Memorial

Royal Logistics Corps

Mark Newton 19.09.2017

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 19.09.2017

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Current Location

National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Rd, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8QX, England

SK 1841014282

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Type of Memorial: Avenue / Tree or grove
WMR Reference Number: 13643
Description: Memorial plinth with details of the antecedent corps which make up the present Royal Logistics Corps; and a sapling taken from the chestnut tree at Hougemont Farmhouse site of their stand at the Battle of Waterloo. The Grove and surrounding hedge of edible wild plants such as bramble, crab apple, hawthorn and rose.
Inscription: 6 O'CLOCK FACE: THE ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS / WAS FORMED ON 5TH APRIL 1993 FROM THE FOLLOWING: / ROYAL CORPS OF TRANSPORT / ROYAL ARMY ORDANCE CORPS / ROYAL PIONEER CORPS / ARMY CATERING CORPS / AND / THE ROYAL ENGINEERS (POSTAL AND COURIER SERVICES) / THE ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS INHERITED FROM THE FORMING CORPS THE ROLE OF / PROVIDING CLOSE AND GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE BRITISH ARMY IN PEACEKEEPING / OPERATIONS AND IN WAR / THE ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS WHO SERVED IN THE CORPS AND WHOSE / INDIVIDUAL TRIBUTES ARE RECORDED AROUND THIS MONUMENT. / THIS PLOT IS PLANTED WITH THE FOLLOWING TREES OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THOSE CORPS / COMMEMORATED HERE: / ACRES CHERRY MOUNTAIN ASH / PRIDE OF INDIA / ALMOND CHESTNUT NYASA TUPILO WALNUT / APPLE LONDON PLANE OAK WEELINGTON REDWOOD

Memorial

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Tree

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good