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==History== {{British Army Arms}} The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed on 5 April 1993, by the union of five British Army corps:<ref>{{cite web|title=The Royal Logistic Corps and Forming Corps|url=http://www.rlcmuseum.co.uk/docs/history.html|publisher=The Royal Logistic Corps Museum|access-date=13 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814155505/http://rlcmuseum.co.uk/docs/history.html|archive-date=14 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[Royal Engineers]] Postal and Courier Service * [[Royal Corps of Transport]] * [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]] * [[Royal Pioneer Corps]] * [[Army Catering Corps]] The RLC comprises both Regular and [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]] units.<ref>{{cite web|title=RLC Regiments |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/logistic/23472.aspx|publisher=British Army website (UK Ministry of Defence)|access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> The RLC is the only combat service support corps of the British Army with [[battle honours]], derived from the usage of previous transport elements of [[the Royal Waggon Train]], and their successors as cavalry. The battle honours are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.54sqnrct.co.uk/waggoners.html|title=Waggoners|publisher=54 Engineer Support and Ambulance Squadron|access-date=5 May 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042739/http://www.54sqnrct.co.uk/waggoners.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Peninsular War|Peninsula]] * [[Battle of Waterloo]] * [[Siege of Lucknow|Lucknow]] * [[Taku Forts]] * [[Beijing|Peking]]
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