Editing Wimbledon Championships (section)

===Services stewards===
[[File:Wimbledon_scoreboard.jpg|thumb|right|A Royal Marines Commando as a services steward in 2005]]

Prior to the Second World War, members of the [[Brigade of Guards]] and retired members of the [[Royal Artillery]] performed the role of stewards. In 1946 the AELTC offered employment to wartime servicemen returning to civilian life during their demobilisation leave. Initially, this scheme extended only to the [[Royal Navy]], followed by the [[British Army]] in 1947 and the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1949. In 1965 [[London Fire Brigade]] members joined the ranks of stewards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ArmyWestMidlands/posts/590494050995421  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/550154565029370/590494050995421 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Follow my blog as a steward at Wimbledon |publisher=Army West Midlands }}{{cbignore}}</ref> The service stewards, wearing uniform, are present in Centre Court and No.'s 1, 2, 3, 12 and 18 courts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Leigh |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/wimbledon-fans-show-pride-in-armed-forces |title=Wimbledon fans show pride in Armed Forces |work=Defence News |date=2 July 2010 |access-date=10 July 2016 |location=London |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819044914/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/wimbledon-fans-show-pride-in-armed-forces |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, 595 Service and London Fire Brigade stewards attended.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/atoz/faq_and_facts_and_figures.html |title=Wimbledon – Facts and Figures |publisher=[[AELTC]] |website=www.wimbledon.com |access-date=10 July 2016 |archive-date=14 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614124314/http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/atoz/faq_and_facts_and_figures.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Only enlisted members of the Armed Forces may apply for the role, which must be taken as leave, and half of each year's recruits must have stewarded at Wimbledon before. The AELTC pays a subsistence allowance to servicemen and women working as stewards to defray their accommodation costs for the period of the Championships. The Service Stewards are not to be confused with the 185 Honorary Stewards.