Robertson Barracks, Norfolk
Robertson Barracks | |
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Swanton Morley | |
Robertson Barracks | |
![]() ![]() Robertson Barracks Location within Norfolk | |
Coordinates | 52°43′41″N 0°58′01″E / 52.72800°N 0.96700°ECoordinates: 52°43′41″N 0°58′01″E / 52.72800°N 0.96700°E |
Type | Barracks |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator |
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Site history | |
Built | 1995 |
In use | 1995-Present |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards |
Robertson Barracks is military installation near Swanton Morley in Norfolk.
History
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The barracks, which are named after Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, were established when RAF Swanton Morley was handed over to the British Army in 1995.[1] The barracks became home to the 9th/12th Royal Lancers in April 1998[2] and to the Light Dragoons in August 2000.[3] The Army often uses the Mid-Norfolk Railway to carry equipment such as Scimitar light tanks belonging to army units based at the barracks to their training facilities in other parts of the United Kingdom.[4]
In 2013 the British Government identified Robertson Barracks as one of seven "core bases" in which it would invest.[5] The Light Dragoons left the barracks on 6 June 2015 and were replaced by the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards who were returning from Germany.[6]
In November 2016 the Ministry of Defence announced that the site would close in 2031.[7]
References
- ↑ "RAF Swanton Morley". Hansard. 15 May 1995. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ "9th/12th Royal Lancers". British Army Units 1945 on. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ "The Light Dragoons". British Army Units 1945 on. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ "Army and infrastructure trains – all in a day's work on the MNR!". Norfolk Railway Society. January 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ "Future of mid Norfolk barracks secured, but Light Dragoons will leave Norfolk". edp24.co.uk. Archant. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ "Light Dragoons bid farewell to Swanton Morley with flag ceremony as Queen's Dragoon Guards arrive". Dereham Times. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ "A Better Defence Estate" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.