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| unit_name = Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC
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| dates = 8 April 1994 – 31 May 1997
| disbanded = 31 May 1997
| country = {{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[British Hong Kong]]
| countries = [[United Kingdom]]
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| branch = Army
| type = Support
| role = Logistics
| size = 500
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| garrison = [[Osborn Barracks]], [[British Hong Kong]]
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| nickname = "The 1000-Day Regiment"
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The '''Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment RLC'''<ref name=g>{{cite document|url=http://www.gurkhabde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Kukri_2008.pdf |title=The Kukri: The Journal of the Brigade of Gurkhas 2008 |publisher=Brigade of Gurkhas |page=131 |date=2008 |accessdate=2020-09-05}}</ref> was a [[British Army]] regiment and affiliated to the [[Royal Logistic Corps]]. It was raised on 8 April 1994 to provide logistical support in [[British Hong Kong]] prior to the [[handover of Hong Kong]] to China.<ref name=nf>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/69706/unit-has-no-future |title=Unit has no future |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=1994-04-08 |accessdate=2020-09-05}}</ref> The regiment was disbanded on 31 May 1997, giving it the nickname of the "1000-Day Regiment" as its 1,181 days of operation made it probably the shortest lived peacetime regiment in the British Army.<ref name=pla>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/198110/final-pla-advance-party-moves |title=Final PLA advance party moves in |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=1997-05-31 |accessdate=2020-09-05}}</ref>

== History ==
The Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment was raised in order to consolidate all logistical operations of the Royal Logistic Corps in Hong Kong under a single command structure prior to the territory's handover from the United Kingdom to China.<ref name=b>{{cite book |author=Government of Hong Kong |title=Hong Kong |page=347 |publisher=Government Press |year=1994 |isbn=962020154X}}</ref> The regiment was put under the command of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] Nigel Lloyd.<ref name=nf /> It comprised 500 men and continued the work the Royal Logistics Corps had been doing for [[British Forces Overseas Hong Kong]] and was envisaged that it would do so until 1997.<ref name=b /> The regiment was based at [[Osborn Barracks]] in [[Kowloon]].<ref name=pla /> 29 Squadron of [[10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC|The Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment]] from the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]] was transferred to the newly formed regiment to assist.<ref name=g /><ref>{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Harclerode |title=Gurkha: The Illustrated History |page=204 |year=2003 |publisher=Sutton |isbn=0750928441 }}</ref>

The Regiment was disbanded on 31 May 1997 after 1,181 days of service, making them potentially the shortest raised regiment in the peacetime history of the British Army.<ref name=pla /> They were also the last British Army regiment to occupy Osborn Barracks before it was used to host some of the advance guard of the [[Hong Kong Garrison]] of the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] prior to the handover on 1 July.<ref name=pla />

== References ==
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[[Category:Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps]]
[[Category:Military of Hong Kong under British rule]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1994]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1997]]
[[Category:Gurkhas]]

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