Alanbrooke Barracks

Alanbrooke Barracks
	Topcliffe
	Alanbrooke Barracks
	Alanbrooke Barracks Location within North Yorkshire
Coordinates	54°12′12″N 01°24′06″W
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1974
In use	1974-Present
Garrison information
Occupants	4th Regiment Royal Artillery

Alanbrooke Barracks is a military installation at Topcliffe in North Yorkshire, England.

History

The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Topcliffe airbase, in 1974, as an ordnance field park.[1] The barracks were named Alanbrooke Barracks after Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, a former Royal Artillery officer, when 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery took over the site in 1977.[2] The barracks continued the tradition of being an artillery base with the arrival of 49th Regiment Royal Artillery in 1982,[3] 19th Regiment Royal Artillery in 1990[4] and 40th Regiment Royal Artillery in 1998.[5]

The barracks were also home to 15th Infantry Brigade from January 1982 to November 1992.[6]

4th Regiment Royal Artillery has been based at Alanbrooke Barracks since 2008.[7]

The following notable units are based at Alanbrooke Barracks.[8]

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