159 Regiment RLC

159 Regiment RLC is a reserve regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps. It forms part of 102 Logistic Brigade.

159 Regiment RLC
Active	1 April 2007-present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Role	Logistics
Size	Regiment 484 personnel[1]
Part of	Royal Logistic Corps
Website	159 Regiment RLC
Insignia
Identification symbol

History

The regiment was formed on 1 April 2007 as a product of Future Army Structures (FAS) with the aim of providing the contingent component to 6 Supply Regiment.^[2]

The regiment was made-up of one sub-unit from the Scottish Transport Regiment (125 Squadron), one squadron from 150 Regiment RLC (216 Squadron) and two squadrons from the Welsh Transport Regiment (123 Squadron and 237 Squadron).^[3]

123 Supply Squadron is located nearby to the large MOD Donnington depot, which holds and issues a large range of Army stores.^[4]

In the summer of 2014, under the Army 2020 re-organisation, the regiment was restructured. 216 Squadron in Tynemouth re-subordinated back to 150 Regiment RLC^[5] and 381 Squadron in Lancaster re-subordinated into 156 Regiment RLC.^[6] 125 Squadron closed its base in Glasgow but re-formed in Stoke-on-Trent in late 2014.^[7] The regiment also received 294 Squadron, based in Grantham.^[7]

Structure

Unit sign at 123 Supply Squadron Army Reserve Centre, Telford, with co-located REME Army Reserve company.

The current structure is as follows:

• 243 (Coventry) Headquarters Squadron.^[7]
• 123 (Telford) Supply Squadron.^[7]
• 125 (Stoke) Supply Squadron.^[7]
• 237 (West Bromwich) Supply Squadron.^[7]
• 294 (Grantham) Supply Squadron.^[7]