Dalton Barracks

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Dalton Barracks
Abingdon
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Dalton Barracks
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Dalton Barracks
Location within Oxfordshire
Coordinates 51°41′27″N01°19′00″W / 51.69083°N 1.31667°W / 51.69083; -1.31667
TypeBarracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
OperatorFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
Site history
Built1992
In use1992–Present
Garrison information
Occupants Royal Logistic Corps
Intelligence Corps

Dalton Barracks is a military installation near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, England and home to 4 Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps. The site is set to close in 2030.

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History

The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Abingdon airbase, in 1992: they were named after James Dalton VC, who earned his VC as an acting assistant commissary in the Commissariat and Transport Department at the Battle of Rorke's Drift. The barracks were initially occupied by 3 and 4 Close Support Regiments of the Royal Corps of Transport (now 3 and 4 Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps). [1]

The primary occupier of the barracks is now 4 Regiment RLC, after 3 Regiment was disbanded as part of the Future Soldier reforms. [2]

Based units

The following units are based at Dalton Barracks. [3] [4]

Future

In March 2013, the Ministry of Defence announced that 12 Logistic Support Regiment would be disbanded with the loss of 400 jobs on the site. [6] In November 2016, the MoD announced that the site would close completely in 2029, [7] this was later extended to 2030. [8]

In 2021, it was reported that the site was being used to film Masters of the Air , an upcoming television series from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Regiments 1 to 10". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "20230621 FOI06904 Lightfoot Response Letter ArmySec.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Lancaster, Mark (29 November 2018). "Army:Written question - 194616". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "4 Regiment RLC". British Army. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Intelligence Corps | The British Army". 3 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Army bases: Dalton Barracks, Abingdon, loses 400 jobs". BBC. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "A Better Defence Estate" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Disposal database: House of Commons report" . Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Prosser, Eirian Jane. "First look at set for 'Tom Hanks' and 'Spielberg' TV show being filmed in Oxfordshire". Oxford Mail . Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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