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Carver Barracks is a British Army base based on the former site of RAF Debden, approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden, in Essex.
The airfield was built in 1935-37 and the runways laid in 1940. It was first occupied by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in September 1942. It was returned to Royal Air Force (RAF) control on 5 September 1945.
After the RAF withdrew from the station in 1974, the site was handed to the British Army and re-established as Carver Barracks. The site is now home to 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD), 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Headquarters Essex Wing, Air Training Corps and Saffron Walden Detachment, B Company, Essex Army Cadet Force.
In the 1980s Carver Barracks was home to Welsh Cavalry Regiment the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, the 13th/18th Royal Hussars and the 9th/12th Royal Lancers - all armoured reconnaissance regiments.