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Royal Observer Corps Recruitment
A variety of recruitment methods were used for the Corps, but probably most recruits came from word-of-mouth.Occasionally there were newspaper adverts, and also the ROC was sometimes included in recruitment materials for the other services.
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Join the Royal Observer Corps 1977
Fig.1 -ROC poster 1962
Fig.2 -ROC recruitment leaflet 1959
Fig.3 -ROC recruitment leaflet 1963
Fig.4 -ROC recruitment leaflet 1988