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Royal Logistic Corps Museum
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Royal Logistic Corps Museum
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Established 1993
Location Near Camberley, Surrey
Type Military Museum

The Royal Logistic Corps Museum is based at the Princess Royal Barracks near Camberley in Surrey. However, the Museum is currently closed and in the process of moving to a new museum in Worthy Down Camp near Winchester, to open in April 2021. It combines the former collections of the Royal Corps of Transport, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Pioneer Corps, Army Catering Corps and the Postal and Courier Section of the Royal Engineers.


History

The collection was initially established by combining the museums of the Royal Corps of Transport and of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps shortly after the Royal Logistic Corps was formed in 1993, although the collection was increased to include objects and archive from all of its forming and predecessor Corps.

Collections

The collection includes Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery's 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith, a Royal Waggon Train sabretache and various medal displays. The archive incorporates three key collections: the Board of Ordnance Letter Books dating from the nineteenth century, the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) Post-war Write Ups, detailing the Corps’ Second World War history and the Military Vehicle Records, detailing all registrations and histories of (former) military vehicles.

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