Logistics Collection

The Royal Logistic Corps. The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed in 1993, by the union of the following British Army corps: Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

D-Day - Supplies pour ashore
A stunning panorama photograph of a French invasion beach with the channel waters thick with US military shipping, as reinforcements

The Normandy Landings - 6th June 1944 - WW2. Note the American soldier in the landing craft holding a metal detector to sweep for landmines. Date: 1944

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps erect Nissen Huts
WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - erecting Nissen Huts in preparation for the arrival of the main body of the army - the caption notes that many men in the pioneer Corps fought in

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France
WW2 - Men of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps at work in France. Date: 1940s

Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing - Castle - Tyne Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing (then the largest crossing of its type in the world) Newcastle Castle and distant misty view of the Tyne Bridge (which opened in 1928). Date: circa 1930

WWI - Mobile German Field Bakery - Western Front Date: circa 1916

Factors governing an invasion by G. H. Davis
The situation of Britain face to face with a German north-west Europe: factors governing an invasion during the Second World War

Mortar Calculations - Fort Wright - Fishers Island, New York
Directing the range of the Mortars - Fort Wright - Fishers Island - New York, USA. Military Cadets using complex higher mathematical formulae and telephone instructions to work out the exact aiming

Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, Devon. 1878

WW2 - Hall Barn, near Beaconsfield, which was re-purposed during wartime to the production of hospital supplies under its chatelaine the Honourable Mrs E F Lawson

Chesham, Bucks, Watercress Lorries, Mash & Austin Ltd
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, Watercress Lorries of Mash & Austin Ltd. - suppliers to Covent Garden Market. Date: circa 1930s

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Ensure the passage of Truck Convoys Date: 1972

Cameron Smith and Marriott Advertisement
An advertisement for Cameron Smith and Marriott Ltd, a packing and logistics company of Art treasures. Date: circa 1926

Lockheed C-130E Hercules 64-0539
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed C-130E-LM Hercules 64-0539 (msn 382-4029, base code FT'), of the 2nd Air Logistics Squadron, 23rd Tactical Airlift Wing

Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1A undergoing an engine change
Royal Air Force - A Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1A of No.3 Squadron undergoing an engine change in the field, under the cover of an inflatable hide, during Exercise Heath Fir in Germany

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 160048 - JT
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 160048 - JT (msn 47681, DC-9-32-CF), of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 (VR-52), NAS Willow Grove, PA. Date: circa 2005

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 164607 - City of Seattle
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 164607 - RS - City of Seattle (msn 47428, DC-9-33-RC, ex EC-BYK), of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 61 (VR-61). Date: circa 2005

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 161530
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 161530 - RY - City of Grand Prairie (msn 48166, DC-9-32-CF), of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 59 (VR-59), at RAF Mildenhall. Date: circa 2005

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 159116 - City of Seattle
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 163512 - RX - City of Seattle (msn 47580, DC-9-32-CF), of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 57 (VR-57). Date: circa 2005

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 163512 - City of Atlanta
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 163512 - JS - City of Atlanta (msn 47474, DC-9-32-CF), of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 46 (VR-46). Date: circa 2005

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 160051 - JT
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II 160051 - JT (msn 47584, DC-9-32-CF), of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 (VR-52), NAS Willow Grove, PA. Date: circa 2005

WW2 - Corvette of the Wild Waterbird class which transported the ILN special artist C E Turner around various UK ports accompanying a merchant fleet. 1941

WW2 - Corvette versus Submarine - Corvette wins
WW2 - Corvette versus submarine and the corvette wins: A dramatic incident in The Battle of the Atlantic Date: 1941

WW2 - Corvette on guard - The Battle of the Atlantic
WW2 - Corvette on guard during The Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

WW2 - Corvette Screening Merchantmen from Enemy attacks
WW2 - A corvette screening a convoy of Merchantmen, bringing them safely home protected from enemy attacks. 1941

WW2 - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps in France - unloading flour supplies for the troops " (to) help them march to victory". Date: circa 1944

Jumbo the elephant: on the way to Millwall docks
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from at the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Jumbo the elephant: on the way to St Katherines docks
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Jumbo the elephant: on the way to the docks
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Jumbo the elephant: the barge voyage to Millwall
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

WW2 - Entente Cordiale - Somewhere in France. A British Driver makes a new friend who has already taken it upon herself to decorate his truck with lavish garlands of flowers! Date: circa 1939

Freighting on the Cariboo Highway, Near Lytton, BC, Canada
Horse-drawn freight wagons in the Early Days on the Cariboo Highway, Near Lytton, British Columbia, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Camel train at Cannakale, Turkey - Chanak Crisis
A camel train at Cannakale returned from provisioning the front line during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey

Conakry, Guinea - Simbaia Railway Station. Conakry became the capital of French Guinea in 1904 and prospered as an export port

Santa Fe Roundhouse, Emporia, Kansas, USA
Santa Fe Rail Roundhouse, Emporia Turntable, Kansas, USA. The Emporia turntable was a Santa Fe standard 120 through truss design

Czechoslovakia. Prague Spring (August 1968). Officers of the Soviet army checking the logistics for the invasion of Czechoslovakia (20th August 1968)

St Malo, Brittany, France (Emerald Coast)
Lightermen (and women) (" Garbarriers" ) - at St Malo, Brittany, France. Lightermen were workers who transferred goods between ships and quays

P. & O. Steam Navigation Company Office in Suez, Egypt
Peninsular and Oriental (P. & O.) Steam Navigation Company Office at Port Tewfik in the Suez harbour, Egypt. P&O was a public British shipping

Russian Artillery on the move - WW1 era. Date: circa 1916

American Liberty Ship - Advance Transport
An American Liberty Ship (a prefabricated US-built freighter (emergency cargo ships) of the Second World War) - providing advance transport. Date: 1945

Advert for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge 1912
Advertisement for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge - A Royal Usher gestures his guests to enter (the Palace?). Date: 1912

WW1 - Eastern Front - Dinner for Austrian soldiers delivered
WW1 - Eastern Front - Austrian soldiers crawl to deliver rations to soldiers in shallow trenches whilst under Russian shell-fire. Date: 1915

WW1 - Private and Commercial Vehicles Commandeered - Hyde Park, London. Date: 1914

The Feeding of our Expeditionary Army, WW1
The Feeding of our Expeditionary Army, showing the methods of transporting food to troops on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914

WW1 - Eastern Front - Soldiers Board train for the front Date: 1917

WW1 - Eastern Front - Soup distributed to soldiers Date: circa 1917

Maintaining lines of communication (roads) - on Aisne Front
WW1 - Maintaining lines of communication (roads) - on Aisne Front Date: 1918

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