Umbrella - Golf style

sku Product SKU:  5033

PLEASE NOTE - SHIPPING COSTS FOR THIS UMBRELLA ! Due to product dimensions and constraints, a higher shipping fee of £10.45 is applied to cover delivery costs. Alternatively, customers are welcome to collect from ICA if able to do so.

GBP 25.0000

Engraved Cufflinks

sku Product SKU:  5011

Engraved with Corps Badge

Dimensions: Diameter 1.5cm

GBP 20.0000

Coaster - King's Crown design

sku Product SKU:  5111

Hardboard coaster decorated with the Corps badge.

GBP 3.5000

Greetings Card - Blank - Plain

sku Product SKU:  8002

Comes with individual plain white envelope

GBP 1.0000

Corps Blazer - By Request

sku Product SKU:  1980

General Staff Cloth Cap Badge

sku Product SKU:  3017

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

GBP 8.0000

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

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

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

Umbrella - Telescopic style

sku Product SKU:  5039

GBP 35.0000

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

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.

A World War II codebreaker who 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

Women In Intelligence - from

sku Product SKU:  2024

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

Chinese Hordes & 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

Intelligence Corps Mess Dress - New & Used - Temperate & Tropical 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 £45 for a waistcoat to £500 for an 'as new' Mess Dress (subject to availability)

FULL SETS 

NEW IN STOCK -  We now have a selection of TROPICAL Mess Kit including full sets (Jacket, Trousers and Cummerbund) for Lt Col, WO2 and SSgt plus other singular items.

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

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Ref: MDF03 - As NEW female SNCO Mess Dress - Size 10 jacket with Sgt rank - Dress length 52" - £500

Ref: MDF01 - VGC female Officer Mess Dress - Size 8 dress length 50" (5' 1" to 5'4") with Capt pips - £325

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Male Offr/WO1 Mess Dress

Ref: MD09 - Good Condition Officer Mess Dress - Size Chest 40" Sleeve 25" // Waist 32" IL 33" - £250

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Male SNCO/WO2 Mess Dress

Ref: MD03 - VGC SNCO Mess Dress - Size Chest 36" Sleeve 24" // Waist 35" IL 31" - £300

Ref MD04 - VGC SNCO Mess Dress - Size Chest 40" Sleeve 23" // Waist 36" IL 29" - £300

Ref MD05 - GC SNCO Mess Dress - Size Chest 40" Sleeve 23" // Waist 33" IL 28" - £200

Ref MD06 - GC SNCO Mess Dress - Size Chest 36" Sleeve 23.5" // Waist 32" IL 30" - £250

Ref MD07 - GC SNCO Mess Dress - Size Chest 38" Sleeve 23.5" // Waist 32" IL 26" - £250

Ref MD08 - GC SNCO Mess Dress - Size Chest 40" Sleeve 23" // Waist 37" IL 28" - £275

Other // Ancilliary items

George Boots // Wellington Boots - See separate FOOTWEAR section

SINGLE ITEMS OF CLOTHING

We have a good selection of individual items of Mess Dress. Prices for good condition items on average, are:

Jacket                  - £125             (RRP new - SNCO £395  -- Offr £670)

Dress                   - £125              (RRP new - £500)

Trousers              - £75                (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

John at:

Email: ica.admin@roseandlaurel.uk

 

GBP 0.0000

***** SALE! ***** Polo Shirt MAROON size S only

sku Product SKU:  4021

GBP 7.5000

The Two Generals (Part One)

sku Product SKU:  2026

The Intelligence Corps was formed in July 1940 but on the understanding that it would be disbanded after the war. The fact that it continues to exist today is down to the foresight and determination of one man – Major General F H N Davidson, a highly decorated Royal Artillery officer who served as Director of Military Intelligence between 1940 and 1944 and then as Colonel Commandant of the Corps between 1952 and 1960. Recognising the need for an Intelligence Corps in peacetime, in preparation for any future conflicts, Davidson fought the War Office to preserve the Corps, in the face of strong opposition, when the war ended and won. Later, while Colonel Commandant of the Corps in the 1950s, he fought the War Office again, still facing strong opposition, this time to remove the ban on Regular officers being allowed into the Corps and his determination led to the ‘First 100’ Regular officers being transferred and/or commissioned into the Corps. It was this move that enabled to the Corps to develop into the organisation it is today.

This book charts the biographical background of Major General Davidson and details his two successful skirmishes with the War Office on behalf of the Intelligence Corps and the development of the Corps between 1945 and the early 1980s.

(Note:  Part Two will cover the development of the Corps from the 1980s to the present day, through the eyes of an Intelligence Corps officer whose career in the Corps would lead to his elevation to 4* General, thus justifying Major General Davidson’s belief that officers of the Intelligence Corps were second to none and could compete for the most senior positions in the British Army).

GBP 10.0000

The Story of Rena Stewart

sku Product SKU:  2027

Soldier, journalist and centenarian; a triple badge of honour, especially for a woman.  Introducing Rena Stewart (1923-2023), a remarkable, 100-year-old Bletchley Park Girl who translated Hitler's will and blazed a trail for women at the BBC.  The Story of  Rena Stewart narrates Rena's fascinating tale, in her own words, and is a testament to a life that was seriously well lived. 

GBP 18.0000

In the Name of the Rose

sku Product SKU:  2028

This is the story of those 287 members of the Corps who have been killed in action or died of wounds, accidents or sickness while on active service or operational deployment since its formation.  Members of the Corps served in all Intelligence-related disciplines in every theatre of the Second World War and in all the post-1945 wars, campaigns and deployments. Some members served on ‘Special Duties’, with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Political Warfare Executive (PWE) and the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS - otherwise known as MI6): many paid the ultimate price, with some killed in action and others suffering degradation, torture, and a slow death in Nazi concentration camps. In addition, our officers and soldiers served on attachment to the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), the Special Air Service (SAS), Special Boat Squadron (SBS) and even the exotically-named ‘Levant Schooner Flotilla.’ A total of 249 members of the Corps died during the war and in the immediate aftermath.

Since the end of the war, Intelligence Corps personnel have seen continuing active service in conventional warfare, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorist and peacekeeping missions across the globe. In Palestine, Korea, Suez, Malaya, Borneo, Cyprus, Kenya, Oman, Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the Gulf War, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq, and Afghanistan - members of the Corps have proudly worn the ‘Rose & Laurel’ cap badge and displayed the professionalism and dedication that has become synonymous with it. In these operations a further 38 members of the Corps gave their lives.

The story of each casualty includes detailed biographical and service information, for which the author was granted special unrestricted access to their service files. Each story is set in the wider context of the war or campaign/deployment in which they died and details the circumstances of their death.

This book provides a unique and comprehensive record of those men and women of the Corps who made the ultimate sacrifice while engaged on active service.

GBP 15.0000

Spymaster

sku Product SKU:  2029

Historian and biographer Helen Fry is the author (for Yale) of MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two (2020), The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operations of World War II (2019), and The London Cage: The Secret History of Britain's WWII Interrogation Centre (2017). 

He books focus on intelligence, prisoners of war, and the social history of World War II. Helen undertakes consultancy work for documentary companies and appears frequently in TV interviews and documentaries, and has engaged in wider historical projects, including adult education and as ambassador for the Military Intelligence Museum.

GBP 10.0000

Scrunchie

sku Product SKU:  4016

GBP 10.0000

The White Lady

sku Product SKU:  2030

Intelligence gathering was essential in both world wars, and networks in occupied Belgium were at the heart of MI6's efforts.  In the First World War, agents in La Dame Blanche - the White Lady - acted as couriers, radio operators and spies to undermine and frustrate German control. And then, when war broke out again two decades later, the leaders of that same network regrouped and established a successor; the Clarence Service.

Helen Fry charts the extraordinary achievements of these pivotal groups.  Drawing on recently declassified files, Fry examines who the agents were, how there were recruited, and what impact the information they gathered had on the outcome of both wars.

This is a compelling account of the agents who risked their lives and found ingenious ways to smuggle intelligence out of occupied Europe.

GBP 17.0000

A Pansy Resting on its Laurels - PRIVATE

sku Product SKU:  2031

A story about an Intelligence Corps soldier going through training at Ashford.

Everyone has heard of MI5 and MI6, but what about plain old MI? 

Jon Conwyn had heard of it, but had no idea what they actually did. He had served in the infantry and even gone to Sandhurst, but nothing held his interest, so he was not on the lookout for something new.  Many people fancy themselves as an international spy, but in truth, the Intelligence Corps is more Harry Palmer than James Bond; working in the shadows and pitting your wits against an unseen foe.

Jon figured that the only way to find out what life in Military Intelligence was actually like was to join them.

GBP 9.0000

Lanyard

sku Product SKU:  3018

GBP 7.5000