Type Barracks In use 1976-Present Year built 1976 Occupant Royal Irish Regiment | Operator British Army Occupants 1 Royal Irish Regiment Owner Ministry of Defence | |
Soldiers celebrate st patrick s day at clive barracks in shropshire
Clive Barracks is a military installation at Ternhill in Shropshire in Western England.
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History
The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Ternhill airfield, in 1976: they were initially named Borneo Barracks before being renamed Clive Barracks after Major-General Lord Clive who had been born in Shropshire. Some of the early units to use the site were the Queen's Lancashire Regiment who moved there in 1980 and the Royal Welch Fusiliers who moved there in 1984.
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) and the 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (who had arrived in 1989) were located at the station. 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.
Since 2007 the barracks have been the home of 1 Royal Irish Regiment.
In late March 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that the site was one of ten to be sold in order to reduce the size of the Defence estate. The airfield will be retained as a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) and practice area for Defence Helicopter Flying School based out of nearby RAF Shawbury. In November 2016 the Ministry of Defence announced that the site would close in 2022.
