The Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC was a

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regiment and affiliated to the

Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps provides logistic support functions to the British Army. It is the largest Corps in the Army. History The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed on 5 April 1993, by the union of five British Army corps: * Royal Engine ...

. It was raised on 8 April 1994 to provide logistical support in

British Hong Kong Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the Briti ...

prior to the

handover of Hong Kong Sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the British Hong Kong, former colony. Hong Kong was establ ...

to China. The regiment was disbanded on 31 May 1997, giving it the nickname of the "1000-Day Regiment" as its 1,181 days of operation made it probably the shortest lived peacetime regiment in the British Army.

History

The Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment was raised in order to consolidate all logistical operations of the Royal Logistic Corps in Hong Kong under a single command structure prior to the territory's handover from the United Kingdom to China. The regiment was put under the command of

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Nigel Lloyd. It comprised 500 men and continued the work the Royal Logistics Corps had been doing for

British Forces Overseas Hong Kong British Forces Overseas Hong Kong comprised the elements of the British Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines) and Royal Air Force stationed in British Hong Kong. The Governor of Hong Kong also assumed the position of the commander-in-c ...

and was envisaged that it would do so until 1997. The regiment was based at

Osborn Barracks Kowloon East Barracks (), formerly Osborn Barracks (), is a People's Liberation Army facility, and was a British Army facility, in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong. Located in the northern part of Kowloon on Waterloo Road and Junction Road (ac ...

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

. 29 Squadron of The Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment from the

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was transferred to the newly formed regiment to assist. The Regiment was disbanded on 31 May 1997 after 1,181 days of service, making them potentially the shortest raised regiment in the peacetime history of the British Army. They were also the last British Army regiment to occupy Osborn Barracks before it was used to host some of the advance guard of the

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of the Chinese

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prior to the handover on 1 July.

References

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