Beachley Barracks

Beachley Barracks
Beachley, Gloucestershire, near Chepstow, Monmouthshire in England
Entrance to Beachley Barracks
Beachley Barracks Shown within Gloucestershire
Coordinates	51°37′13″N 002°39′11″W / 51.62028°N 2.65306°W / 51.62028; -2.65306Coordinates: 51°37′13″N 002°39′11″W / 51.62028°N 2.65306°W / 51.62028; -2.65306
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1915 (1915)
In use	1915-present
Garrison information
Occupants	1st Battalion, The Rifles

Beachley Barracks is a British Army base in Beachley, near Chepstow, in England. The Barracks is located at Beachley Point between the River Severn and the River Wye.

History

In 1915, during the First World War, the government requisitioned a large area of land at Beachley and constructed National Shipyard No.2. However, the war ended before production had begun. Instead, in 1924 it was decided to establish a British Army Army Apprentices School (which in 1966 was renamed as an Army Apprentices College) at Beachley to ensure a core of technical qualified soldiers with excellent technical education combined with first class military training as potential NCOs and officers mainly for the specialist corps Royal Engineers, REME Plant Operator mechanics and RAOC.

Today

The barracks is now the permanent home of 1 Rifles.^[1]

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