practice." In June 1853, Colonel Hay arrived at Hythe , Kent, with
100-482: A small staff of officers. On 1 August, the first instructor, Colour Sergeant MacKay of the 19th Foot , was appointed. By 15 September, a further three instructors were on strength. They were Sergeant Ruston (3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards ), Sergeant Lobes (2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards) and Sergeant Morris ( 97th Regiment ). The first mention of the establishment of the school was in the Army List of 1854 when it
125-612: Is a small corps of the British Army , established in 1853 by Lord Hardinge . Its personnel provide advice and instruction to infantry weapon trainers throughout the army, in order to maintain proficiency in the use of small arms and support weapons, and in range management. Prior to 1838, the majority of British soldiers were issued with the " Brown Bess " Land Pattern Musket, a smooth-bore, muzzle loading black powder flintlock musket which had seen service in one form or another since 1722. In 1849, Claude-Étienne Minié produced
150-652: The 23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot . The regiment returned to England in May 1853. By March 1854 it seemed inevitable that war would break out with the Russian Empire , and the 97th Foot were ordered to "hold themselves in readiness" to proceed to the Crimea . The regiment formed part of an expeditionary force that left Southampton in May 1854. They found themselves diverted to Greece , where they formed part of an Anglo-French occupation force suppressing
175-687: The East India Company . In July it was announced that the 97th were among six infantry battalions to be sent to India as reinforcements. The regiment arrived in Bombay in November 1857. In April 1858 they joined the British forces that lifted the Siege of Lucknow . The regiment subsequently took part in minor operations at Fort Nusrutpore, Chanda, Umeerpore and Sultanpore before the ending of
200-895: The Maxim gun , these were replaced by the Vickers machine gun shortly after formation of the Corps. In 1919, the name of the School of Musketry at Hythe was changed to the Small Arms School. In 1926, the school expanded to include the Machine Gun School at Netheravon , in 1931 absorbing the Chemical Warfare School at Winterbourne Gunner as the Anti-Gas Wing. On the occasion of the centenary of
225-507: The Minié rifle , although still a muzzle loader three important advances were incorporated. Firstly, it has a rifled bore; secondly used an expanding bullet that improved accuracy out to 600 yd (550 m) and greatly reduced reloading time; and thirdly incorporated percussion cap ignition of the black powder charge. Re-equipment of the army with this new firearm, which was adopted in 1851, continued through to 1855. The consequence of this
250-814: The Seven Years' War , the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars . On 30 March the headquarters of the regiment were moved to Winchester , by which time recruiting parties were active throughout the United Kingdom . By June 1824 the regiment had been brought up to full strength. The bulk of the regiment was recruited in Ireland, and it was initially regarded as an Irish unit. This led to it being given sky blue facings derived from
275-799: The Uprising in Epirus . In November 1854 they were selected as one of six infantry battalions to form reinforcements for the forces in the Crimea. The 97th Foot landed at Balaklava on 20 November 1854. They took part in the Siege of Sevastopol and the Battle of the Great Redan . It was on 22 March 1855, during the Siege of Sevastopol, that Captain Hedley Vicars of the 97th lost his life. Vicars
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#1732779617914300-635: The British Army. Volunteers transfer to the SASC from all arms and services, although primarily from the Infantry. 97th (The Earl of Ulster%27s) Regiment of Foot The 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army , formed in 1824 and amalgamated into the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) in 1881. In 1823 and 1824 the size of the British Army
325-598: The Corps in 1953, March of the Bowmen from the Robin Hood Suite by Frederic Curzon was adopted as the Corps March. In 1969, the school moved from Hythe to the Army training establishment at Warminster (now Waterloo Lines ), and was joined in 1995 by the wing from Netheravon. The headquarters of the SASC remains at Warminster to this day. The first badge of the school was crossed rifles surmounted by
350-645: The United Kingdom in 1836, arriving at Portsmouth aboard HMS Jupiter in September. From 1836 to 1841 the regiment was stationed at various garrisons in England and Ireland. In 1841 the regiment sailed from Cork for the Ionian Islands , and was stationed at Corfu until 1847. They moved to Malta in 1847 before departing for Halifax, Nova Scotia in the following year, relieving
375-731: The art of the use of long arms to this day is sometimes known as musketry. A separate school of musketry was established at the North Euston Hotel in Fleetwood in 1861, but it closed after just six years. Machine Gun Training Centres had been established in 1914 at Grantham and by the BEF in Wisques , France. This was followed on 14 October 1915 by the creation of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Originally equipped with
400-526: The colour of the ribbon of the Order of St Patrick . The colour of the facings led to the 97th gaining the nickname The Celestials . The Irish connection was reinforced in September 1826 when the regiment was granted the additional title of "Earl of Ulster's". This was an additional title in the Peerage of Ireland borne by Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany . The Latin motto Quo fas et gloria ducunt
425-743: The conflict in June 1858. The 97th remained in India until 1867. They returned to the United Kingdom, spending six years at various stations in England and Ireland. In May 1873 the regiment sailed from Queenstown for the West Indies. They were stationed in Jamaica from 1873 to 1875 and in Bermuda from 1875 to 1877. In March 1872 a major reorganisation of the line infantry was announced. All single-battalion regiments of foot were to be paired, sharing
450-593: The king's crown. In 1929, the badge merged with that of the Machine Gun Corps, which consisted of two crossed Vickers machine guns , surmounted by the king's crown. This led to the current cap badge being created: a Vickers machine gun, surmounted by a crown and surrounded by a laurel wreath. The title Small Arms School Corps came into being at this time. The SASC does not directly recruit civilians, and only accepts applications from soldiers who are already qualified Skill at Arms (Weapons) Instructors serving in
475-405: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SASC&oldid=1045872450 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Small Arms School Corps The Small Arms School Corps (SASC)
500-569: Was eventually changed, with the 97th being linked with the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot . The 97th's Irish connection was ended, however, with the two regiments assigned to district no. 46 at Maidstone Barracks and a "sub-district" consisting of part of the county of Kent . On 1 August 1881, under the Childers Reforms , the 50th and 97th Foot became the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) . Following further amalgamations in 1961, 1966 and 1992, its lineage
525-703: Was granted to the regiment in the following month. Soon after its formation the 97th Foot was ordered to Ceylon to relieve the 45th (Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot . They arrived in 1825, and were to spend 11 years on the island. In November 1832, the regiment's cricket team played the Colombo Cricket Club at the Rifle Green in Colombo , in the first recorded cricket match in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) . The regiment returned to
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#1732779617914550-440: Was increased by the raising of six regiments of foot , numbered the 94th-99th. The raising of the 97th Regiment was authorised by a royal warrant dated 25 March 1824: the colonelcy was given to Major General Sir James Lyon , with the headquarters to be established at Gosport . It was the sixth regiment of foot to have borne the number "97", the others having been short-lived war-raised units that existed at various periods during
575-485: Was mentioned in despatches on 6 April by Lord Raglan, and was the subject of a posthumous book . The regiment suffered heavy casualties, with two members subsequently being awarded the newly created Victoria Cross in 1857: Following the end of the war, the 97th Regiment returned to England, arriving in July 1856. The 97th Foot's time in England was to be short: in May 1857 a rebellion broke out among native soldiers of
600-508: Was referred to as the School of Musketry . In September 1855, a corps of Instructors was added to the establishment, consisting of 100 First Class and 100 Second Class Instructors who, as soon as they were sufficiently experienced (except for three who remained at Hythe), were distributed to Depot Battalions and Regiments as required. These men were the Corps of Instructors of Musketry, a misnomer as muskets were being withdrawn from service – yet
625-425: Was that the army now had a weapon that was more accurate, at a longer range, was quicker to load and was marginally safer for the user as to ignition. For the first time since the demise of the bow and arrow, lethal marksmanship was possible. Shooting ceased to be a drill and became an art based on personal skill. Elevation, windage and ballistics now played a part. In order to study these new problems and introduce
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