Claro Barracks
| Claro Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Ripon | |
| File:Keep out, MOD property - geograph.org.uk - 6722871.jpg Part of the Claro Barracks site | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Barracks |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | File:Flag of the British Army.svg British Army |
| Location | |
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1914-1915 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1915-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | 21 Engineer Regiment |
Claro Barracks is a British Army installation in Ripon, North Yorkshire.
History
[edit | edit source]The barracks, which were originally established as the command depot i.e. convalescent camp for Northern Command,[1] opened in April 1915 during the First World War.[2] Wilfred Owen wrote many of his poems when based at the barracks, known at the time as Ripon Army Camp,[3] in spring 1918.[4]
At the start of the Second World War, the School of Military Engineering, which had been based in Chatham, was split into two training battalions, one of which re-located to the barracks. The barracks were renamed Harper Barracks, after Lieutenant-General Sir George Harper, a famous engineer general.[5]
In 1940, an Experimental Tunnelling Section was formed, followed in January 1942 by the School of Bomb Disposal.[6]
Both the School of Military Engineering and the School of Bomb Disposal returned to Chatham in 1949.[7] During the 1950s, Harper Barracks was the home of a Royal Signals training regiment.[8]
In 1959, the barracks became the home of 38 Engineer Regiment, who would remain there for nearly half a century.[9] The barracks was rebuilt and renamed Claro Barracks, after Claro Hill - a local beauty spot, in the 1960s.[10] In 1974, a bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army badly damaged the barracks.[11]
The barracks went on to become the home of 21 Engineer Regiment in 2008.[12]
Future closure
[edit | edit source]The Ministry of Defence announced in March 2013 that the site had been earmarked for closure.[13] Consequently, in November 2016, it was announced that the site would close in 2019.[14] This was later extended to 2028.[15]
Current units
[edit | edit source]The following notable units are based at Claro Barracks.[16]
British Army
[edit | edit source]- 21 Engineer Regiment
- 7 Headquarters and Support Squadron
- 1 Field Squadron
- 4 Field Squadron
- 29 Field Squadron[17]
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