10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC

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10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment
Active2001–present
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
TypeRegiment
556 personnel [1]
Part of Royal Logistic Corps
Garrison/HQGale Barracks, Aldershot

The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment, also known as 10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment or 10 QOGLR, is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps.

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History

The regiment was created on 5 April 2001. It was formed as a merger of The Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment, The Gurkha Transport Regiment and The Gurkha Army Service Corps which formed as component parts of The Brigade of Gurkhas on 1 July 1958. [2] A post on the Gurkha Brigade website in August 2016 noted that a two new QOGLR squadrons will be formed in the future. [3]

References

  1. "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. 10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment Archived 15 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine . www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2012
  3. "Did you transfer out of the Brigade of Gurkhas?". Welcome to the Gurkha Brigade Association. Gurkha Brigade. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  4. "10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  5. "10 Queens Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.