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    The Royal Waggon Train was the name originally given to the Supply and Transport branch of the British Armed Forces, which would eventually become the...
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    honours, derived from the usage of previous transport elements of the Royal Waggon Train, and their successors as cavalry. The battle honours are: Peninsula...
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    hired civilian drivers to provide transport services as needed. A Royal Waggon Train had been created in 1802 to ensure logistic support but it had been...
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    Waggon Corps was formed; by August 1802, it had been renamed the Royal Waggon Train. This was reduced to only two troops in 1818 and finally disbanded...
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    German Garrison were running low on ammunition and a Driver of the Royal Waggon Train distinguished himself by driving an ammunition cart through the French...
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  • Thomas Aird (British Army officer) (category Royal Waggon Train officers)
    he was promoted to lieutenant in 1799 and then transferred to the Royal Waggon Train as a captain on 2 May 1800; promotion to major followed on 27 October...
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    Scribner, ISBN 978-0-02-523660-8 Chilcott, Christopher (2015), The Royal Waggon Train: Maintaining the British Army 1803–1833, RLC Association Trust Fund...
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  • officers and 149 ORs left to join the 1st Foot Guards, 51st Foot, Royal Waggon Train and other units. By 1 April 1814 the regiment's strength was 387,...
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  • this in part led to the Commander-in-chief establishing a separate Royal Waggon Train. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars the office of Commissary-in-chief...
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    uniquely the Royal Logistic Corps has five battle honours inherited from its previous transport elements, such as the Royal Waggon Train. Commonwealth...
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