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This is a list of British Army Garrisons
A garrison town is typically a group of multiple camps grouped around one central town, that often highly depends on the military presence; however sometimes they are just the aggregation of all military units stationed within a larger city (in the case of London, Edinburgh, York).
Current
United Kingdom
- Aldershot Garrison[1]
- Bicester Garrison[2]
- Blandford Garrison[3]
- Bovington Garrison[4][5]
- Bovington Camp[5]
- Lulworth Camp[6]
- Allenby Barracks, Wareham[7]
- Catterick Garrison[1][8][9]
- Colchester Garrison[10][11]
- Edinburgh Garrison[12][13] – Garrison commander is the Governor of Edinburgh Castle
- Larkhill Garrison[1][14]
- London Garrison[15]
- Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford Garrison[16][17]
- Warminster Garrison[20]
- Winchester Garrison
- York Garrison[21][22] – commanding officer of 2 Signal Regiment doubles as York Garrison commander[21][22]
Overseas
Former
Germany
- Bergen-Hohne Garrison – downsized in 2013 to Bergen and Hohne Camps,[27] closed in 2015[28]
- Hohne Camp[27]
- Fallingbostel Station[29][30]
- Celle Station
- Bergen-Hohne Training Area
- Gütersloh Garrison[31] – merged with Paderborn Garrison in 2014 to form Westfalen Garrison
- Osnabrück Garrison[37]
- Osnabrück Station
- Münster Station
- Paderborn Garrison – merged with Gütersloh Garrison in 2014 to form Westfalen Garrison
- Paderborn Station
- Rhine Garrison – downsized in 2013/14 to Rhine Station, closed in 2015
- Westfalen Garrison – formed in 2014 through merger of Paderborn and Gütersloh Garrisons
References
- 1 2 3 "Question for Ministry of Defence: every bases operated by the Ministry of Defence". United Kingdom Parliament: Written questions, answers, and statements. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ↑ "Town council grants highest honour to HQ Bicester Garrison". Oxford Mail. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ "List of British Army Garrisons and Installations in the UK and abroad excluding London District - 2018-03121.pdf" (PDF).
- ↑ "Historic World War II Union Jack and swastika in exhibition". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- 1 2 "Coronavirus: Bovington army wives test positive after botox party". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Army camp one of eight places in Britain taking part in project to help improve communities' access to cash". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ Mackinlay, pp. 63, 96, and 493.
- ↑ "Military Sites (Wales) (Hansard, 2 July 2002)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ "Catterick Garrison". Army Garrisons. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ↑ "Church planning flypast to mark its arrival in Colchester at old garrison gym". Gazette. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Colchester barracks soldiers test positive for Covid-19". BBC News. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Welcome from Edinburgh Garrison Commander". Army Garrisons. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ↑ "New Governor Of Edinburgh Castle Appointed". Forces Network. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ↑ "Military Removes Vehicle From Larkhill As Nerve Agent Investigation Continues". Forces Network. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ Army Secretariat (15 October 2020). "Ref: Army/Sec/Structures/HC/FOI2020/10499" (PDF). What do they know?. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ DrumBeat Retrieved 31 December 2011
- ↑ "Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford Garrison". The British Army. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ "Marathon challenge ends with arrival at new home". The British Army. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "26 Engineer Regiment". The British Army. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ Baker, John (14 October 2020). "Warminster Garrison commanding officer orders clean up". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- 1 2 "York Garrison". Army Garrisons. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- 1 2 3 King, Hannah (28 May 2015). "Base to Base: York". Forces Network. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ "York Garrison". History of York. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ "British Military Garrison-Brunei". The British Army. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ "Unit History: Dhekelia Garrison Cyprus". Forces War Records. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ Ministry of Defence (12 December 2012). "British forces overseas posting: Episkopi, Cyprus". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- 1 2 Larke, Kaija; Tooth, John-Paul (5 January 2016). "Hohne Camp: A History". Forces Network. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "German town prepares tearful goodbye to British troops". Space War. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ Olver, Rob (12 August 2014). "British Army Presence in Fallingbostel Remembered". Forces Network. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ Olver, Rob (28 January 2015). "Fallingbostel Holds Last Ever Army Boxing Tournament". Forces Network. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ↑ "Gütersloh Garrison". The British Army. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via UK Government Web Archive.
- 1 2 "5 Rifles". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Normandy Barracks". BAOR locations. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Germany - Brydon House". British Army. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ "Gordon Barracks". BAOR locations. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- 1 2 "26 Regiment". British Army. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ "Osnabruck Garrison". UK Government Web Archive. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
Bibliography
- Mackinlay, Gordon Angus (2007). "A Moment in Time": The British Army at a moment in time - 1 July 2007: A look at and from it of the Makeup of the Regular and Territorial Army. Self publish.
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