MCA

BEST STUDENT TROPHY RAF

This trophy was commissioned in memory of Major A C Rhodes WRAC.

Major Ann Rhodes WRAC (Women’s Royal Army Corps) served for 22 years in the Army, finally retiring in November 1961. She had been a life member of the Movement Control Officers Club (MCOC) and then the Movement Control Association (MCA) until her death in early 2009.

She is one of the few early females to have served in movements. We unfortunately have little of her service history. We do know that she spent time in mainly staff appointments working in Movements on the Liverpool Landing Stage from 1949 until late 1955, from there she was posted to Yeovil and then moved on to become involved in processing WRAC drafts through Southend Airport in 1958.

She retired to Beulah in Breconshire in 1961 on leaving the service, but kept up her interest in movements through the MCOC and the MCA.

She very kindly left a bequest in her will to the MCA to be used to foster the aims of the Association and encourage membership.

The Association purchased this trophy in her memory to be presented to the best student at the RAF Movements School.

The trophy is presented to the student who has demonstrated an outstanding level of academic ability, attitude, commitment and determination throughout the Basic Movements Training Course.  Has also set an excellent example to all Basic Movements Training students whilst at the Defence Movements School.  

The trophy will be be presented to Best Student after a panel of judges have decided on their overall performance on the Basic Movements Training Course, it will be  engraved with the name of the winner and held at the Defence Movements School in Brize Norton.     

The winning student will also be presented with a memento to keep.

                   Trophy for Best Student RAF                                                                                                      Memento for Best Student