Waterloo Lines

Waterloo Lines
Warminster
Waterloo Lines
Location within Wiltshire
Coordinates 51°12′43″N 2°09′36″W / 51.212°N 2.160°W / 51.212; -2.160Coordinates: 51°12′43″N 2°09′36″W / 51.212°N 2.160°W / 51.212; -2.160
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1945
In use 1945–present

Waterloo Lines, formerly known as the Land Warfare Centre, is a British Army barracks on Imber Road in Warminster, Wiltshire. It is currently home to a number of Army specialist training schools and a sizeable portion of the Headquarters Field Army, not to be confused with Army HQ in Andover.

History

Waterloo Lines has its origins in the Battle School established near Barnard Castle in County Durham in 1941: it moved to Warminster in 1945[1] and was known as the School of Infantry until it was renamed the Land Warfare Centre in 1988.[2]

The site is also home to Headquarters Small Arms School Corps[3] who moved to the barracks from Hythe in 1969,[4] and Headquarters Infantry, which was formed in 1996 and is responsible for the recruiting, manning and training policy of the Infantry.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Round and about" (PDF). Warminster Service Community Official Guide. p. 74. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Land Warfare Centre". Preserved tanks. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Infantry & Small Arms School Corps Weapons Collection". Ministry of Defence. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Corps Day 19 September". Small Arms School Corps Association. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Headquarters Infantry". Ministry of Defence. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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