Stirling Lines

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British Army garrison in Credenhill, Herefordshire

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::summary British Army garrison in Credenhill, Herefordshire ::

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nameStirling Lines
imageFile:ZJ780 8490634574 (cropped).jpg
image_size300
captionA Dauphin II of No. 658 Squadron based at Stirling Lines
partof
nearest_townCredenhill, Herefordshire,
countryEngland
typeArmy barracks
coordinates
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pushpin_mapHerefordshire
pushpin_mapsize300
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Herefordshire
pushpin_labelStirling Lines
pushpin_label_positiontop
ownershipMinistry of Defence
operatorBritish Army
controlledbySpecial Air Service
site_area392 hectare
built(as RAF Credenhill)
used1939 – 1994 (RAF)
1999 – present (British Army)
height
length
fate
conditionOperational
current_commander
past_commanders
garrison
occupants*22 Special Air Service Regiment
ICAOEGVH
elevation240 m
h1-number08/26
h1-length150 m
h1-surfaceGrass
airfield_other_label
airfield_other
footnotesSource: UK Military AIP
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Stirling Lines is a British Army garrison in Credenhill, Herefordshire; the headquarters of the 22 Special Air Service Regiment (22 SAS), Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) and 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment. The site was formerly a Royal Air Force (RAF) non-flying station for training schools, known as RAF Credenhill.

History

In 1958, the Special Air Service (SAS) was temporarily based at Merebrook Camp in Malvern, Worcestershire, a former emergency military hospital that had remained largely unused since 1945. In 1960, the SAS moved to a former Royal Artillery boys' training unit, Bradbury Lines in Hereford, which was renamed in 1984 to Stirling Lines in honour of the regiment's founder, Lieutenant Colonel David Stirling. In 1994, the RAF ceased using RAF Credenhill; the Army then obtaining the site to redevelop as a new base for the SAS; works commenced in 1997. The SAS commenced relocation of staff and equipment to Credenhill from Hereford with the redevelopment of the site. The move was completed in May 1999. On 30 September 2000, the official opening ceremony was held for the new Stirling Lines with the clock tower re-erected on the new parade ground. The Hereford site was sold to a property developer in March 2001.

Based units

The following units are based at Stirling Lines:

References

References

  1. No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit. "AD 3 EGVH - Hereford". Royal Air Force.
  2. Goodwin, Nicola. (6 May 2010). "SAS: Troopers tell their stories". [[BBC News]].
  3. "RAF Hereford (Credenhill) - RAF Stations - H". M B Barrass.
  4. Bennett, Richard M.. (2003). "Elite forces : an encyclopedia of the world's most formidable secret armies". Virgin Books.
  5. (9 October 2003). "Former SAS site plan set to impact". [[Hereford Times]].
  6. Coughlin, Con. (30 January 2013). "The SAS: a very special force". [[The Daily Telegraph.
  7. (5 April 2005). "Special forces regiment created". [[BBC News]].

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