Welsh Transport Regiment
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Military logistics
Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of military forces. In its most comprehensive sense, it is those aspects or military operations that deal with:...
unit based solely in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The Regiment is operationally focussed and comprises one HQ Squadron and three Task Squadrons:
- 249 (HQ) Squadron - Maindy Barracks, CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
. - 223 Transport Squadron - the Mumbles, SwanseaSwanseaSwansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
. - 224 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Transport Squadron224 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Squadron224 Squadron - Welsh Transport Regiment RLC is the only Territorial Army unit which recruits from Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire...
- CarmarthenCarmarthenCarmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648....
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- A Troop 224 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Transport Squadron224 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Squadron224 Squadron - Welsh Transport Regiment RLC is the only Territorial Army unit which recruits from Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire...
- HaverfordwestHaverfordwestHaverfordwest is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales and serves as the County's principal commercial and administrative centre. Haverfordwest is the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire, with a population of 13,367 in 2001; though its community boundaries make it the second most populous...
.- 580 Transport Squadron - Maindy Barracks, CardiffCardiffCardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
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- 580 Transport Squadron - Maindy Barracks, Cardiff
- B Troop 580 Transport Regiment - Litchard Cross, BridgendBridgendBridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
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Operations
The Regiment has a proud history of providing trained reservists to support the Regular ArmyRegular Army
The Regular Army of the United States was and is the successor to the Continental Army as the country's permanent, professional military establishment. Even in modern times the professional core of the United States Army continues to be called the Regular Army...
on operations, and soldiers from the Regiment are currently serving in Afghanistan with 13 Air Assault Support Regiment.
UK Operations
Within the UK, the Regiment provides support to the Regular ArmyRegular Army
The Regular Army of the United States was and is the successor to the Continental Army as the country's permanent, professional military establishment. Even in modern times the professional core of the United States Army continues to be called the Regular Army...
, Police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
and Local Authorities, as and when required, most notably during the UK Armed Forces Day celebrations held recently in Cardiff and the efficient running of the Army's premier Patrol Exercise, the Cambrian Patrol
Exercise Cambrian Patrol
Exercise Cambrian Patrol is an annual patrolling competition that takes place throughout the Cambrian Mountains of mid-Wales. An internationally recognized military exercise, previous participants have included numerous European states, in addition to Commonwealth countries and the United...
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Battle Honours
FISHGUARD. This was awarded to the Pembroke YeomanryPembroke Yeomanry
The Pembroke Yeomanry were formed in 1794, by Lord Milfordwhen King George III was on the throne, William Pitt the Younger was Prime Minister of Great Britain, and across the English Channel, Britain was faced by a French nation that had recently guillotined its King and which possessed a...
(Castlemartin) in 1853 to reflect the Regiment's involvement in the last invasion of Britain by the French in 1797. This honour is carried forward to the Welsh Transport Regiment by 224 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Sqn
224 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Squadron
224 Squadron - Welsh Transport Regiment RLC is the only Territorial Army unit which recruits from Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire...
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