The Royal Logistic Corps is the British Army corps that provides the logistic support for the Army. It is the largest corps in the British Army.
The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed on Monday 5 April 1993 as a result of the recommendations of the MoD's Logistic Support Review, by the union of the following British Army corps: Royal Corps of Transport Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Pioneer Corps Army Catering Corps Royal Engineers Postal and Courier Service The RLC comprises both Regular and Territorial Army units. During early 2009 the RLC had a regular Army establishment of some 15,553 personnel and a strength of 14,990. The RLC has very broad responsibilities throughout the Army that includes the movement of personnel throughout the world, the Army's air dispatch service, maritime and rail transport, operational re-supply, and explosive ordnance disposal which includes the hazardous bomb disposal duties in Afghanistan and the mainland UK, the operation of numerous very large vehicle and stores depots both in the UK and overseas, the training and provision of cooks to virtually all units in the Army, the provision of pioneer labour and the Army's postal and courier service. Apart from the RLC units that provide direct support to the operational formations, the RLC is either directly responsible for, or co-located with other agencies at the following: Ordnance Depots Ammunition Depots Army School of Ammunition Army Petroleum Centre Defence School of Mechanical Transport Army School of Catering (Aldershot) Royal Logistic Corps Training Centre (Deepcut) Royal Logistic Corps Major Units 1 to 10 Royal Logistic Corps Major Units 11 onwards Royal Logistic Corps - Squadrons 1 to 20 Royal Logistic Corps - Squadrons 21 to 40 Royal Logistic Corps - Squadrons 41 to 60 Royal Logistic Corps - Squadrons 61 to 80 Royal Logistic Corps - Squadrons 81 to 100 Royal Logistic Corps - Squadrons 100 on The RLC is the only (Combat Service Support) Corps of the British Army with battle honours, derived from the usage of previous transport elements (Royal Waggon Train, etc) as heavy cavalry. The battle honours are: Peninsula Battle of Waterloo Lucknow Taku Forts Pekin |