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Royal Logistic Corps

Least said, and, probably, soonest mended. "By the light of the silvery moon, they work their magic to bring the rest of the Army everything it needs to function." Or at least that's what the recruiting blurb says.

[edit] Corps Motto

We Piss Stain'

[edit] History

Formed in 1993 from an amalgamation of the Royal Corps of Transport, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the Army Catering Corps, The Royal Engineers Postal Courier Service, oh aye, and the Royal Pioneer Corps. The RLC (Rather Lovely Crowd or Rather Large Corps) has taken on the task of Supply and Combat Service Support for the rest of the British Army. Aren't we lucky boys and girls? But some of us know better!

Our forming Corps nicknames included:

Royal Corps of Transport:

Real Cool Truckers Rice Crispie Tasters (cheers Mr Kellogg) Rickshaws, Cabs & Taxis (shades of the far east here methinks Really Large Corp Real Lesbian Corp

Royal Army Ordnance Corps:

Royal Airborne Overseas Commandos (those foolish supply rascals!) Recruit Any Old Cnut (much better) Remember Always Over Charge (Ok, I made this up, but they would do it lol!) Rag And Oil Company

Army Catering Corps:

Always Cooking Crap (Which is not true really...) Almost Catering Certified (again made it up, but it has a certain ring!). Andy Capp's Commandos. Aldershot Concrete Company

Royal Pioneer Corps:

Chunkies, Gravediggers, Cubes (metric form),

Postal Courier Service (formerly part of The Royal Engineers):

Any Suggestions? How's about Patties (as in Postman Pat)?

[edit] Battle Honours

• Peninsula
• Taku Forts
• Waterloo
• Lucknow
• Pekin.

[edit] Holders of The Victoria Cross (Forming Corps)

The following members of units which combined to form the RLC have been awarded the Victoria Cross

• Farrier M Murphy VC 15 April 1858 Military Train

• Pte S Morley VC 15 April 1858 Military Train

• AC J L Dalton VC 22 January 1879 C&T Dept

• 2Lt A C Herring VC 23 March 1918 ASC

• Pte R G Masters VC 9 April 1918 ASC

[edit] RLC Units - Regular Army

RLC Major Units

• 1 Logistic Support Regiment RLC - 1 LSR RLC - Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh.
• 2 Logistic Support Regiment RLC - 2 LSR RLC - Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh.
• 3 Close Support Regiment RLC - 3 CS Regt RLC - Dalton Barracks, Abingdon.
• 4 General Support Regiment RLC - 4 GS Regt RLC - Dalton Barracks, Abingdon.
• 5 Training Regiment RLC - 5 Trg Regt RLC - Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham.
• 6 Supply Regiment RLC - 6 Sup Regt RLC - Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh and Tower Barracks, Dulmen.
• 7 Transport Regiment RLC - 7 Tpt Regt RLC - Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld.
• 8 Transport Regiment RLC - 8 Tpt Regt RLC - Marne Barracks, Catterick.
• 9 Supply Regiment RLC - 9 Sup Regt RLC - Buckley Barracks, Hullavington near Chippenham.
• 10 Transport Regiment RLC - 10 Tpt Regt RLC - Normandy Barracks, Aldershot.
• 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment RLC - 11 EOD Regt RLC - Vauxhall Barracks, Didcot with detachments worldwide.
• 13 Air Assault Support Regiment RLC - 13 AA Spt Regt RLC - McMunn Barracks, Colchester.
• 17 Port & Maritime Regiment RLC - 17 P&M Regt RLC - McMullen Barracks, Marchwood.
• 23 Pioneer Regiment RLC - 23 Pnr Regt RLC - St Davids Barracks, Bicester.
• 24 Regiment RLC - 24 Regt RLC - Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld.
• 25 Training Support Regiment RLC - 25 Trg Sp Regt RLC - Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut.
• 27 Transport Regiment RLC - 27 Tpt Regt RLC - Buller and Travers Barracks, Aldershot.
• 29 Regiment RLC - 29 Regt RLC - Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney.

[edit] Royal Logistics Corps Units - Territorial Army

[edit] External links

The RLC Website