Clive Barracks

Clive Barracks
Ternhill
Clive Barracks
Clive Barracks Location within Shropshire
Coordinates	52°52′16″N 02°32′01″W / 52.87111°N 2.53361°W / 52.87111; -2.53361Coordinates: 52°52′16″N 02°32′01″W / 52.87111°N 2.53361°W / 52.87111; -2.53361
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1976
In use	1976-Present
Garrison information
Occupants	1 Royal Irish Regiment

Clive Barracks is a military installation at Ternhill in Shropshire.

History

The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Ternhill airbase, in 1976: they were initially named Borneo Barracks^[1] before being renamed Clive Barracks after Major-General Lord Clive who had been born in Shropshire.^[2] Some of the early units to use the site were the Queen's Lancashire Regiment who moved there in 1980^[3] and the Royal Welch Fusiliers who moved there in 1984.^[4]

On 20 February 1989, two IRA bombers activated two bombs within the accommodation barracks at Tern Hill. At that time the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (who had arrived in 1987)^[5] and the 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (who had arrived in 1989)^[6] were located at the base. A sentry spotted two men behaving suspiciously and raised the alarm, the barracks were evacuated shortly before the bombs exploded therefore preventing certain loss of life. One of the accommodation blocks was destroyed in the blast (which was reported to have been heard 20 mi (32 km) away in Shrewsbury). The bombers escaped by hijacking a car from a house down the road from the barracks.^[7]

Since 2007 the barracks have been the home of 1 Royal Irish Regiment.^[8]

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