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As part of the government's Better Defence Estate strategy, announced in Nov 2016, the Army plans to, over a period of 25 years, close down and dispose of numerous bases in the UK. This more efficient approach "co-locates people and capabilities in sustainable locations around centres of mass," and also releases land for up to 55,000 new homes.
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).
8,000 non-permanent (UK military personnel and their families; estimate) Episkopi Cantonment: Full sovereignty (beyond that of any other military base) disputed by Cyprus. Anguilla: Caribbean, North Atlantic Ocean "Unity, Strength and Endurance" 91 km 2 (35.1 sq mi) 14,869 (2019 estimate) The Valley: $299 million: $20,307 Bermuda
As British Overseas Territories, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands have all established locally-recruited units which are reserve components of the British Army. [1] [26] The most recently established of these is the Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment, which was officially raised in April 2020.
Catterick Garrison is a major garrison and military town 3 miles (5 km) south of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It is the largest British Army garrison in the world, with a population of around 13,000 in 2017 [1] and covering over 2,400 acres (about 10 km 2 ). Under plans announced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in November 2005, its ...
This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases, support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
Origins. The origins of the United States Air Force in the UK can be traced to a series of agreements made between 27 January and 27 March 1941 which provided for American naval, ground and air support for campaigns against Nazi Germany. As a result, a special U.S. Army Observer Group was activated in London on 19 May 1941.
HMS Daedalus (previously HMS Ariel 1959 - 1965) RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England. HMS Dipper RNAS Henstridge, Somerset, 1943-1958. HMS Fulmar RNAS Lossiemouth Lossiemouth, Moray 1946 -1972. HMS Godwit RNAS Hinstock, Shropshire, 1942–1947. HMS Goldcrest, three naval air stations were commissioned as Goldcrest, RNAS ...