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165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC
165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC
Active	1995-present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Role	Logistics
Size	Regiment; 591 personnel
Part of	Royal Logistic Corps
Website	165 Regiment RLC

165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC is an Army Reserve regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps.

History

The regiment was formed in Grantham as 165 Port Regiment, RLC (Volunteers) in 1995.^[2] 266 Squadron was re-formed at Southampton in 2006.^[2]

The current structure is as follows:^[3]

Regimental Headquarters, in Derriford, Plymouth
142 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Vehicle Squadron RLC - Banbury
232 (Cornwall) Port Squadron RLC - Bodmin
264 (Plymouth) Headquarters Squadron RLC - Plymouth (Derriford Army Reserve Centre)
265 (Devon) Port Squadron RLC - Plymouth (Derriford Army Reserve Centre)
266 (Southampton) Port Squadron RLC - Southampton (Blighmont Army Reserve Centre) and Isle of Wight (Newport Army Reserve Centre)
710 (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars) Operational Hygiene Squadron - Aylesbury

^ "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "165th Port Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ "165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-10.