162 Regiment RLC explained

Unit Name:	162 Regiment RLC
Dates:	1967-present
Country:	United Kingdom
Role:	Logistics
Size:	Regiment 574 personnel^[1]
Command Structure:	Royal Logistic Corps
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Website:	162 Regiment RLC

162 Regiment RLC is an Army Reserve regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps.

History

The regiment was formed in the Royal Corps of Transport as 162nd Movement Control Regiment, RCT (Volunteers) in 1967.^[2] It absorbed 88 Postal and Courier Regiment RLC and was re-named as 162 Regiment RLC in 2013.^[3]

Structure

The current structure is as follows:^[4]

• 279 HQ Squadron at Bilborough, Nottingham
  • 280 Movement Control Squadron at Swindon 281 Movement Control Squadron at Bilborough, Nottingham
• 282 Movement Control Squadron at Coulby Newham
• 871 Postal & Courier Squadron at Marlow
• 883 Postal & Courier Squadron at Hartlepool

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Army – Question for Ministry of Defence. 1. 14 December 2020. 2021-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210226013531/https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616. dead.
2. Web site: 162nd Movement Control Regiment. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223433/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/corps/rlc162.htm. dead. 26 September 2007. Regiments.org. 25 November 2017.
3. Web site: 88 Postal and Courier Regiment amalgamates with 162 Regiment RLC. British Army. https://web.archive.org/web/20160126080940/http://www.army.mod.uk/news/25835.aspx. 26 January 2016. dead. 21 January 2016.
4. Web site: 162 Regiment RLC. British Army. 8 April 2023.