1414
Office
of
Ordnance
1683
Board
of
Ordnance
1792
Field
Train
Department
formed
from
within
the
Board
of
Ordnance
1794
Corps
of
Waggoner’s
raised
1799
Royal
Wagon
Train
raised.
1833
Corps
of
Waggoner’s
and
Royal
Wagon
Train
disbanded.
1854
Ambulance
Corps
raised
for
service
in
the
Crimean
War.
1855
Ambulance
Corps
merged
into
the
newly
formed
Land
Transport
Corps.
1855
Board
of
Ordnance
abolished
1856
Land
Transport
Corps
remodelled
and
redesignated
The
Military
Train.
1857
Military
Stores
Department
(MSD)
(officers)
1858
Corps
of
Armourer-Sergeants
formed
separately
from
Field
Train
1859
Field
Train
disbanded
1865
Military
Store
Staff
Corps
(MSSC)
formed
to
support
Military
Stores
Department
(MSD)
selected
from
Army
Pensioners
of
the
rank
of
Staff
Sergeant
and
above,
which
later
formed
the
Commissariat
and
Ordnance
Control
Department
1870
Control
Department
formed
from
the
Officers
of
the
Military
Train.
Other-
ranks
reorganised
as
The
Army
Service
Corps
(ASC)
1875
Ordnance
Store
Department
(OSD)
formed
by
split
of
Control
Department
1877
Ordnance
Store
Department
renamed
Ordnance
Store
Branch
(OSB)
1881
Army
Service
Corps
(ASC)
renamed
as
Commissariat
and
Transport
Corps
(CTC)
Ordnance
Store
Branch
(OSB)
renamed
as
Ordnance
Store
Corps
(OSC)
1889
Commissariat
and
Transport
Corps
(CTC)
renamed
back
to
Army
Service
Corps
(ASC)
1896
Army
Ordnance
Department
(AOD)
(officers)
&
Army
Ordnance
Corps
(AOC)
(soldiers)
formed
by
renaming
the
Military
Store
Department
and
the
Ordnance
Store
Corps.
Inspectors
of
Ordnance
Machinery
and
Ordnance
Artificers
transferred
to
Army
Ordnance
Corps
(AOC)
from
the
Royal
Artillery
(RA)
becoming
the
Armourer
and
Armament
Branch
of
the
AOC.
Corps
of
Armourer-Sergeants
also
absorbed
into
Army
Ordnance
Corps
1915
Women’s
Legion
formed
owing
to
the
shortage
of
Cooks
in
the
New
Armies
raised
during
the
Great
War.
The
Legion
was
also
employed
in
other
capacities
including
a
Motor
Transport
Section.
Labour
Corps
formed
(mainly
from
the
Labour
Companies
of
the
RE,
ASC
&
AOC)
1917
Women’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
(WAAC)
formed,
transferring
the
Catering,
Clerical
and
General
Service
Sections
from
The
Women’s
Legion.
1918
Women’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
renamed
to
Queen
Mary’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
(QMAAC)
Army
Ordnance
Corps
granted
“Royal”
status
and
renamed
the
Royal
Army
Ordnance
Corps
(RAOC)
on
the
amalgamation
of
the
Army
Ordnance
Department
and
Army
Ordnance
Corps.
Army
Service
Corps
granted
“Royal”
status
and
renamed
the
Royal
Army
Service
Corps
(RASC).
1919
Women’s
Legion
demobilised.
1920
Labour
Corps
disbanded
1921
Queen
Mary’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
disbanded.
1927
RAOC
responsibilities
extended
to
include
the
supply,
storage
and
repair
of
all
load
and
personnel
carrying
vehicles,
less
those
driven
by
the
RASC.
1938
(Women’s)
Auxiliary
Territorial
Service
(ATS)
formed.
1939
Auxiliary
Military
Pioneer
Corps
(AMPC)
are
formed
as
a
war
emergency
measure.
1940
Auxiliary
Military
Pioneer
Corps
renamed
Pioneer
Corps
(PC)
1941
Army
Catering
Corps
(ACC)
is
formed
(under
the
direct
control
of
the
RASC)
to
replace
the
regimental
cooks
system.
Cooks
of
the
ATS
are
attached
to
the
new
corps.
Army
Catering
Corps
soldiers
served
as
“Attached
Personnel
”
to
almost
every
Regiment
and
Corps
of
the
British
Army,
in
all
theatres
of
War.
1942
The
Royal
Electrical
and
Mechanical
Engineers
(REME)
formed
primarily
from
the
RAOC
workshop
organisation,
plus
the
mechanical
workshop
companies
of
the
RASC
and
Royal
Engineers
(RE)
(less
Plant
Sections).
At
the
same
time
the
RAOC
assumed
responsibility
for
the
supply
and
storage
of
those
vehicles
and
spares
that
the
RASC
used.
It
was
also
decided
that
REME
Workshops
should
be
provided
with
RAOC
Stores
Sections.
1946
Pioneer
Corps
granted
“Royal”
status
and
renamed
The
Royal
Pioneer
Corps
(RPC).
1949
Auxiliary
Territorial
Service
granted
“Royal”
status
and
renamed
as
The
Women’s
Royal
Army
Corps
(WRAC)
who
serve
as
“Attached
Personnel”
with
whichever
Regiment
or
Corps
their
specialist
trade
is
most
relevant.
They
wore
the
collar
badge
of
that
unit
on
both
their
working
and
best
uniforms.
1958
Gurkha
Army
Service
Corps
(GASC)
formed
in
1965
The
RAOC
became
the
sole
supply
corps
of
the
Army,
assuming
from
the
RASC
&
RE,
the
responsibility
for
supplying
rations,
petroleum,
oils
&
lubricants,
boat
stores,
locomotive
spares,
defence
stores
and
the
provision
and
training
of
military
staff
clerks.
(This
involved
the
transfer
of
345
Officers
and
2,500
soldiers
from
the
RASC
to
the
RAOC).
The
Army
Catering
Corps
is
recognised
as
an
independent
corps.
Remainder
of
Royal
Army
Service
Corps
renamed
to
The
Royal
Corps
of
Transport
(RCT)
absorbing
the
Railway,
Port
Operating
and
Movement
Control
services
of
the
Royal
Engineers.
Gurkha
Army
Service
Corps
renamed
The
Gurkha
Transport
Regiment
(GTR)
and
form
an
integral
part
of
the
of
the
Royal
Corps
of
Transport,
1992
Staff
Clarks
of
the
Royal
Army
Ordnance
Corps
are
transferred
to
the
newly
formed
Adjutants
Generals
Corps
(AGC)
Along
with
The
Royal
Military
Police
(RMP)
the
Royal
Army
Pay
Corps
(RAPC),
The
Military
Provost
Staff
Corps
(MPSC),
The
Royal
Army
Educational
Corps
(RAEC)
and
The
Army
Legal
Corps
(ALC)
plus
those
administrative
members
of
the
Women’s
Royal
Army
Corps
not
attached
to
any
other
Regiment
or
Corps.
The
Gurkha
Transport
Regiment
is
renamed
to
The
Queens
Own
Gurkha
Transport
Regiment
(QOGTR)
Members
of
the
Women’s
Royal
Army
Corps
are
transferred
and
rebadged
to
the
Regiment
or
Corps
previously
they
were
attached.
The
Women’s
Royal
Army
Corps
is
effectively
disbanded
at
this
point
1993
Remainder
of
the
Royal
Army
Ordnance
Corps,
the
Royal
Corps
of
Transport,
Army
Catering
Corps
&
Royal
Pioneer
Corps
plus
the
Postal
and
Courier
Services
of
the
Royal
Engineers,
along
with
former
Women’s
Royal
Army
Corps
attached
personal,
Amalgamate
to
form
The
Royal
Logistics
Corps
(RLC)
to
be
the
largest
single
corps,
being
14%
of
the
Regular
Army.
The
Queens
Own
Gurkha
Transport
Regiment
(Who
continue
to
wear
their
own
unique
Cap
badge)
serve
as
an
integral
part
of
the
Royal
Logistics
Corps
The
Staff
Band
of
The
Royal
Logistics
Corps
formed
by
Bandsman
of
the
Corps
of
Army
Music
(CAMus).
They
wear
Royal
Logistics
Corps
Insignia
while
attached
to
the
Corps.
2001
The
Queens
Own
Gurkha
Transport
Regiment
is
again
renamed
to
The
Queens
Own
Gurkha
Logistic
Regiment
(QOGLR)
Note
:
While
the
Women’s
Royal
Army
Corps
are
not
directly
recognised
as
a
‘Forming
Corps’
of
the
Royal
Logistics
Corps.
I
have
included
them
in
recognition
of
their
valued
service
during
both
World
Wars
and
beyond.
Not
only
to
the
’Predecessor
Corps’
of
the
RLC,
but
to
many
other
Regiments
and
Corps
of
the
British
Army.
