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Encyclopedia > Royal Corps of Transport

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. It was almalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ... This article is about a military unit. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Royal Logistic Corps is a British military unit that provides the logistics for other units in the British military. ... The Royal Logistic Corps is a British military unit that provides the logistics for other units in the British military. ... 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. ...


A personal history entitled As You Were! recording the service life of Brian Young, who served in the RCT from 1965 until 1992, can be found at [1] (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asyouwere/index.htm). 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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RASC - Royal Corps of Transport Association (290 words)
The regiment has been knwon as The Royal Waggoners, The Royal Waggon Train and the Royal Waggon Corps.
For the past several hundred years men and women have served in transportation regiments for land sea and air in British Army units, they have been imperative in the movement of vehicles, supplies and personnel and have often seen action on the front lines some have even been awarded medals for gallantry and valour.
In 1965 the Corps was re-named The Royal Corps of Transport and the association assumed its present title.
rct (657 words)
Although the RCT was only formed a few years ago the history of the corps dates back to 1794 and the Royal Waggoners.
The Royal Waggoners were formed on 7 March 1794 to serve with the forces of the Duke of York in Europe and were the first uniformed transport corps in the British Army.
In 1881 The Army Service Corps became the Commissariat and Transport Corps and it was at this time that the companies that dealt with ordnance stores formed a new department, The Ordnance Stores Department, one of the forerunners of the RAOC.
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