Researching a unit
There are at least two reasons why you may want to find out more about a unit. If you have a service record of an officer or soldier, you may wish to find out more about the activities
of the units that an individual served with. Alternatively, you may have a vehicle record which gives details of the units with which a particular vehicle served, and wish to learn the
vehicle’s movements and activities.
In peace-time, one of the best ways to find out about a unit is through the Regimental Journals. For the RLC Forming Corps, these can be found on this web-site. In wartime, the best source is the war diaries. For the RLC Forming Corps, these are all held at the National Archives.
The Long Long Trail
The excellent web-site of the Chairman of the Western Front Association. Contains good advice on all aspects of research of World War 1, and has a WW1 forum.
WW2 Talk
This is essentially a WW2 forum, but has some excellent content. Has a section on Unit histories.
Alternatively, you can consult the Archivist at the RLC Museum by telephoning him on 01252 833371.
For vehicle histories, the units listed on a record card are likely to be part of regiments and corps other than those of The RLC’s predecessors, so the Archivist will be less able to help.
In this instance you may therefore wish to contact the relevant regimental or corps museum archive. Alternatively, the website British Army
units from 1945 on may contain information relevant to your research. As the title suggests, this will give you some idea where any unit in the British Army has served since 1945, and therefore covers the period of greatest relevance for the vehicle records which have survived.
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