MILITARY- BRITISH ARMY- ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS (OFFICERS)

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MILITARY- BRITISH ARMY- ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS (OFFICERS) Royal Logistic Corps Officers Cap Badge This Sale/Auction is for the Cap Badge as worn by the Officers of the Royal Logistic Corps . 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. Brand New and unissued metal badge in Gilt and Silver finish, with red & blue enamel, 43mm high, complete with it's lug's and brass split pin. Guaranteed new, in mint condition . 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. Battle honours Units Regular Army Army School of Ammunition 1 Logistic Support Regiment 2 Logistic Support Regiment 3 Logistic Support Regiment 4 Logistic Support Regiment 5 Transport Regiment 6 Supply Regiment 7 Transport Regiment 8 Transport Regiment 9 Support Regiment 10 Transport Regiment 11 EOD Regiment 12 Logistic Support Regiment 13 Air Assault Support Regiment 15 Air Assault Close Support Squadron 17 Port and Maritime Regiment (includes 79 Railway Squadron ) 19 Combat Service Support Battalion 21 Logistic Support Regiment 23 Pioneer Regiment 24 Postal Courier and Movement Regiment 25 Training Support Regiment 27 Transport Regiment 29 Postal Courier and Movement Regiment ARRC Support Battalion The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment 20 Logistic Support Squadron, London District 44 Support Squadron ( Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ) 89 Postal and Courier Unit ( SHAPE ) 105 Logistic Support Squadron ( BATUS ) 132 Aviation Supply Squadron 16th Air Assault Brigade Cyprus Service Support Unit ( British Forces Cyprus ) Territorial Army Operational Headquarters Support Group The Scottish Transport Regiment Catering Support Regiment 88 Postal and Courier Regiment 150 (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment 151 (Greater London) Logistic Support Regiment 152 (Ulster) Transport Regiment 155 (Wessex) Transport Regiment 150 (North-West) Transport Regiment 157 (Wales and Midlands) Logistic Support Regiment 158 (Royal Anglian) Transport Regiment 159 Support Regiment 160 Transport Regiment 162 Movement Control Regiment 165 Port & Maritime Regiment 166 Supply Regiment 168 Pioneer Regiment 383 Commando Petroleum Troop 395 Air Dispatch Troop 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. Flag of RLC 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 corps' cap badge is an amalgamation of the forming corps' cap badges: The star is from the Royal Corps of Transport The crossed axes are from the Royal Pioneer Corps The laurel and garter band is from the Royal Engineers The shield in the centre is from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps The motto, "We sustain", is from the Army Catering Corps Royal Logistic Corps landing craft, the RCL Arezzo 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 Loggies ", or the " Really Large Corps ", since the Corps forms approximately 17% of the British Army. It is the Army's single largest component. Soldiers can belong to one of 18 trade grou... read more

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