Collection: Royal Logistic Corps Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Arms and Armour

  The museum contains the collections of The Royal Logistic Corps (formed 1993) and its predecessors, including the Royal Corps of Transport, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the Royal Pioneer Corps, the Army Catering Corps, the Postal and Courier Service (Royal Engineers) and such military corps, units or civilian organisations as are recognised as their predecessor or subordinates. The collection includes items relating to the training, work and off-duty lives of personnel, the equipment used by units and individuals, and the work and materials handled by the Corps mentioned above. The scientific and technical development of the equipment employed by the Corps is represented. Representative items which relate to other UK military formations with which the Corps have been employed are included along with items relating to British Imperial and foreign corps and units in the same role. Items collected by personnel and their families which demonstrate the political, operational and geographical content of units’ work and the nature of opposing forces are included. The collection also illustrates the ceremonial and sporting activities of the Corps and the relationship between it and its supporting community. Major exhibits include items from the Battle of Marston Moor (1644), Waterloo (1815), the Zulu and Boer Wars (including bread issued at Mafeking), World War I exhibits including a horse ambulance and World War II objects spanning from Dunkirk to campaigns in Burma and the Far East. There are also a number of objects relating to the formation of The RLC and operations since the formation in 1993.

  Archives

  There is a very large archive, of over 100,000 items, that holds important records.

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC