1 Regiment RLC is a

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of the

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Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps provides logistic support functions to the British Army. It is the largest Corps in the Army. History The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed on 5 April 1993, by the union of five British Army corps: * Royal Engine ...

History

The regiment was formed in 1812 and has participated in many conflicts such the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

and operations in

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and

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. After being known as 1 Divisional Column for many years, it became 1 Armoured Division Transport Regiment RCT in December 1977, 1 General Support Regiment RLC in April 1993 and 1 Regiment RLC in 2014. It moved from

Gütersloh Gütersloh () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe and the administrative region of Detmold (administrative region), Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a Gütersloh (distric ...

in Germany to St David's Barracks at MoD Bicester in 2016.

Organisation

The regiment currently has several units within it: *74 Headquarters Squadron *2 Close Support Squadron *12 Close Support Squadron *23 General Support Squadron *Regimental Light Aid Detachment,

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME ) is the maintenance arm of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses. The corps is described as the "British Army's professional engineers". History Prior t ...

. It is partnered with

157 (Welsh) Regiment RLC 157 (Welsh) Regiment RLC is an Army Reserve regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps. History The regiment was formed in the Royal Corps of Transport as 157th (Wales and Midlands) Transport Regiment, RCT (Volunteers) in 1967. 224 Squadron was forme ...

in the UK.

References

External links

{{Royal Logistic Corps Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps