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The Royal Logistic Corps is a British Army corps that provides the logistical support for the Army. It is the largest corps in the British Army. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ...
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Logistics is the art and science of managing and controlling the flow of goods, energy and information. ...
The Royal Logistic Corps was formed in 1993, by the union of the following British Army corps: 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...
There are many volunteer regiments within the Logistic Corps, including transport regiments, ambulance regiments, and other related logistic units. The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army corps formed in 1965 from the transport elements (land, water and air) of the Royal Army Service Corps. ...
The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ...
A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ...
This unit's battle honours were inherited from the Royal Corps of Transport, which inherited its honours from the Royal Army Service Corps. These honours include: Peninsula, Waterloo, Lucknow, and the Opium Wars. The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars, fought in the Iberian Peninsula with Spanish, Portuguese, and the British forces fighting against the French. ...
Battle of Waterloo Conflict Napoleonic Wars Date June 18, 1815 Place Waterloo, Belgium Result Decisive Allied victory Map of the Waterloo campaign The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonapartes last battle. ...
There were two Opium Wars between Britain and China. ...
In the 2004 Olympic Games held in Athens, the Royal Logistic Corps held the prestigious honour of having 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. (Redirected from 2004 Olympic Games) The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ...
The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...
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. The administrative commander is Major-General T. Cross. In the British and other Commonwealth armies, the Colonel-in-Chief of a regiment is its (usually Royal) patron. ...
HRH The Princess Royal Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence, formerly Mountbatten-Windsor), styled HRH The Princess Royal (born August 15, 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family. ...
HRH The Duke of Gloucester His Royal Highness Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George Windsor), styled HRH The Duke of Gloucester (born August 26, 1944), is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of King George V. He has held the title of Duke of...
Her Royal Highness Princess Edward, Duchess of Kent (Katharine Lucy Mary Windsor, formerly Worsley), styled HRH The Duchess of Kent, is a member of the British Royal Family the wife of HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V and cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. The...
The corps's motto is "We sustain". It is nicknamed "The Loggies" or the "Really Large Corps". A motto is a phrase or collection of words intended to describe the motivation or intention of a sociological grouping or organization. ...
The corps has the following alliances:
It also has an affiliated Gurkha regiment, the Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment. Gurkha Soldiers (1896) The Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective term for British Army units that are composed of Nepalese soldiers. ...
The Regimental Headquarters are at the Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut. Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. ...
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