| Warminster Garrison | |
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| Warminster | |
 St. Giles Garrison Church | |
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: 228.6%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> Warminster Garrison Location within Wiltshire
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| Coordinates | 51°12′43″N 2°09′36″W / 51.212°N 2.160°WCoordinates: 51°12′43″N 2°09′36″W / 51.212°N 2.160°W |
| Type | Garrison |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |
 British Army |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1993–present |
Warminster Garrison is a military garrison of the British Army based on the edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.
History[]
The history of Warminster's military garrison can be traced back to Roman Britain, where a small camp was located on the side of the current Battlesbury Barracks (part of the garrison). However, following Options for Change announced following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union and subsequent end of the Cold War, Headquarters, Combined Arms Training Centre located in Warminster was dual-headed as Headquarters, Warminster Garrison and Warminster Training Centre on 1 April 1993. This itself formed between a merger of the now defunct Headquarters School of Infantry and the Barracks, Warminster (today known as Battlesbury Barracks). All three of these elements merged into the Warminster Training Centre (WTC).[1]
On 4 May 1995, as part of the second phase of Options for Change, the Infantry Support Weapons Wing at AAC Netheravon closed and its components moved to WTC as part of the Infantry Training Centre (ITC).[1]
To bring this new title more in-line with its evolving role, CATC change its title to Land Warfare Training Centre in June 2000, which was further refined in 2002 to become Land Warfare Centre (LWC) with HQ Training Support Command (Land) becoming HQ LWC. This resulted in similar changes to the titles of some of its subordinates also, but most relevantly, WTC became known as Land Warfare Centre.[1] Sometime before 2016 LWC was renamed as 'Waterloo Lines'.[2]
Current garrison[]
The current occupants of the garrison as of April 2021 is as follows:
- Commander, Warminster Garrison – Lieutenant Colonel[3]
- Garrison Sergeant Major – Warrant Officer 1[2]
Battlesbury Barracks[]
- Battlesbury Barracks
- The Royal Dragoon Guards (Armored Reconnaissance; with CVR(T) Light Tanks)[lower-alpha 1]
- United Nations Training and Advisory Team
Harman Lines[]
- Harman Lines
- Falcon Area Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal Tank Regiment[4] (28 Engineer Regiment)[5]
- Close Support Troop, Royal Engineers[6] (detached from 28 Engineer Regiment, supporting Falcon Squadron)
- Land Warfare Centre Battlegroup Light Aid Detachment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[6]
- Falcon Area Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal Tank Regiment[4] (28 Engineer Regiment)[5]
Waterloo Lines[]
Land Warfare Centre[]
LWC is a 2 star command "delivering trained soldiers and validated units to the British Army. Driving Field Army Warfare Development to deliver success on operations."[14] The Land Warfare Centre oversees the three training/support overseas units: Suffield (Canada), Kenya, and Belize.[15] Following the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the Centre was almost completely reorganised with its many independent schools merged into the new Combat Manoeuvre Centre in July 2022.[16]
Land Warfare Centre (LWC) (), at Waterloo Lines, Warminster Garrison[17]
- Junior Division, Land Command Staff College
- Military Knowledge Office, Land Command Staff College
- Collective Training Group ()
- Combat Ready Training Centre
- Commander, Staff and Tactical Training Group
- Command and Staff Trainer (South), at Battlesbury Barracks
- Combat Manoeuvre Centre () – established in 2022 to learn from Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Urban Operations Centre
- Corps Headquarters, Small Arms School Corps
- Combined Arms Manoeuvre School – formerly the Specialist Weapons School
- Experimentation and Trials Group
- 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, at Battlesbury Barracks (Experimentation Battalion)[20]
- Armoured Trials and Development Unit[21]
- Infantry Trials and Development Unit[22]
- Royal Artillery Trials and Development Unit
- Royal Engineers Trials and Development Unit
- Combat Service Support Trials and Development Unit
Footnotes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Warminster Garrison: Leisure Time". 1 September 2008. https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080109233241/http://www.army.mod.uk/linkedfiles/soldierwelfare/supportagencies/aws/communityguides/sw_sa_aws_cg_warminster_w/warminster_section_4_08.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "New Sergeant Major at the helm of Warminster Garrison" (in en). https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/14389554.new-sergeant-major-at-the-helm-of-warminster-garrison/.
- ↑ "Warminster Garrison army chief orders a clean up" (in en). https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/18791707.warminster-garrison-commanding-officer-orders-clean/.
- ↑ [0=AZUmGg08b9B4owfzXr-z57GqCPBTZUKtw8Bt14ixo55FfM_adh3ReW9emC8XGuKbjDZXZKebUJ880XB5LwuIdqSyRkvDUN9Tqd9EH-56oivTBRCEk45D1ciauYcVi1S0MFpBWkk1TqXGQcXgfcI6n2_7&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R "The FUCHS Simulator is alive once more. Rhinemetall prove all systems work ready for its move south to Harman Lines, in perpetration for it's refurbishment with FALCON."]. 29 January 2015. https://www.facebook.com/RoyalTankRegt/posts/333465900186282?__cft__[0]=AZUmGg08b9B4owfzXr-z57GqCPBTZUKtw8Bt14ixo55FfM_adh3ReW9emC8XGuKbjDZXZKebUJ880XB5LwuIdqSyRkvDUN9Tqd9EH-56oivTBRCEk45D1ciauYcVi1S0MFpBWkk1TqXGQcXgfcI6n2_7&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R.
- ↑ "28 Engineer Regiment" (in en-GB). https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/corps-of-royal-engineers/28-engineer-regiment/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Google Maps" (in en). https://www.google.com/maps/place/Harman+Lines/@51.2173717,-2.1456327,3a,21.8y,86.65h,88.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sY6ipjge7A4AF3TSd0Dtw9g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x4873d119861bd59f:0x8903f0e11c7e3ba9!2sHarman+Lines!8m2!3d51.2176583!4d-2.1452734!3m4!1s0x4873d119861bd59f:0x8903f0e11c7e3ba9!8m2!3d51.2176583!4d-2.1452734.
- ↑ "Salisbury Plain Training Area - COTEC". http://www.cotec.org.uk/salisbury-plain.php. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ↑ "Supporting the British Army's Training and Exercise Management" (in en-US). https://www.4cstrategies.com/case_study/british-army-ctem/.
- ↑ "Collective Training Group HQ". October 2021. https://mobile.twitter.com/HQCTG.
- ↑ "Training Readiness in The British Army: Designing, managing, and evaluating objective based training". 4C Strategies. March 2018. https://www.4cstrategies.com/content/uploads/2018/03/training-readiness-in-the-ba-wp-jewol_tove.pdf.
- ↑ "Freedom of Information request regarding the Educational Training Services (ETS)". Ministry of Defence. 23 December 2022. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/925503/response/2196906/attach/3/20221223%20FOI14414%20Zacchi%20Response%20Letter%20ArmyPolSec.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1.
- ↑ Army Policy & Secretariat, FOI(A) Request relating to current AECs (7 December 2020). whatdotheyknow.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ↑ "Army Educational Services: Location Map". 9 May 2021. https://twitter.com/OC12AECGp/status/1391490503946948612/photo/1.
- ↑ "The Land Warfare Centre" (in en). https://twitter.com/lwc_uk.
- ↑ Strategic Command FOI(A); Ministry of Defence Overseas Deployments. (23 November 2020) Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ↑ Colin, Mackie (July 2022). "British Army – Current Senior Serving Officers". http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Generals-Current.pdf.
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- ↑ at 11:23am, 30th August 2018. "Gurkha Soldiers Celebrate Newly-Formed Company" (in en). https://www.forces.net/services/gurkhas/gurkha-soldiers-celebrate-newly-formed-company.
- ↑ [0=AZXVjY30_RvUQ7OJoyEdLDIcbPZFwtFtfstpKgr_MNhEuz6YB-jOQJigvRMztKXevwywIs8G0NiLH56j30r3Kg9mYVlKnNx9R43cG7mP1BI0ZN9mWXjw3pZGQtnvdYhfOxHvzMshykERJkjO5ZbyqPRO&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R "Awards for #Yorkshire's finest."]. The Yorkshire Regiment. 29 October 2022. https://www.facebook.com/YORKSRegt/posts/pfbid0zzjcLAXA3iQ9XLhsA5bs7keLxnbyxUjnUokTz7qQEWEsT3DXZirYbirRAnCPJjCUl?__cft__[0]=AZXVjY30_RvUQ7OJoyEdLDIcbPZFwtFtfstpKgr_MNhEuz6YB-jOQJigvRMztKXevwywIs8G0NiLH56j30r3Kg9mYVlKnNx9R43cG7mP1BI0ZN9mWXjw3pZGQtnvdYhfOxHvzMshykERJkjO5ZbyqPRO&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R.
- ↑ Sables, Tom. "Ajax: Nearly 200 More Troops Contacted For Hearing Tests" (in en). https://www.forces.net/news/ajax-nearly-200-more-troops-contacted-hearing-tests.
- ↑ "Equipment Changes Aim To Make Infantry Soldiers More Mobile". Forces News. 2 November 2018. https://www.forces.net/news/equipment-changes-make-infantry-soldiers-more-mobile. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
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