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18 April 1943; MBE 1979, OBE 1987; Commanding Officer, 22 SAS Regiment 1984–87; deputy director, Special Forces 1990–91, Commandant, RCT Training Centre 1992–93; married 1977 Annabelle Cunningham (one son, one daughter); died
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established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider Defence community. It was formed in 1965 and disbanded in 1993; its units and trades were amalgamated into the
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Staff car Driver could be carried out by any driver trade and additionally by those that carried out the Staff car Driver's course at the Army School of Mechanical Transport - (Later Defence School of Transport).
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Airborne Forces as a Parachutist but stayed in trade, so not for sea, port and railway trades. N.B. Parachutist was never a trade in the RCT. However, 63 Parachute Squadron RCT was part of the Airborne
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In conversation, the 'Driver' element was often omitted from these other Driver roles, even though the rank abbreviation of Dvr remained.
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The Royal Corps of Transport consisted of a number of different specialist trades. These included:
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Pilot - Hovercraft - for a very short period. Pilot was not really a trade but an appointment
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Driver was the primary trade of the RCT and as such private soldiers held the rank 'Driver'.
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Regiments of the Royal Corps of Transport with regiment, with last name, before disbandment:
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The corps was formed in 1965 from the transport (land, water and air) elements of the
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Clerical trades also completed basic driver training before going on to specialise
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The RCT provided the first Service Support Officer to be the Commanding Officer
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Port and Specialised Support Trades, Port and Maritime specialists
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Driver (Responsible for General Duties and Driver tasks).
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21st (Northern Ireland) Transport and Movement Regiment
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1993
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Index


United Kingdom
British Army
Buller Barracks, Aldershot
Wait for the Wagon
British Army
Corps
Royal Logistic Corps
Aldershot
Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Engineers
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Options for Change
Royal Logistic Corps
Royal Pioneer Corps
Army Catering Corps
Royal Engineers
2nd Infantry Division Transport Regiment
Royal Malta Artillery
150 Transport Regiment
151 Transport Regiment
152 Transport Regiment
153 Transport Regiment
154 Transport Regiment
155 Transport Regiment
160 Transport Regiment

landing craft
RCL
Movement controller

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