Cwrt-y-Gollen ("Hazel Court") is a

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training base, 2 miles (3 km) south-east of

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and just north of the

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and the River Usk, in southeastern

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, Wales.

History

Cwrt-y-Gollen became the regional centre for infantry training as the

Welsh Brigade The Welsh Brigade was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1964. The Brigade administered the regular Welsh infantry regiments. After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. ...

Depot in 1963. It was announced in 1984 that the depot would close in the interests of economy.

Current use

Cwrt-y-Gollen training camp is currently used by several services of the British armed forces. Most notably by the

British army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

as a reserve center for B Detachment (North), 203 (Welsh) Field Hospital. It is also the headquarters for the Gwent and Powys Army Cadet Force (ACF).

References

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