In 1938 Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Secretary of State for War, appointed Sir Isidore Salmon as Honorary Catering Adviser for the Army.

[1] Salmon produced a report recommending various reforms including the appointment of Richard Byford (a former catering manager at Trust House Hotels) as Chief Inspector of Army Catering and the creation of a school of catering at St. Omer Barracks in Aldershot in 1938.

[1] His report also led to the formation of the Army Catering Corps as part of the Royal Army Service Corps in March 1941.

[6] Two members of the Army Catering Corps were killed while off duty in the Droppin Well bombing in 1982.

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