Waterloo Lines

Waterloo Lines, formerly known as the Land Warfare Centre, is a British Army barracks on Imber Road in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. 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.

Waterloo Lines
Warminster
Waterloo Lines
Location within Wiltshire
Coordinates51.212°N 2.160°W / 51.212; -2.160
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1945
In use1945–present

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, on the northern outskirts of the town, lies under the edge of Salisbury Plain and has access to the military training areas on the Plain. It is home to the Specialist Weapons School;[3] the headquarters of the Small Arms School Corps, which trains infantry weapon trainers;[4] and Headquarters Infantry, which was formed in 1996 and is responsible for the recruiting, manning and training policies of the infantry.[5]

The site also has the headquarters of Defence Training Estate, which manages the land occupied by all training areas belonging to the Ministry of Defence.[6]

Since 2002, a nearby building has housed the Combined Arms Tactical Trainer, a large battlefield simulator.[7]

In 2009, the extent of the Warminster Training Centre site was 95 hectares (230 acres).[8]

A unit of the Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkha Company (Tavoleto), is based at Waterloo Lines to provide realistic OPFOR training.[9]

See also

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.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Land Warfare Centre". Preserved tanks. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. "Specialist Weapons School". British Army. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  4. "Infantry & Small Arms School Corps Weapons Collection". Ministry of Defence. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  5. "Headquarters Infantry". Ministry of Defence. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. "DTE South West: Public Information Leaflet" (PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  7. "Lockheed Martin Receives Two-Year Combined Arms Tactical Trainer Interim Support Contract". Lockheed Martin. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  8. "Defence Estate Development Plan 2009: Estate Baseline" (PDF). GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 3 July 2009. p. A-41. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. "Gurkha Company (Tavoleto) Warminster Parade". Gurkha Brigade Association. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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