Ministry of Defence Stafford otherwise known as MOD Stafford or Beacon Barracks is a

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Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in th ...

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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

History

Beacon Barracks was renamed from RAF Stafford in 2006, after the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

moved out. In 2013, the British Government announced the redevelopment of the barracks, to allow 16 Signal Regiment and 1 Armoured Division Signal Regiment to move there, in 2015. The barracks are referred to as 'Stafford Station' and forms part of

Headquarters West Midlands Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top ...

Based units

The following notable units are based at MOD Stafford.

British Army

Royal Corps of Signals The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. Signals units are among the first into action, providing the battlefield commun ...

* 1st Signal Brigade ** 16th Signal Regiment *** 207 (Jerboa) Signal Squadron *** 230 (Malaya) Signal Squadron *** 247 Gurkha Signal Squadron *** 255 (Bahrain) Signal Squadron *** Support Squadron ** 22nd Signal Regiment *** 217 Signal Squadron *** 222 Signal Squadron *** 248 (Gurkha) Signal Squadron *** Support Squadron

Defence Electronics and Components Agency The Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) is an executive agency sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The agency was formed in April 2015 from the air division of the Defence Support Group, which was retained wh ...

* Defence Electronics and Components Agency Stafford

Royal Air Force

Joint Helicopter Command Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) is a tri-service organisation uniting battlefield military helicopters of the British Armed Forces for command and coordination purposes. History Background Over the years, the grouping of all battlefield suppo ...

* Tactical Supply Wing No. 22 Group (Training) RAF *

Royal Air Force Air Cadets The Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) is a volunteer-military youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Air Force that manages both the Air Training Corps and RAF Sections of the Combined Cadet Force. The organisation is headed by a former ser ...

** Staffordshire Wing Headquarters ** No. 395 (Stafford) Squadron ATC

References

{{Authority control Stafford Installations of the British Army Barracks in England