Transfer of the Freedom of Entry to the City to the Corps
Print from an oil painting by Julian Barrow, 1996
This painting depicts the Adjutant General’s Corps exercising their right to march through the city in 1996.
The Adjutant General’s Corps (AGC) was created in 1992 from the merging of the Royal Army Pay Corps, the Corps of Royal Military Police, the Military Provost Staff Corps, The Royal Army Educational Corps and the Army Legal Corps.
The Freedom of Entry to the City of Winchester was originally bestowed upon the Royal Army Pay Corps in 1970 and the honour was transferred to the AGC with the merger. The Royal Army Pay Corps had been based in Devizes but after HMS Ariel closed in 1960 they moved to the former military airfield at Worthy Down near Winchester. Worthy Down continues to be the home of the Adjutant General’s Corps headquarters. The Adjutant General’s Corps have their own museum in the former Guard House to the Peninsula Barracks, Winchester.
Julian Barrow
Julian Barrow studied painting in Florence and is best known for his landscapes and paintings of country houses.
This painting was presented to the City by the Adjutant General's Corps.
This picture is copyright of the artist and has been reproduced here with their permission.
