Royal Logistic Corps Museum

Starting in the Medieval period, the museum’s displays tell the story of the development of the British Army’s logistics. From requisitioned carts and the Board of Ordnance, to the Royal Waggon Train (formed in the late 18th Century and the first British military logistics corps) to the modern British Army’s Combat Logistic Patrols and high-tech solutions, we show the development of this part of the Armed Forces. Amongst the exhibits are some particularly notable items. There is a Royal Waggon Train sabretache, showing the Battle Honours of the Peninsula and Waterloo that the Corps earned. There are the medals of Captain Herbert Sulzbach, a German Jewish refugee from the Nazis who gave distinguished service for the Imperial German Army in World War I, the Royal Pioneer Corps in World War II and the West German government post-war.

And, of course, we have Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s staff car, a 1939 Rolls Royce Wraith, used from 1944-64. It was the first civilian vehicle to come ashore on the beaches of Normandy, just 3 days after D-Day, the Allied invasion of Western Europe in 1944. In 1964, Montgomery personally presented it to the Royal Army Service Corps Museum, as his drivers had all been members of that Corps. This famous car still runs and is can occasionally be seen at special events.

Other features include uniforms, medals, a scale model of a 1944 tank landing craft and FOB Campbell, a recreated British Army Forward Operating Base, showing where soldiers would both rest and work, during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The museum is fully-accessible, with all displays on a single ground-floor level, with full wheelchair access.