Marlborough Lines is a
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 ...
installation on the former site of
RAF Andover
RAF Andover is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station in England, west of Andover, Hampshire. As well as RFC and RAF units, units of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, Royal Canadian Air Force, United States Army Air ...
in Hampshire, England.
History
Marlborough Lines was built on part of a former airfield on the western outskirts of the town of
Andover
Andover may refer to:
Places Australia
* Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Ando ...
, RAF Andover, which had been established in 1917 and closed in 2009.
In 2011
Army Headquarters, which started to take responsibility for more than 2,000 military and civilian personnel, was established at Marlborough Lines.
New Army's HQ Land Forces base is opened in Andover
BBC News, 9 September 2010
References
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Installations of the British Army
Andover, Hampshire
Military in Hampshire