Ubique Barracks, Widnes is a military installation of the British Ministry of Defence occupied by the British Army located in

Widnes, Cheshire Widnes ( ) is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form th ...

WA8 6TH, England.

History

Following the reorganisation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve, a Light Air Defence Troop was formed at the (then) Territorial Army Centre, Widnes part of the also newly formed 213 (South Lancashire Artillery) Light Air Defence Battery. In 1986, following the formation of the Home Service Force (a home defence roled infantry force), a new detachment formed at the barracks part of A (Home Service Force) Battery. At this time the centre was expanded to the modern barracks. As part of the Options for Change reform announced after the

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, the Home Service Force Battery was disbanded, and the LAD troop based in Widnes reduced to the battery LAD, where it remained until 2001. In 2001, an internal reorganisation of

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saw the regimental Light Aid Detachment (LAD),

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disperse and join each battery individually, leaving the barracks vacant. In 2007 following the Future Army Structure programme whereas B (Cheshire) Company, 4th Battalion Mercian Regiment was based. This company was later to be disbanded by 2018, but under the Army 2020 Refine programme, the company remained at the location. On 19 April 2018, a 'suspicious package' was notified to the Cheshire Constabulary, but this was later found to just be a false alarm. Ubique Barracks forms part of Cheshire Garrison, a regional garrison overseeing all units based within the county of

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Current garrison

The current garrison of the barracks includes the following: British Army * B Company, 4th Battalion, Mercian RegimentFOI(A) Response,
Information related to the Army 2020 Refine
'. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2020. Community Cadet Forces * Widnes Detachment, Cheshire Army Cadet Force * Widnes Sea Cadets * 310 (Widnes) Squadron, Air Training Corps

Footnotes

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