ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS (RLC) (10th Anniversary) CAP BADGE (F)

Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) (10th Anniversary) Cap Badge

 

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Brief Corps History

The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed on Monday 5 April 1993, 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.

 

The RLC Cap Badge

The Royal Logistic Corps Cap Badge is in itself an amalgamation of parts of each of the 'Founding Corps' 

• The Laurel Wreath and Garter Band is from the Royal Engineers (1) (2)
• The Backing Star, is from the badge of the Royal Corps of Transport
• The Shield in the centre (Central Ordnance Arms) is from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
• The Crossed Axes are from the Royal Pioneer Corps
• The Scroll 'We Sustain' is the motto from the Army Catering Corps

Notes:

The Queens St. Edwards Crown was of course part of all the 'Founding Corps' badges.

 

Available trades

• Ammunition Technician (Ammo Tech)
• Chef
• Driver
• Driver / Tank Transporter
• Driver / Air Despatcher
• Driver / Communications specialist
• Driver / Port Operator
• Driver / Vehicle Support Specialist
• Logistic Supply Specialist (LSS)
• Marine Engineer
• Movement Controller
• Operational Hygiene Specialist
• Petroleum Operator
• Photographer
• Pioneer
• Postal and Courier Operator
• Rail Operator
• Mariner/Navigator
• Systems Analyst

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Units  ​

• RHQ The RLC. Located at the "Home of the Corps", Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut. Headed by Col RLC.
• Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Munitions and Search School (DEMSS) formerly the Army School of Ammunition (ASA) until 2009.
• 1 Regiment RLC (1 Close Support Logistic Regiment RLC), St David's Barracks
• 3 Regiment RLC (3 Close Support Logistic Regiment RLC), Dalton Barracks
• 4 Regiment RLC (4 Close Support Logistic Regiment RLC), Dalton Barracks
• 6 Regiment RLC (6  Force Logistic Regiment RLC), Disforth Airfield - future: Alanbrooke Barracks
• 7 Regiment RLC (7 Force Logistic Regiment RLC), Kendrew Barracks - future: Alanbrooke Barracks in 2029 
• 9 Regiment RLC (9 Theatre Logistic Regiment RLC), Buckley Barracks
• 10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment, Gale Barracks, Aldershot
• 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment RLC, Vauxhall Barracks
• 13 Air Assault Support Regiment, Colchester
• 17 Port and Maritime Regiment - Part of 104th Logistic Support Brigade. 1x HQ Squadron, 2x Port Squadrons. McMullen Barracks/Sea Mounting Centre, Marchwood, Southampton
• 25 Training Support Regiment RLC, Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut - Future: Worthy Down in 2019
• 27 Regiment RLC (27 Theatre Logistic Regiment RLC), Travers Barracks, Aldershot
• 29 Postal Courier and Movement Regiment RLC - Part of 104th Logistic Support Brigade, Duke of Gloucester Barracks
• ARRC Support Battalion (an All Arms unit with Logistic Squadrons making up the bulk of the Battalion)

Notable minor units and joint units with a large RLC element include:

• 20 Logistic Support Squadron, London District
• 89 Postal and Courier Unit, (SHAPE)
• 105 Logistic Support Squadron, (BATUS)
• 132 Aviation Supply Squadron, part of 7 Battalion REME within 16th Air Assault Brigade
• Cyprus Service Support Unit, (British Forces Cyprus)
• Joint Helicopter Support Squadron, RAF Benson, a combined RLC / RAF unit. 

Disbanded Units:

• 2 Logistic Support Regiment RLC. based at Gütersloh. Formally disbanded in July 2016.
•  8 Regiment. The Regiment formed in 1964 at Munster, Germany as 8 Transport Column, RASC at the height of the Cold War. Initially based in Nelson Barracks, it moved to Portsmouth Barracks and was disbanded in York Barracks on 27 March 2012. The Regiment consisted of 3, 5, 13, 27 and 64 Squadrons and in its time had attached Pioneers from the RPC, and Infantry from a resident Münster Battalion as Force Protection. It worked closely with the American Custodial Detachment whose role was maintenance of Nuclear Warheads and weapons components. The Regiment directly supported the Gunners (The Royal Regiment of Artillery), firstly 24, 39 and 50 Missile Regiments and later the Multi-Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Regiments. This latter task was carried out in the UK from barracks at Catterick,1993-2008.
• 12 Logistic Support Regiment - disbanded at Abingdon, 12 December 2013.
• 19 Combat Service Support Battalion - a combined unit with a Logistical Squadron and an Equipment Support Company. Disbanded N Ireland December 2012.
• 23 Pioneer Regiment - a specialist pioneer unit with artisans, defence and Force Protection elements. Disbanded Bicester, November 2014.
• 24 Regiment - disbanded in Germany, 30 January 2014. Part of 104th Logistic Support Brigade.

Drivers, Technicians, EOD all selected from the RLC.

• 44 Support Squadron, (Royal Military Academy Sandhurst)

Army Reserve

• 2 Operational Support Group
• 150 Regiment
• 151 Regiment
• 152 (North Irish) Regiment
• 154 (Scottish) Regiment
• 156 Regiment
• 157 (Welsh) Regiment
• 158 Regiment
• 159 Regiment
• 162 Regiment
• 165 Port & Maritime Regiment
• 167 Catering Support Regiment
• 383 Commando Petroleum Troop
• 384 Commando Petroleum Troop

• 153 The Scottish Transport Regiment
• 155 (Wessex) Transport Regiment
• 160 Transport Regiment
• 166 Supply Regiment

 

Headquarters

The Corps Headquarters is at Dettingen House within Princess Royal Barracks in Deepcut, near Camberley, Surrey. It is headed by a Colonel (Colonel RLC) as the professional head of the Corps. Col RLC is responsible for the Moral Component, Regimental infrastruture and support and works to the Adjutant General (AG). Col RLC remains responsible for the Corps of Drums, which often parades with the RLC Band.

 

Master General of Logistics

There is also a ceremonial head (instituted in 2009), who heads the Corps and its wider family such as the Associations and Cadets, known as the Master General of Logistics (MGL). The first MGL was General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue, who held until December 2010 the post of Chief of Defence Materiel, the senior military post associated with supply and acquisition in the Ministry of Defence. The latest MGL, appointed on 1 June 2012, is Major General Mark Poffley. He is currently serving in MOD, Whitehall.

• General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue (2009-2012)
• Major General Mark Poffley (2012-present)

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Publications

The Sustainer is the magazine of the RLC Association. The Waggoner remains the Journal of the RASC/RCT Assocaiation. The RAOC Gazette that of the RAOC Association and the Pioneer of the RPC Association. The Review is an annual magazine of essays published by the Corps.

 

Ceremonial Chief 

The current Colonel-in-Chief (an honorary position) is HRH The Princess Royal. The Deputy Colonels-in-Chief are HRH The Duke of Gloucester and HRH The Duchess of Kent.
 

General information

In the 2004 Olympic Games held in Athens, the Royal Logistic Corps had the most athletes from the British Army competing in the Games. These were Private Musa Audu (Nigeria), Private Seidu Duah (Ghana), Lance Corporal Josephus Thomas (Sierra Leone) and Corporal Joselyn Thomas (Sierra Leone). Private Audu achieved success at the Olympics when he was part of 4 x 400m relay final that won the Bronze medal for Nigeria. 

The inscription on the Garter band "Honi soit qui mal y pense" can be translated as "Evil to him who evil thinks". It is usually seen on the insignia of Regiments and Corps with 'Royal' in their title.

The Corps is nicknamed "The Really Large Corps" (a play on its abbreviation RLC), "The Loggies", and by derogatory titles referencing supply such as "Blanket Stackers" or "Duvet Technicians". since the Corps forms approximately 17% of the British Army it is the Army's single largest component. Soldiers can belong to one of 20 trade groups.

The Corps has the alliances with the Logistic units of Australia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka. It is affiliated with 4 Livery Companies of the City of London including the Worshipful Company of Launderers.

The Corps Headquarters is at Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut.

 

Battle Honours

The RLC is the only (Combat Service Support Arm) 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

 

Operational Honours

Victoria Cross 

The RLC has five Victoria Cross holders, these derive from the former Corps.
 

• Private Samuel Morley VC. Military Train. 15 April 1858.

Private Samuel Morley, Military Train. London Gazette 07/08/1860.

On 15th April 1858, Kooer Singh's Army were pursued by a squadron of the Military Train and some troops of the Horse Artillery at Azimgurh, India.

Lieutenant Hamilton, of the 3rd Sikh Cavalry, became unhorsed and was surrounded by the enemy, who cut and hacked at him as he lay on the ground.

Private Morley, seeing the Officers predicament, and despite the fact that his own horse had been shot from under him, immediately, with the aid of Farrier Murphy, cut down one of the Sepoys, and continued fighting over the Lieutenants body until assistance arrived.

This action saved Lieutenant Hamilton from being killed on the spot. †  

• Private (Farrier) Michael Murphy VC (forfeited and re-listed). Military Train. 15 April 1858.

Farrier Michael Murphy, Military Train. London Gazette 27/05/1859.

'For daring gallantry on the 15th April 1858, when engaged in the pursuit of Koer Singh's Army from Azimghur, in having rescued Lieutenant Hamilton, Adjutant of the 3rd Sikh Cavalry, who was wounded, dismounted and surrounded by the enemy.

Farrier Murphy cut down several men, and, although himself severely wounded, he never left Lieutenant Hamilton's side until support arrived.' †  

• Assistant Commissary James Langley Dalton VC. Commissariat & Transport Department. 22 January 1879.

Acting Assistant Commissary General James Langley Dalton, Commissariat and Transport Corps. London Gazette 17/11/1879.

'For his conspicuous gallantry during the attack on Rorke's Drift post by the Zulus on the night of the 22nd January 1879, when he actively superintended the work of the defence, and was amongst the foremost of those who received the first attack at the corner of the hospital, where the deadliness of his fire did great execution, and the mad rush of the Zulus met with its first check, and where, by his cool courage, he saved the life of a man of the Army Hospital Corps, by shooting the Zulu who having seized the muzzle of the man's rifle, was in the act of assuaging him.

This officer, to whose energy much of the defence of the place was due, was severely wounded during the contest, but still continued to give the same example of cool courage.' †  

• Second Lieutenant Alfred Cecil Herring VC. Army Service Corps. 23 March 1918.

Second Lieutenant Alfred Cecil Herring, ASC Attached 6th (Service) Battalion Northamptonshire London Gazette 07/06/1918. 

'For most conspicuous bravery, initiative and devotion to duty when, after severe fighting, the enemy gained a position on the south bank of the canal. His post was cut off from the troops on both flanks and surrounded.

Second Lieutenant Herring, however, immediately counter-attacked, and recaptured the position, together with twenty prisoners and six machine guns. During the night the post was continually attacked, but all attacks were beaten off.

This was largely due to the splendid heroism displayed by Second Lieutenant Herring, who continually visited his men and cheered them up. It was entirely due to the bravery and initiative of this officer that the enemy advance was held up for eleven hours at an exceedingly critical period.

His magnificent heroism, coupled with the skilful handling of his troops, were most important factors leading to success' †  

• Private Richard George Masters VC. Army Service Corps. 9 April 1918. 

Private Richard George Masters, Army Service Corps (Motor Transport), attached 141st Field Ambulance. London Gazette 08/05/1918. 

'For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. Owing to an enemy attack, communications were cut off and wounded could not be evacuated.

The road was reported impassable, but Private Masters volunteered to try to get through, and after the greatest difficulty succeeded, although he had to clear the road of all sorts of debris. He made journey after journey throughout the afternoon, over a road consistently shelled and swept by machinegun fire, and was on one occasion bombed by an aeroplane.

The greater part of the wounded cleared from this area were evacuated by Private Masters, as his was the only car that got through during this particular time.' His magnificent heroism, coupled with the skilful handling of his troops, were most important factors leading to success'. †

 

Albert Medal 

The RLC has ten Albert Medal (lifesaving) holders from its former Corps. Two of the holders exchanged their Albert Medals for the George Cross in 1971.

• Lieutenant SA Rowlandson. Army Service Corps. 21 May 1916. †
• Staff Sergeant TM Walton. Army Service Corps. 21 May 1916. †
• Private A Anderson. Army Service Corps. 21 May 1916. †
• Private JT Lawrence. Army Service Corps. 21 May 1916. † 
• Major LC Bearne DSO. Army Service Corps. 22 October 1916. †
• Private AS Usher. Army Service Corps. 22 October 1916. † 
• Private A Johnson. Army Service Corps. 30 June 1918. †
• Driver A Horne. Army Service Corps. 30 June 1918. †
• Lieutenant G Rackham. Royal Army Service Corps. 27 October 1918. (Exchanged for GC). †
• Private WC Cleall. Royal Army Service Corps. 11 August 1919. (Exchanged for GC). †

George Cross

The RLC has eleven holders of the George Cross. Six from the RAOC, one from the Royal Pioneer Corps and one from the Royal Army Service Corps. Three GCs have been awarded to members of the RLC.

• Lieutenant William Marsden Eastman GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 24 December 1940. †
• Captain Robert Llewellyn Jephson-Jones GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 24 December 1940. †
• Corporal James Scully GC. Royal Pioneer Corps. 8 July 1941.
• Major Kenneth Alfred Biggs GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 11 October 1946. †
• Staff Sergeant Sidney Rogerson GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 11 October 1946.
• Driver Joseph Hughes GC. Royal Army Service Corps. 26 June 1947.
• Major Stephen George Styles GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 11 January 1972. †
• Warrant Officer Class 1 Barry Johnson GC. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 6 November 1990.
• Captain Peter Norton GC. Royal Logistic Corps. 24 July 2005.
• Staff Sergeant Kim Spencer Hughes GC, Royal Logistic Corps 19 March 2010.
• Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean Schmid GC, Royal Logistic Corps 19 March 2010. †

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George Medal

The RLC has one hundred and fifteen holders of the George Medal from all of its former Corps, including nineteen from the Royal Army Service Corps, sixty-seven from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, thirteen from the Royal Pioneer Corps, one from the Army Catering Corps and fifteen to the RLC including one first bar. The first George Medals awarded to the RAOC were to Lieutenant R Chalkley and Captain DAS Martin on 13 December 1940 for conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in Great Britain and Gibraltar respectively.

• Private L McGariggle GM Royal Pioneer Corps 27 July 1951.
• Private A Hilton GM Royal Army Ordnance Corps 20 April 1954.
• Lieutenant Colonel MH Mackenzie Orr GM Royal Army Ordnance Corps 18 March 1974.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 JRT Balding GM Royal Logistic Corps 12 October 1993, this was the first GM awarded to a member of the newly formed Royal Logistic Corps.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 NB Thomsen GM Royal Logistic Corps 1995.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 A Islam GM QGM Royal Logistic Corps 1997.
• Captain R Baker GM Royal Logistic Corps, 2000.
• Captain J Priestly GM Royal Logistic Corps, 2000.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Gary John O'Donnell GM* Royal Logistic Corps, 15 December 2006. O'Donnell was later killed by an IED whilst serving in Afghanistan. He was later posthumously awarded a second GM in March 2009 for "repeated and sustained acts of immense bravery" for his actions in Afghanistan in two separate incidents in May and July 2008. †
• Captain DM Shepherd GM Royal Logistic Corps, 19 March 2010. Killed in Afghanistan whilst clearing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) during his tour on Op HERRICK. †
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Karl Ley GM Royal Logisitc Corps 24 September 2010.
• Staff Sergeant BG Linley GM Royal Logistic Corps 25 March 2011. Killed in Afghanistan whilst conducting Improvised Explosive Device Disposal tasks during his tour on Op HERRICK in 2010. †

 

Military Cross

Members of the RLC have received 6 awards of the Military Cross since 1993, 2 for actions in Iraq, the remainder for actions in Afghanistan.

• Lance Corporal DG Dickson MC, Royal Logistic Corps (The Scottish Transport Regiment) Volunteers. 23 March 2005.
• Captain SD Bratcher MC, Royal Logistic Corps. 24 March 2006.
• Major ID Scattergood MBE MC, Royal Logistic Corps. 25 July 2008.
• Staff Sergeant GD Wood MC, Royal Logistic Corps. 24 September 2010.
• Captain SA Scott MC, Royal Logistic Corps. 25 March 2011.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 JL Palmer MC, Royal Logistic Corps. 30 September 2011.

 

Conspicuous Gallantry Cross

• Staff Sergeant James Anthony Wadsworth CGC, Royal Logictics Corps. 7 March 2008.

 

Queen's Gallantry Medal

The RLC has one hundred and fourteen holders of the Queen's Gallantry Medal, three from the Royal Corps of Transport, sixty-seven from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps including one first bar and forty-four to the RLC including two first bars.

• Driver WG Mountain QGM, Royal Corps of Transport, 7 October 1974.
• Corporal P Fletcher QGM, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 7 October 1974.
• Captain G O'Sullivan MBE QGM, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 16 April 1984
• Warrant Officer Class 1 EL Bienkowski QGM, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,14 April 1987.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 RJ McLelland QGM, Royal Logistic Corps. 21 November 1994.
• WO1 Eamon Conrad Heakin QGM, Royal Logistic Corps. 7 September 2004.
• Captain Vincent Michael Strafford QGM, Royal Logistic Corps. 19 July 2007.
• Warrant Officer Class 2 CRG Grant QGM, Royal Logistic Corps 11 September 2009. 
• Staff Sergeant J Lester QGM, Royal Logistic Corps, 11 September 2009.
• Captain WEJ Owers QGM, Royal Logistic Corps, 19 March 2010.
• Lance Corporal DJ Timmins QGM, Royal Logistic Corps, 19 March 2010.
• Staff Sergeant WE McFarland QGM, Royal Logistic Corps, March 2011.
• Captain JP Fidell QGM Royal Logistic Corps, 23 March 2012 - Capt Fidell has the honour of being the 100th award of the QGM to an Ammunition Technician/Ammunition Technical Officer IEDD Operator of the RAOC/RLC since the inception of the QGM in 1974.

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Bar to Queen's Gallantry Medal

• WO1 GR Ferguson QGM*, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1986.
• Captain Eamon Conrad Heakin QGM*, Royal Logistic Corps. 7 March 2008.
• Captain Vincent Michael Strafford QGM*, Royal Logistic Corps. 7 March 2008.

 

• Warrant Officer Class 2 GCJT MedLock, Royal Logistic Corps, 28 September 2012.

 

Fatalities

The Royal Logistic Corps has lost 44 Corps members on operations to date: 
 

• 9 in Northern Ireland.
• 10 in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 5 in Iraq.
• 19 in Afghanistan. 
• 1 in Cyprus (UN Peacekeeping).

 

Order of precedence

Preceded by Royal Army Chaplains' Department

Order of Precedence

Succeeded by Royal Army Medical Corps

 

 

Royal Logistic Corps
Active	5 April 1993 - present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Role	Logistics
Garrison/HQ	Dettingen House, Deepcut, Surrey
Nickname	Loggies Really Large Corps
Motto	"We sustain"
Commanders
Regimental Colonel	Colonel CJ Francis MBE ADC
Colonel-in-chief	HRH The Princess Royal
Insignia
Tactical recognition flash
Abbreviation	RLC

MILITARY - BRITISH ARMY

 

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