3 Regiment RLC was a

regiment A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, military service, service, or administrative corps, specialisation. In Middle Ages, Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of l ...

of the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

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 ...

. It was disbanded as part of the Future Soldier reforms.

History

The 3rd Regiment of the

was originally formed as part of

Royal Corps of Transport The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army Corps established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider defence forces. It was formed in 1965 and disbanded in 1993; its units and tr ...

in 1965. The regiment was renamed 3rd Division Transport Regiment in 1970, 3rd Armoured Division Transport Regiment in 1977 and 3rd Regiment RLC in 1993. The regiment most recently provided logistical support for 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade. In October 2021 personnel from the regiment were deployed to

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as part of Operation Escalin (arrangements to ensure continuity of a fuel supplies). The regiment provided fuel deliver drivers and trained with the logistics company Hoyers.

Structure

The organisational structure of the regiment at disbandment was as follows: *35 Headquarters Squadron *21 General Support Squadron *31 Close Support Squadron *32 Close Support Squadron

References

External links

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{{Royal Logistic Corps Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps Military units and formations established in 1965