| Defence School of Photography (DSoP) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 1972 (as Joint School of Photography) |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army Royal Air Force Royal Navy |
| Type | Defence training school |
| Role | Photographic training |
| Part of | Defence Intelligence Training Group |
| Location | RAF Cosford, Shropshire |
| Motto(s) | Luce Scribimus (Latin: (We) Write with light)[1][note 1] |
| Accreditations | British Institute of Professional Photography |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Edwin Hedges |
The Defence School of Photography (DSoP) is a training centre for all photographers drawn from the three arms of the British Military and the Civil Service.[note 2] The School has been located at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, England since 1963 and in its own purpose built building at Cosford since 1965. The school has gone through several iterations being firstly a Royal Flying Corps school, then a Royal Air Force School, then a Joint school before becoming the DSoP in 2003.
Its origins lie in the advent of the First World War, with training being developed as far back as 1912; the school lays claim to being the oldest technical training environment in the Royal Air Force, pre-dating the formation of the RAF itself.[2]
In 2003, the school was renamed as the Defence School of Photography which widened the scope on training it could offer across governmental agencies.[3] Since 2006 it has been under the command and control of the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC) at Chicksands alongside the Defence School of Intelligence (DSI), the Defence School of Languages (DSL) and the Royal School of Military Survey (RSMS).[4] In 2015, DISC was renamed as the Joint Intelligence Training Group (JITG)[5] which the DSoP still works under.
- ^ Pine, L G (1983). A dictionary of mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 132. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
- ^ Bennett, I (1978). "A history of RAF Cosford". RAF 60: 43.
- ^ Robinson, Tim (Autumn 2015). "100 Years of Continuous Military Photographic Training". Cosford Grapevine: 9. OCLC 751026701.
- ^ "Royal School of Military Survey". Joint Intelligence Training Group. Archived from the original on 5 June 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Bedfordshire - Joint Intelligence Training Group Chicksands". Sanctuary (44): 74. 2015. ISSN 0959-4132.
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