Gaza Barracks
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barracks, infantry
Order of Battle:
4th Armoured Brigade HQ & HQ Company
The 4th Armoured Brigade was formed as part of the Mobile Division Egypt in response to the Munich crisis of 1938. The Division formation changed name in 1940 to the 7th Armoured Division maintaining both heavy and light armoured brigades.This division, the original Desert Rats, consisted of the 7th Armoured Brigade (previously the Light Armoured Brigade consisting of light mobile Armoured Cars) and 4th Armoured Brigade (the Heavy Armoured Brigade consisting of heavily armoured Cruiser tanks) which at this time consisted of the 1st and 6th RTR under the command of Brigadier J A L Caunter DSO MC.
4th Mechanized Brigade, or the 'The Black Rats', is now based in Catterick, North Yorkshire after moving from their previous home in Germany. The brigade was reclassified as a mechanized brigade in December 2006, forming part of the 3rd Mechanised Division.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Mechanized_Brigade_(United_Ki...
www.army.mod.uk/structure/9958.aspx
204th Signals Squadron
204 Signal Squadron is an independent Squadron that provides the communications and
administrative support for the Headquarters of 4th Mechanized Brigade and the
Commander. The Squadron was formed in January 1993.
The Squadron consists of four troops (a squadron headquarters troop (Abassia Troop), a support troop (Rhine Troop) and two communications troops (Alamein and Messina Troop).The two communications troops provide radio operators and the manpower for two identical headquarters.
www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/6967.aspx
www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9675C32A-189A-47B8-8F62-23D55B5...
Royal Army Medical Corps
3rd & 5th Regiments
The 3rd Regiment RAMC is attached to the 4th Mechanized Brigade.
www.army.mod.uk/army-medical-services/10565.aspx
The 5th Regiment RAMC is attached to the 1st Mechanized Brigade whose HQ Garrison is in Tidworth (Salisbury Plain).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps
4th Armoured Brigade HQ & HQ Company
The 4th Armoured Brigade was formed as part of the Mobile Division Egypt in response to the Munich crisis of 1938. The Division formation changed name in 1940 to the 7th Armoured Division maintaining both heavy and light armoured brigades.This division, the original Desert Rats, consisted of the 7th Armoured Brigade (previously the Light Armoured Brigade consisting of light mobile Armoured Cars) and 4th Armoured Brigade (the Heavy Armoured Brigade consisting of heavily armoured Cruiser tanks) which at this time consisted of the 1st and 6th RTR under the command of Brigadier J A L Caunter DSO MC.
4th Mechanized Brigade, or the 'The Black Rats', is now based in Catterick, North Yorkshire after moving from their previous home in Germany. The brigade was reclassified as a mechanized brigade in December 2006, forming part of the 3rd Mechanised Division.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Mechanized_Brigade_(United_Ki...
www.army.mod.uk/structure/9958.aspx
204th Signals Squadron
204 Signal Squadron is an independent Squadron that provides the communications and
administrative support for the Headquarters of 4th Mechanized Brigade and the
Commander. The Squadron was formed in January 1993.
The Squadron consists of four troops (a squadron headquarters troop (Abassia Troop), a support troop (Rhine Troop) and two communications troops (Alamein and Messina Troop).The two communications troops provide radio operators and the manpower for two identical headquarters.
www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/6967.aspx
www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9675C32A-189A-47B8-8F62-23D55B5...
Royal Army Medical Corps
3rd & 5th Regiments
The 3rd Regiment RAMC is attached to the 4th Mechanized Brigade.
www.army.mod.uk/army-medical-services/10565.aspx
The 5th Regiment RAMC is attached to the 1st Mechanized Brigade whose HQ Garrison is in Tidworth (Salisbury Plain).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catterick_Garrison
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°22'55"N 1°43'17"W
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- BASE MILITAR "ALVAREZ DE SOTOMAYOR"-- LA LEGION 1946 km
- Duchess of Kent Military Hospital (closed) 1.2 km
- Catterick Garrison Cantonment 1.5 km
- Foxglove Covert 2.5 km
- Catterick Racecourse 4.9 km
- Aske Hall 4.9 km
- Bolton-on-Swale Lake 6.6 km
- Former RAF Catterick 6.9 km
- Scotch Corner 7.5 km
- Church Whin 9 km
- Hinkle Wood 11 km