The Two Generals (Part One)

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Major General Davidson, the first of our 'Two Generals' died on 15 January 1973 at his home at 82 Chelsea Park Gardens, London.  Happily, he lived long enough to witness the gradual ascendency of the Corps he had fought so long and hard to preserve and nuture.  And perhaps it is no concidence that his eldest sond, Donald Leybourne Hugo Davidson, served in the Intelligence Corps in teh late 1940s, with 91 Field Security Section, British Troops Austra.

In 1985, the second of our 'Two Generals' was a 22 year old graduate of the University of York, newly promoted to lieutenant having completed his degree in politics on a university cadetship as a probationary second lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps.  That youn subaltern would go on to smash what was left of the Corps' glass ceiling and justify General Davidson's long-held belief, that the officers of the Intelligence Corps were second to none and could competed for the most senior positions in the British Army.

(To be continued in Part Two).

GBP 10.0000

KING'S CROWN - Stable Belt (Other Ranks)

sku Product SKU:  3004

Intelligence Corps Stable Belt with front metal buckle fastening

KING'S CROWN DESIGN

Belt width: 6.5cm or 2.5inches

Size Guidelines

Small - 24-28in / 62-72cm
Medium - 28-34in / 72-88cm
Large - 34-38in / 88-98cm
XL - 38-42in / 98-112cm

GBP 35.0000

Listening to the Enemy

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War Comes to a Cornish Village - St Erth Radio Station 1939-1964.

Shortlisted for the Holyer An Gof Publishers' Award 2023.

If you take the road out of St Erth and travel up the hill towards St Erth Praze, you could easily miss, on your right, a dilapidated single storey concrete building. It is in a field close by the edge  of the road. This is the guard/generator hut for a very secret and important MI6 Radio Listening Station. Together with its sister sites across the country, it had a profound effect on the outcome of World War 2.

Listening to the Enemy is a fascinating story of this Bletchley Part outstation. Over several years, Mike Griffiths has painstakingly researched the origins and purpose of this site. His father, Harry, was a radio operator at the station throughout the war and he recorded many of his contacts in a little black book - his 'Code Book'. This book - full of German and Italian radio nets, brevity codes and Double Agent call signs, encapsulates the role of Bletchley Park; the home of the Codebreakers. 

St Erith Radio Station and its sister sites were quite literally the ears of Bletchley Park.

GBP 12.5000

Footwear

sku Product SKU:  1983

ICA has a small range of second-hand Officer & OR pattern Intelligence Corps footwear. Shoes and boots range in size and condition. Prices vary accordingly. Please see below for items currently in stock.

FOR SALE

We currently have in stock:

1 x Officer pattern Service Dress Shoes (brown) Size: 9M   £20

1 x Officer pattern Service Dress Shoes (brown) Size: 9M   £20

1 x George Boots, black patent leather (as new) Size: 12 £50

1 x George Boots, black patent leather (elasticated ankle / slip-on)  Size: 9L £50

1 x George Boots, black (lace-up) Size: 10 £20

1 x George Boots, black (lace-up) Size: 7   £20

 

 

To enquire about purchasing any of these items, please contact ICA as below.

ICA  Bldg 200, Chicksands, Bedfordshire SG17 5PR

Mil: 94649 x2756

Civ: 01462 752756

Email: ica.admin@roseandlaurel.uk

 

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"Big Ted" Teddy Bear

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Approx. 12inches/30cm when seated

GBP 24.0000

"Little Ted" Teddy Bear

sku Product SKU:  5040

Approx. 5inches/13cm when seated

GBP 12.0000

No.1 Dress Uniforms - Used - For Hire or Purchase - Enquiries via ICA

sku Product SKU:  1982

FOR HIRE

ICA has a small range of Officer & OR pattern Intelligence Corps No.1 Dress tunics and trousers for HIRE. Unforms range in size and condition. Hire prices vary accordingly (average around £50 per item). Please note: we have only a very limited selection of ancillary items such as: detachable epaulettes, badges of rank, Sam Browne etc. 

FOR SALE

We currently have in stock:

1 x VGC Officer pattern No.1 Dress tunic - Chest 38/40 (100cm) Sleeve 26" (66cm)  - £175.00 - PROVISIONALLY SOLD (5 Feb 25)

1 x OR pattern No.1 Dress tunic - Chest 38/40 (100cm) Sleeve 26" (66cm) - £125

Officer and OR trousers of various sizes - £70

To enquire about hiring or purchasing any of these items, please contact ICA as below.

ICA  Bldg 200, Chicksands, Bedfordshire SG17 5PR

Mil: 94649 x2756

Civ: 01462 752756

Email: ica.admin@roseandlaurel.uk

 

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***** SALE! ***** Polo Shirt BLUE small

sku Product SKU:  4022

GBP 7.5000

***** SALE! ***** Polo Shirt MAROON sizes S & M only

sku Product SKU:  4021

GBP 7.5000

Intelligence Corps Mess Dress - New & Used - Enquiries via ICA

sku Product SKU:  1981

ICA has a range of Intelligence Corps Mess Dress uniforms for all ranks. Uniforms range from brand new to 'well-used'. Prices vary accordingly.

Items of uniform may be bought as a full set or individually (e.g. trousers only).

Prices:  Range from £50 for a waistcoat to £500 for an 'as new' Mess Dress (subject to availability)

FULL SETS 

We currently have the following COMPLETE mess dress uniforms in stock:

1 x As NEW male SNCO's Mess Dress - Size Chest 45, Sleeve 26" // Waist 38 IL 32 - £425 (PROVISIONALLY SOLD)

1 x VGC  male SNCO's Mess Dress - Size Chest 44", sleeve 25" // Waist 38" IL 34" - £350

1 x VGC male SNCO's Mess Dress - Size Chest 42", sleeve 26" // Waist 34" IL 33" - £350

1 x VGC male SNCO's Mess Dress - Size Chest 40" Sleeve 23" // Waist 30" IL 30.5" - £350

1 x Good Condition male SNCO's Mess Dress - Size Chest 44, Sleeve 27.5" // Waist 36 IL 33 - £325

1 x Good Condition male SNCO's Mess Dress - Size Chest 40, Sleeve 24.5" // Waist 31 IL 33 - £325

Other // Ancilliary items

1 x BNIB - White Marcella Shirt (Double Two brand) - Size 17" neck (RRP £44.99) - £24.99

SINGLE ITEMS OF CLOTHING

Prices for good condtion mess dress items, on average, are:

Jacket                  - £120             (RRP new - SNCO £395  -- Offr £670)

Dress                   - £120              (RRP new - £500)

Trousers              - £70                (RRP new - SNCO £185 -- Offr £250)

Waistcoat             - £45                (RRP new - SNCO £185 -- Offr £235)

To enquire about purchasing a mess dress, please contact ICA as below.

ICA  Bldg 200, Chicksands, Bedfordshire SG17 5PR

Mil: 94649 x2756

Civ: 01462 752756

Email: ica.admin@roseandlaurel.uk

 

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Chinese Hoards & Human Waves

sku Product SKU:  2014

The author, then a young Gunner officer, found himself in the midst of this very nasty war.  He describes in vivid detail the horrific conditions faced not just by all elements of the British contingent, but also the Canadian, Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans who fought so well.  The reader is given a clear insight of what it was like to be at the infamous Battle of the Hook, where UN troops held off ferocious massed attacks by the numerically superior Chinese.  Few outside the war zone realised just how appalling and dangerous conditions were.

As a qualified Chinese interpreter and, later, a senior military intelligence officer, the Author is well-placed to analyse the causes and implications of the War, the reasons for the Commonwealth becoming involved, the failure of Intelligence and how the bravery of American troops on the ground counter-balanced errors of policy in the conduct of the War.  The plight of prisoners-of-war, held with no regard for the Geneva Convention, is also scrutinised.

As well as being a rare and gripping personal memoir, Chinese Hordes and Human Waves provides a valuable insight into the broader issues surrounding this all-too-often forgotten conflict.

 

"Highly readable and written with great modesty"
British Army Review
" A highly recommended book that I found hard to put down"
Tank Magazine

"A detailed personal insight into the fierce fighting that went on in Korea during the early 1950s"

British Legion Magazine

GBP 12.9900

Women In Intelligence - from

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A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century
 
From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars, far from being a small part of covert operations, women ran spy networks and escape lines, parachuted behind enemy lines, and interrogated prisoners. And, back in Bletchley and Whitehall, women’s vital administrative work in MI offices kept the British war engine running.
 
In this major, panoramic history, Helen Fry looks at the rich and varied work women undertook as civilians and in uniform. From spies in the Belgian network “La Dame Blanche,” knitting coded messages into jumpers, to those who interpreted aerial images and even ran entire sections, Fry shows just how crucial women were in the intelligence mission. Filled with hitherto unknown stories, Women in Intelligence places new research on record for the first time and showcases the inspirational contributions of these remarkable women.

GBP 10.0000

No More Secrets

sku Product SKU:  2023

The incredible true story of the only woman to have worked during the Second World War as a codebreaker at both Bletchley Park and the Pentagon.

The only living World War II codebreaker to have helped to decipher both German and Japanese communications, Betty Webb tells her enthralling story of courage and secrecy in this unputdownable memoir.

Between 1941 and 1945 Betty Webb played a vital role in the top-secret efforts being made to decipher the secret communications of the Germans and later the Japanese. In 1945, as other members of the forces returned home from the war in Europe, she was sent to the Pentagon and was in Washington DC when the atomic bombs fell and when Eisenhower announced the end of the war.

Betty was unable to reveal the true nature of her work, even to her parents, until years later. In this fascinating book, she revisits the key moments of her life and recounts the incredible stories from her time at Bletchley Park.

"An engaging autobiography" - The Daily Telegraph

GBP 8.0000

Chicksands Priory

sku Product SKU:  2022

This book explores the ghostly happenings of one of Bedfordshire's most haunted buildings - Chicksands Priory.

Paranormal historian, Damien O’Dell, has published his findings about the facts and myths of the site over the past 1,000 years. Readers can delve into 'Chicksands Priory - England’s Most Haunted House?', and step into the building's clandestine history.

 

GBP 12.5000

In the Shadows

sku Product SKU:  2021

With a Foreword by Lord Hague of Richmond The Intelligence Corps is one of the smallest and most secretive elements of the British Army. It has existed in various guises since the early twentieth century, but it was only formally constituted in July 1940. In this book, Michael Ashcroft tells the astonishing stories of some of its most courageous and ingenious figures, who have operated all over the world from the First World War to the present day. Whether carrying out surveillance work on the street, monitoring and analysing communications, working on overseas stakeouts, receiving classified information from a well-placed contact or interrogating the enemy in the heat of war, a hugely diverse range of people have served in the Corps, often supplementing their individual professional skills with original thinking and leadership in the name of the Crown. This book pays tribute to them and shows why, in the words of the 1st Duke of Marlborough, 'No war can be conducted successfully without early and good intelligence.'

GBP 15.0000

Umbrella - Telescopic style

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GBP 35.0000

Book - Objects from the Military Intelligence Museum

sku Product SKU:  2020

This book focuses on telling a history of British Military intelligence from the 19th Century to the most recent campaigns by describing some objects lodged in the Military Intelligence Museum and the Archives at Chicksands in Bedfordshire and then telling the story behind them or explaining why the object is of historical interest.

GBP 12.0000

Setting the Med Ablaze

sku Product SKU:  2009

If you like finding out what really happened in the secret Second World War, you will enjoy Setting the Med Ablaze.
In the tradition of Ben MacIntyre and Antony Beevor, it tells the story of the secret Mediterranean base called Massingham. Americans, Brits, French, Italians and Spaniards operated undercover together to defeat Hitler. The subversion and sabotage they spearheaded was crucial to undermining Fascist power in Italy, France and the Mediterranean.
It wasn't easy. Often, they mistrusted each other as much as their common foe.
But it worked. The men and women of Massingham found the courage to rise above the political differences of their capitals. The lives of brave agents were in their hands: parachuting on to a moonlit field, rowing from a silent submarine to a blacked-out beach or transmitting from a clandestine radio.
Discover Massingham's role in Italy's surrender, the conquest of the Mediterranean islands and 'the other D-Day' in Southern France.

GBP 16.0000

Silk Cravat - Corps Colours

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GBP 30.0000

Behind the Enigma

sku Product SKU:  2017

In this first-ever authorised history of the ultra-secret Government Communications Headquarters, Professor John Ferris digs deep into the past of Britain's biggest cyber-intelligence agency.

You know about MI5. You know about MI6. Now uncover the mystery behind Britain's most secretive intelligence agency, in the first ever authorised history of GCHQ.

For a hundred years, GCHQ - Government Communications Headquarters - has been at the forefront of innovation in national security and British secret statecraft. Famed for its codebreaking achievements during the Second World War, and essential to the Allied victory, GCHQ also held a critical role in both the Falklands War and Cold War. Today, amidst the growing threats of terrorism and online crime, GCHQ continues to be the UK's leading intelligence, security and cyber agency, and a powerful tool of the British state.

Based on unprecedented access to classified archives, Behind the Enigma is the first book to authoritatively tell the entire history of this most unique and enigmatic of organisations - and peer into its future at the heart of the nation's security.

GBP 13.5000

General Staff Cloth Cap Badge

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Embroidered General Staff cloth cap badge on Cypress Green felt for INT CORPS beret

GBP 8.0000

Corps Blazer - By Request

sku Product SKU:  1980

Greetings Card - Blank - Plain

sku Product SKU:  8002

GBP 0.5000

Coaster - King's Crown design

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Hardboard coaster decorated with the Corps badge.

GBP 3.5000