151 Regiment RLC

151 Regiment RLC is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps. It is currently under Army Reserve control.

151 Regiment RLC
Active1967-present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RoleLogistics
SizeRegiment
434 personnel[1]
Part ofRoyal Logistic Corps
Websitehttps://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-logistic-corps/rlc-reserve-units/151-regiment-rlc/

History

The regiment was formed in the Royal Corps of Transport in 1967 as 151 (Greater London) Transport Regiment, from three territorial transport regiments and consisted of one ambulance squadron, one tank-transporter squadron, one parachute squadron and one transport squadron.[2] The parachute squadron was redesignated as a general transport squadron in 1978.[2] The regiment was transferred into the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993, and 215 Squadron was disbanded.[2] In 1999, the independent 124 Petroleum Squadron was absorbed.[2]

Structure

The current structure is as follows:

  • 508 (Croydon) Headquarters Squadron[3]
  • 124 (Essex) Transport Squadron[3]
  • 210 (Sutton) Transport Squadron[3]
  • 240 (Barnet) Transport Squadron[3]
  • 562 (Southall) Transport Squadron[3]

References
  1. "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-04-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "151 Regiment RLC". British Army. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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