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Aldershot Garrison is home to the Headquarters of the 4th Division of the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
, and it is also the administrative base for the 145th (South) Brigade. It is located at Aldershot
Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the England county of Hampshire, located on heathland about 60 km southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council....
, Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
, England
England

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Aldershot Garrison is home to the Headquarters of the 4th Division of the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
, and it is also the administrative base for the 145th (South) Brigade. It is located at Aldershot
Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the England county of Hampshire, located on heathland about 60 km southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council....
, Hampshire
Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
, England
England

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Regiments & Units (2006)


  • Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit (MDHU) Frimley Park Hospital
    Frimley Park Hospital

    Frimley Park Hospital is a large, 700-bed National Health Service hospital in Frimley, Surrey, part of the Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust....
  • Defence Dental Agency (DDA)
  • 1st Bn Grenadier Guards
    Grenadier Guards

    The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry....
     (1st Mechanised Brigade)
  • 1st Bn Irish Guards
    Irish Guards

    The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the The Royal Irish Regiment , it is one of only two purely Irish regiments remaining in the British Army....
     (12 Mechanised Brigade)
  • HQ 101 Logistic Brigade
  • 27 Regt Royal Logistic Corps
    Royal Logistic Corps

    The Royal Logistic Corps is the British Army corps that provides the logistics for the Army. It is the largest corps in the British Army....
  • 10 Tpt Royal Logistic Corps (Provides 3rd line support to HQ 101 Log Bde)
    • 28 Transport Sqn Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment.
  • RLC Training Centre Royal Logistic Corps
  • 4 GS Medical Regiment
  • 22 Field Hospital
    Field hospital

    A field hospital is a large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties on-site before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities....
  • 101 Military Working Dog Unit
  • 4 Regiment Royal Military Police
    • 160 Provost Company Royal Military Police
      Royal Military Police

      The Royal Military Police is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of service personnel and providing a military police presence on service property, operations and exercises....
  • HQ PAT Group and Army School of Physical Training
    Army School of Physical Training

    The Army School of Physical Training is the headquarters of the United Kingdom Army Physical Training Corps and the central training establishment for physical education, physical fitness and sports instructors in the British Army....
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The Aldershot Garrison does not cover the nearby Pirbright
Pirbright

Pirbright is a village in Surrey, England. Neighbouring villages include Worplesdon, Deepcut, Brookwood, Surrey and Normandy, Surrey. Pirbright parish has an area of some falling into two distinct communities with the military area to the north of the railway and the village to the south....
 military estate which falls under the command of HQ London District
London District (British Army)

London District is the name given by the British Army to the area of operations encompassing the Greater London area. It was formed in 1905 as an independent district within the larger command structure of the army, and has remained so ever since....
 (LONDIST).

Aldershot was home for many years to the 5th Airborne Brigade, this became part of the 16th Air Assault Brigade and moved in the majority to Colchester Garrison
Colchester Garrison

The Colchester Garrison is a British Army base located in Colchester in the county of Essex. The Colchester Garrison has been an important military base since the Roman Britain era....
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See also


  • List of Army Barracks around Aldershot
    List of army barracks around Aldershot

    This is a list of British Army barracks in Aldershot Military Town near the town of Aldershot in Hampshire, England, which is the Home of the British Army....


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