Entrance to Beachley Barracks
Beachley Barracks is a British Army base in Beachley, near Chepstow in England. The Barracks is located at Beachley Point between the River Severn and the River Wye.
History[]
In 1915, during World War I, the government requisitioned a large area of land at Beachley and constructed National Shipyard No.2. However, the war ended before production had begun. Instead, in 1924 it was decided to establish a British Army Army Apprentices School (which in 1966 was renamed as an Army Apprentices College) at Beachley to ensure a core of technical qualified soldiers with excellent technical education combined with first class military training as potential NCOs and officers mainly for the specialist corps Royal Engineers, REME Plant Operator mechanics and RAOC.
Today[]
The army has now converted this to an infantry barracks. After the recent reorganisation of the Army, "Future Army Structures" and "Future Infantry Structures", the barracks is now the permanent home of 1 Rifles.
References[]
The original article can be found at Beachley Barracks and the edit history here.