The Royal Logistic Corps Museum is based at

Worthy Down Worthy Down Camp is a tri-service establishment near Winchester, in Hampshire, England. It forms part of the wider Winchester Garrison and houses the headquarters of the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration (DCLPA), as well ...

near

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

. It tells story of logistic support to the British Army from Agincourt to the modern day. The museum holds the collection of 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 ...

RLC and the collections of its forming corps, including the

Royal Corps of Transport The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army Corps established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider Defence community. It was formed in 1965 and disbanded in 1993; its units and ...

, the

Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army. At its renaming as a Royal Corps in 1918 it was both a supply and repair corps. In the supply area it had responsibility for weapons, armoured vehicles and other military equip ...

Royal Pioneer Corps The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks. It was formed in 1939, and amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993. Pioneer units performed a wide variety of tasks in all theatres of war, inc ...

Army Catering Corps The Army Catering Corps (ACC) was a corps of the British Army, responsible for the feeding of all Army units. It was formed in 1941 and amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993. History In 1938 Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Secretary of ...

and the Postal and Courier Section of the

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...

History

The museum collection includes objects and archives from the RLC since its formation and the collections from the museums of the

and of the

along with objects and archives from the Royal Pioneer Corps and Army Catering Corps. The RLC Museum was first established in Princess Royal Barracks Deepcut in 1995, but moved to Worthy Down in 2021. After an extensive refit and redesign, the new RLC Museum now has over 50 display cases and has many more objects on display than before.

Collections

Exhibits include the Rolls-Royce that Field Marshal Montgomery was driven in when he landed in France shortly after D-Day, Napoleon’s field bakery captured at the Battle of Waterloo, a large collection of horse-drawn and motorised military logistics vehicles, bomb disposal vehicles and equipment, weapons and an extensive world-class medal collection, which features several Victoria Crosses and medals won at the Battle of Waterloo. The new state-of-the-art museum offers visitors an insight into how the British Army was moved, supplied and sustained over the centuries. Montgomery's European staff car.jpg, Montgomery's European staff car Napoleon's field bakery.jpg, Napoleon's field bakery Bedford OY - corner view.jpg, Bedford OY

References

External links

Royal Logistic Corps MuseumThe RLC On-Line Archive
{{Authority control Regimental museums in England Museums in Hampshire Royal Logistic Corps