Battlesbury Barracks

Battlesbury Barracks
Warminster

Entrance to Battlesbury Barracks
Battlesbury Barracks
Location within Wiltshire
Coordinates 51°12′12″N 2°09′38″W / 51.20338°N 2.16051°W / 51.20338; -2.16051Coordinates: 51°12′12″N 2°09′38″W / 51.20338°N 2.16051°W / 51.20338; -2.16051
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1938
Built for War Office
In use 1938-Present
Garrison information
Occupants 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment

Battlesbury Barracks is a military installation in Warminster, Wiltshire. It is the permanent base of The 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, serving as armoured infantry. The battalion is currently commanded by Lieutenant Colonel A S Garner MBE.[1]

History

The barracks is located on Woodcock Road, adjacent to the ancient Battlesbury Camp hill fort, and was first occupied by the Welch Regiment in 1965.[2]

On 9 December 2005 the Barracks was taken over by the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on their return to the UK from Belfast Barracks in Osnabruck, Germany, as their permanent UK base.[3]

Dukes final morning parade before rebadging (6 June 2006)

In December 2004, as part of the re-organisation of the infantry, it was announced that the Duke of Wellington's Regiment would be amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and the Green Howards, all Yorkshire-based regiments in the King's Division, to form the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalion of the new Yorkshire Regiment. The re-badging parade took place on 6 June 2006 and the 'Dukes' formally became the 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellington's).[4]

In 2013, under the Army 2020 changes the Green Howards Battalion (2nd) in Cyprus was to be disbanded. The soldiers were merged into the 1st (PWO), Battalion in Germany and the 3rd (DWR) Battalion. On July 25, 2013. The 3rd Battalion was then renumbered as the new 1st Battalion (1 Yorks), whilst the PWO Battalion took over the Colours of the 2nd Battalion (Green Howards) and renumbered as the new 2nd Battalion (2 Yorks).[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Yorkshire Regiment MoD website
  2. ↑ "Welch Regiment". British Army units 1945 on. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ↑ DWR Regimental Journal: The Iron Duke, issue 257, Page 122, '1st Battalion Headquarters', Winter 2005
  4. ↑ "The Yorkshire Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "3 YORKS becomes 1 YORKS". Ministry of Defence. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Duke of Wellington's Regimental Association website". DWR Website News page. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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