155 (Wessex) Transport Regiment (Volunteers)

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155 (Wessex) Transport Regiment
Active1967–1993
2006–2014
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
TypeRegiment
RoleLogistics
Part of Royal Logistic Corps

155 (Wessex) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, was a regiment in the United Kingdom's Territorial Army that was initially formed in 1967 and disbanded in 2014.

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History

The regiment was first formed in the Royal Corps of Transport as 155th (Wessex) Regiment, RCT (Volunteers) in 1967. [1] It was disbanded in 1993 but re-formed in the Royal Logistic Corps as 155th (Wessex) Transport Regiment, RLC (Volunteers) in 2006. [1] It disbanded under Army 2020, with 232 Transport Squadron re-roling to a Port Squadron and then moving to 165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC. [2]

Structure

The final structure was as follows: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "155 Transport Regiment". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007.
  2. "Summary of Army 2020 Reserve structure and basing changes in the South west" (PDF). Wessex Reserve Forces and Cadets Association. Retrieved 21 December 2014.