The Adjutant General's Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services. As of 2002, the AGC had a staff of 7,000 people.

History

The corps was formed on 6 April 1992 through the amalgamation of several separate services:

Organisation

The AGC is organised into four branches:

Staff & Personnel Support (SPS) Branch

The SPS is the largest branch of the Adjutant General's Corps (AGC) and provides specialist HR, Finance, Accounting and ICT support to the British Army, during peacetime and on operations. Its personnel serve alongside and administer every unit in the British Army. The branch also provides clerical support to headquarters at all levels including various departments of the MOD Head Office in Whitehall and the Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) at Northwood working alongside counterparts in the Royal Navy and RAF, as well as in divisional and brigade headquarters and at unit and sub-unit level through Land Forces. When serving on operations as part of a formed units, soldiers in the branch are frequently used for base perimeter guard duties when not providing admin support thus allowing more infantry or other specialists to leave bases to conduct patrols or other specialist tasks on the ground.

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

France

In Revolutionary France, the adjudant-général was a senior staff officer, effectively an assistant to a general officer. It was a special position for lieutenant-colonels and colonels in staff service. Starting in 1795, only colonels could be appointed to the position. It was supplemented by the rank of adjudant-commandant in 1800. In 1803 the position was abolished and adjudants-généraux reverted to the rank of colonel.

Imperial Russia

In Imperial Russia, the General-Adjutant (Russian: Генерал-адъютант) was an assistant who attended the Tsar, a field marshal or a general.

India

In India the Adjutant-General is the senior administration officer for the Indian Army and reports to the Chief of Army Staff.

Pakistan

In Pakistan, the Adjutant-General and Judge Advocate General is the army's most senior administration and legal officer.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the Commander Personnel and Support Command is one of the most senior officers in the British Army. He is responsible for developing the Army's personnel policies and supporting its people.

The Adjutant-General of the Indian Army is the senior administration officer who reports to the Chief of Army Staff. Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal is the current Adjutant-General of the Indian Army.

Adjutants-General prior to Independence

Adjutants-General prior to Independence have included: