{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC | image = Rlcbadge.jpg | image_size = 100 | caption = Cap Badge of the Royal Logistic Corps | dates = 1993–Present | country = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | allegiance = | branch = {{army|United Kingdom}} | type = Logistic Regiment | role = 3rd Line Transport | size = Regiment<br />431 personnel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616|title=Army – Question for Ministry of Defence|page=1|accessdate=14 December 2020}}</ref> | command_structure = 4th Light Brigade Combat Team | Sub_Units = | equipment = MAN SV <!-- Commanders -->| current_commander = Lieutenant Colonel Chloe O'Brien RLC | current_RSM = WO1 Andrew Maloney RLC | ceremonial_chief = The Princess Royal | colonel_of_the_regiment = Col Gordon Stewart | notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia --> | identification_symbol_2 = 100px | identification_symbol_2_label = Regimental Tartan<br />(No. 16, MacDuff) | identification_symbol_3 = 100px | identification_symbol_3_label = Tactical Recognition Flash | identification_symbol_4 = 154 Regt RLC | identification_symbol_4_label = Abbreviation <!-- Culture and history -->| nickname = | patron = | motto = We Sustain | colors = | march = Quick March - ''On Parade''<br />Slow March -''Lion, Sword and Crown'' | mascot = | battles = | anniversaries = Formation Day 5 Apr | decorations = | battle_honours = Peninsula<br />Battle of Waterloo<br />Lucknow<br />Taku Forts<br />Peking }} '''154 (Scottish) Regiment''' is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps. It forms part of the Army Reserve. Its role is to provide general transport support at 'third line' for the British Army.
==History== The regiment was formed as the '''154th (Lowland) Regiment, RCT (Volunteers)''' in Glasgow in 1967.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/corps/rlc154.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611203802/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/corps/rlc154.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2007|title=154th Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (Volunteers)|publisher=Regiments.org|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref> The initially comprised just 221 Squadron and 222 Squadron.<ref name=regiments/> 225 Squadron was formed in 1969, 251 Squadron in 1971 and 225 Squadron in 1992.<ref name=regiments/> 527 Squadron, 230 Squadron and 231 Squadron and 251 Squadron were added on amalgamation with 153 (Highland) Transport Regiment to form the '''Scottish Transport Regiment''' in 1993.<ref name=regiments2>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/corps/rlcscot.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816152332/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/vols-tavr/corps/rlcscot.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2007|title=The Scottish Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers)|publisher=Regiments.org|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref> 231 Squadron was subsequently disbanded.<ref name=regiments2/> It became '''154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC''' under the Army 2020 reforms<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmdfence/576/576vw.pdf|title=Army 2020|publisher=UK Parliament|accessdate=24 November 2017}}</ref> and an extra squadron, 239 Squadron, was formed in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/dunfermlineabbey/photos/a.1211677185556123.1073741944.429291987127984/1211682745555567/?type=3|title=239 (Fife)Transport Squadron Royal Logistics Corps Service of Formation and Dedication in the Abbey Church|website=Facebook |accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref>
==Structure== The regiment's structure is:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-logistic-corps/rlc-reserve-units/154-regiment-rlc/|title=154 Regiment RLC|accessdate=12 February 2022}}</ref> *Regimental Headquarters, in Dunfermline *527 Headquarters Squadron, in Dunfermline *221 Transport Squadron, in Glasgow *230 Transport Squadron, in Edinburgh *239 Transport Squadron, in Fife *251 Transport Squadron, in Irvine
==Uniform== The regiment wears the Tactical Recognition Flash of the Royal Logistic Corps.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3Droyal%2520engineer%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D31&pos=9&total=640&page=31&acc=2018-07-25-6|title=Tactical recognition flash, Royal Logistics Corps|publisher=National Army Museum|access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref>
The tartan of the regiment is a version (designated "Government No. 16") of the main MacDuff tartan, but with a smaller green area, worn by unit's pipers and drummers; in regular uniform, it is only used for the diamond-shaped cockade backing the badge on the uniform cap.<ref>{{cite web |title=McDuff Tartan and the Corps |date=2016 |work=RASC-RCT-ScottishRegion.co.uk |publisher=Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport Association |url=http://www.rasc-rct-scottishregion.co.uk/macduff-tartan-and-the-corps/4586684533 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210924010255/http://www.rasc-rct-scottishregion.co.uk/macduff-tartan-and-the-corps/4586684533 |archive-date=24 September 2021 |access-date=12 July 2023}} This source suggests that the tartan is "red MacDuff (ancient)", but it is clear from photographs that the unit does not wear the tartan in the de-saturated "ancient" pallette; see e.g.: {{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=In one of the biggest events of 2017, 154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC made history as the first ever Pipe Band from the Corps, or any of our forming Corps, to perform at the world renowned Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2017 |date=13 December 2017 |publisher=Royal Logistic Corps |via=Facebook |url= https://www.facebook.com/TheRoyalLogisticCorps/posts/pfbid0fqLEFTfBeLCpdjwzi48zhc1TyF39X1Ye5bCKKuuR6TAVuMZLm8ovy5byQWGB6mVcl}}</ref> A tartan was created in 2018 (approved in 2020) in honour of the Royal Logistic Corps,<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Tartan Details - Royal Logistic Corps |date=2018 |work=TartanRegister.gov.uk |publisher=Scottish Register of Tartans |url= https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=12136 |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref> but this is for civilian use and is a fundraiser for the RLC's MOD Benevolent fund; it is not used for regimental uniform.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Royal Logistic Corps Tartan from the Ministry of Tartan |date=23 October 2020 |work=RoyalLogisticCorps.co.uk |publisher=Royal Logistic Corps Association |url= https://www.royallogisticcorps.co.uk/royal-logistic-corps-tartan-from-the-ministry-of-tartan/ |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Armed forces in Scotland * Military history of Scotland
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-logistic-corps/154-regiment-rlc/ 154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC]
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Category:Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps Category:Military units and formations established in 1967 Category:1967 establishments in the United Kingdom