| Tidworth Camp | |
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| Tidworth | |
 Lucknow Barracks | |
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: 228.6%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> Tidworth Camp Location within Wiltshire
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| Coordinates | 51°13′56″N 1°40′28″W / 51.23217°N 1.67451°WCoordinates: 51°13′56″N 1°40′28″W / 51.23217°N 1.67451°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |
 British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1897 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1897-Present |
Tidworth Camp is a military installation at Tidworth in Wiltshire.
History[]
The Camp was established when the War Office acquired Tedworth House and large tracts of land to the north of the house in 1897.[1] Southern Command was established at Tidworth Camp in 1905.[2] Lucknow Barracks and Mooltan Barracks were completed in 1905, Tidworth Military Hospital was finished in 1907 and a Royal Ordnance depot was established during the First World War.[1] Aliwal Barracks, Assaye Barracks, Bhurtpore Barracks, Candahar Barracks, Delhi Barracks and Jellalabad Barracks were added later.[3] The names of the barracks evoke memories of battles in India and Afghanistan (e.g. Aliwal, Assaye, Bhurtpore, Candahar, Delhi, Jellalabad, Lucknow and Mooltan). During the Second World War the Camp was home to 8th Armored Division, a formation of the United States Army.[4]
Tidworth Military Cemetery was set up to serve the barracks. It includes the war graves of 417 Commonwealth service personnel of the First World War and 106 of the Second World War.[5]
Southern Command left the Camp and moved to Erskine Barracks near Fugglestone St Peter in 1949.[6] The Military Hospital closed in March 1977.[7]
Extensive reconstruction of Tidworth Camp involving 160 new or refurbished buildings was carried out between 2006 and 2014.[3] Delhi Barracks is home to Headquarters 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade and its affiliated units[8] and Jellalabad Barracks was home to Headquarters 43rd (Wessex) Brigade and its affiliated units.[9]
Current Garrison[]
- Headquarters Tidworth Garrison[10]
- 10 Army Education Centre Group[11] — Regional Command
- Aliwal Barracks
- The King's Royal Hussars[12] — 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade
- The Royal Tank Regiment[12] — 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade
- Assaye Barracks
- 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery[12] — 1st Artillery Brigade
- Bhurtpore Barracks
- 19th Regiment Royal Artillery[12] — 1st Artillery Brigade
- 3rd Armoured Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[13] — 101st Logistic Brigade
- 1st Armoured Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps[13][14] — 101st Logistic Brigade
- Delhi Barracks
- Headquarters, 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade — 3rd (United Kingdom) Division[15][16]
- 6th Armoured Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[12] — 101st Logistic Brigade
- Jellalabad Barracks
- Headquarters, 1st Artillery Brigade[17] — 3rd (United Kingdom) Division
- Headquarters, Headquarters South West[18][19] — Regional Command
- 4th Armoured Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[12] — 101st Logistic Brigade
- South West Region Chaplains[20]
- Lucknow Barracks
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh[12] — 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade[21]
- British Army Band Tidworth[22]
- Mooltan Barracks
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers[12] — 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade
- MoD Lyneham
- Prince Phillip Lines
- 5th Force Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[12] — 104th Logistic Support Brigade
- Prince Phillip Lines
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tidworth Concise History". Wiltshire County Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getconcise.php?id=223. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "General Sir Ian Hamilton". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HAMILTON9.shtml. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tidworth Overview". Aspire Defence. http://www.aspiredefence.co.uk/pages/tidnbull-overview/. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ Leach, Charles R. (1956). In Tornado's Wake Argus. ISBN 0-89839-176-8.
- ↑ "Tidworth Military Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/45411/Tidworth%20Military%20Cemetery. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ↑ "'Fugglestone St Peter', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 6". 1962. pp. 37–50. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41774. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Tidworth Military Hospital". http://www.qaranc.co.uk/tidworth_military_hospital.php. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "1 Armoured Infantry Brigade". Ministry of Defence. http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/29028.aspx. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Ten Tors Briefing day programme". British Army. http://www.tentors.org.uk/media/universityofexeter/tentors/pdf/Administration_Instruction.pdf. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Army Basing Programme, PAC Information Leaflet – Issue 16 October 2019". 16 October 2019. https://www.army.mod.uk/umbraco/Surface/Download/Get/13170.
- ↑ Army Policy & Secretariat, FOI(A) Request relating to current AECs (7 December 2020). whatdotheyknow.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 "Written Question for the Ministry of Defence regarding Army basing and personnel". 22 November 2018. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Looking Around A SUPER GARRISON 👀: Salisbury Plain's New Facilities 🏠". 1 February 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLi6PYZDieo.
- ↑ "1 Armoured Medical Regiment" (in en-GB). https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/army-medical-services/1-armoured-medical-regiment/.
- ↑ "1 Armoured Infantry Brigade" (in en-GB). https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/3rd-united-kingdom-division/1-armoured-infantry-brigade/.
- ↑ "Boxer is coming to 1 Bde! This is excellent news for the future Strike Bde, our units and the whole Iron Division." (in en). https://twitter.com/1armdinf/status/1191746633123454976.
- ↑ "HQ 1st Artillery Brigade" (in en-GB). https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/3rd-united-kingdom-division/hq-1st-artillery-brigade/.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedHQSouthWest - ↑ "Army Update: Commander HQ South West Colonel James Coote DSO OBE". Swindon & Wiltshire LEP. 25 May 2017. https://swlep.co.uk/docs/default-source/board-meetings/2017/25-may-2018/army-presentation-to-board-meeting-25-may-2017.pdf?sfvrsn=3fc214c5_4.
- ↑ "Army Reserve Units". https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1nM_Rgx_0WiMOspeCiA61vqxu97Y.
- ↑ "Regimental Update". Rwf-forum.co.uk. 11 February 2013. http://rwf-forum.co.uk/vBulletin/showthread.php?17113-Regimental-Update. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
- ↑ "FMAM | Forthcoming Events" (in en). http://www.armymusicfriends.co.uk/forthcoming-events.html.
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