The Land Transport Corps (1855)
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On 24 January 1855, almost a year since the start of the Crimean War, a warrant for a transport corps was signed.  Its Headquarters were in Horfield barracks, Bristol and its commander was Colonel William McMurdo.  He introduced a double echelon system whereby one wing worked forward one day and the other wing worked forward the next day between the base and the trenches.

As the army in the Crimea increased, a fresh organisation of Land Transport Corps was approved in 1856.  It was based on the need that each Army Division should have its own affiliated transport.  As there were 6 infantry and 1 cavalry division, 7 regiments of Land Transport Corps were divided into 2 battalions.  By setting supply on a civil basis (Commissariat) and transport on a military basis (Military Train) the evolution of The Military Train from the Land Transport Corps continued but was soon overshadowed by the Indian Mutiny.
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