Harman Lines
Warminster, Wiltshire
Harman Lines is located in Wiltshire
Harman Lines
Harman Lines
Location within Wiltshire
Coordinates51°21′38.196″N 2°16′1.524″W / 51.36061000°N 2.26709000°W / 51.36061000; -2.26709000
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1975[1]
In use1975–Present
Garrison information
GarrisonFalcon Squadron, Royal Tank Regiment

Harman Lines is a military installation of the British Army, which is part of Warminster Garrison on the Salisbury Plain. Harman Lines is on Sack Road in Warminster, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.[2]

History

In 1965, Warminster saw a large expansion, and the 1966 Defence White Paper expanded its role. The nearby Land Warfare Centre gained a 'Tank Demonstration Squadron', later 'Armoured', which was a detached armoured unit from its regiment. In 1975, the custom-built Harman Lines was opened on Sack Hill.[1]

As part of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review, a new Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Regiment was formed based at RAF Honington and saw the 1st Royal Tank Regiment dispersed. As part of this change, A Squadron moved to Harman Lines[3] as part of the new unit under the Combined Arms Training Centre.[4] The site remained the home of the Armoured Demonstration Squadron until 2014, when it became the permanent home of, Falcon Squadron, RTR, part of the Defence CBRN Wing.[5][6][7]

Current garrison

The current garrison includes:

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Leisure Time: Warminster Garrison" (PDF). British Army. 8 January 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Warminster Garrison (Harman Lines, Sack Road, Warminster)". www.list.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Westbury army cadets say tanks for the memories". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "British Army units from 1945 on - 1st Royal Tank Regiment". british-army-units1945on.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Spire FM - News - Tank parade at Carter Barracks, Bulford". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "News Article - The Royal Tank Regiment Association". royaltankregiment.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  7. ↑ The Sapper August 2015, 12–13.
  8. ↑ "The FUCHS Simulator is alive once more. Rhinemetall prove all systems work ready for its move south to Harman Lines, in perpetration [sic] for it's [sic] refurbishment with FALCON". The Royal Tank Regiment – Facebook. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "28 Engineer Regiment". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

References

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