152 (North Irish) Regiment RLC

152 (North Irish) Regiment RLC is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps.

It was formerly 152 (Ulster) Transport Regiment which was part of firstly the Royal Corps of Transport then The Royal Logistic Corps.

History

The regiment was formed in the Royal Corps of Transport in 1967 with two transport squadrons. In the 1980s it was redesignated 152 (Ulster) Ambulance Regiment, and transferred into The Royal Logistic Corps in 1993 as 152 (Ulster) Ambulance Regiment. In 1999 it acquired a third squadron from 157th Transport Regiment and was put under the administrative control of the Army Medical Services. In 2006 it re-roled as a transport regiment and was transferred back to control of The Royal Logistic Corps, returning an ambulance squadron to 157th Transport Regiment and acquiring a newly raised third transport squadron.


152 (Ulster) Ambulance Regiment Royal Corps of Transport (Volunteers) Formed 1 April 1967 with headquarters at Belfast from 68 (Northern Ireland) Regiment RCT (TA) (previously known as 540 (Ulster) Coy, RASC (TA) prior to the introduction of Royal Corps of Transport in 1965). Regiment absorbed also 539 (Ulster) Supply Company RAOC (TA) and 17 Supply Platoon RAOC (TA). SQUADRONS: 211 Squadron at Derry with Troop at Ballymoney. 220 Squadron at Belfast

152 (Ulster) Ambulance Transport Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers) Formed 1 April 1993 by redesignation. SQUADRONS: HQ Squadron at Belfast. 211 Ambulance Transport Squadron at Derry and Coleraine. 220 Ambulance Transport Squadron at Belfast.

1 July 1999 Regiment reorganised. SQUADRONS: 211 Ambulance Squadron at Derry with Troop at Coleraine. 220 Ambulance Squadron at Belfast. 580 Ambulance Squadron at Bridgend by transfer from 157 Transport Regiment RLC(V).

In 2006 Regiment re-roled as a Transport Regiment and was transferred back to The Royal Logistic Corps control, returning an ambulance squadron to 157th Transport Regiment and acquiring a newly raised third transport squadron.

Former Squadrons

Former Companies

Current Squadrons

During 2014 the Regiment was re-roled as a petroleum regiment.

References

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