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The village of Ballykelly suffered the Droppin Well bombing in 1982 which resulted in the loss of eighteen lives including both local civilians and soldiers from Shackleton Barracks. 5th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment moved out in 1992. [1]
Royal Air Force Ballykelly, or more simply RAF Ballykelly, is a former Royal Air Force station which opened in 1941 in Ballykelly, County Londonderry. It closed in 1971 when the site was handed over to the British Army as Shackleton Barracks .
Ballykelly (from Irish Baile Uí Cheallaigh, meaning 'O'Kelly's Townland' [1]) is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Limavady on the main Derry to Limavady A2 road and is 15 miles (24 km) east of Derry. It is designated as a Large Village [2] and in 2011 the population of Ballykelly ...
The battalion eventually had seven rifle companies which were based at: Ebrington Barracks, Derry (A, West Bank, Coy and B, Waterside Coy), C Coy in Claudy, D Coy in Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly, E Coy at Laurel House, Coleraine, F Coy in Magherafelt. and G Coy in Maghera. [15] G Coy was originally the B Coy of 1 UDR based in Ballymoney. It ...
Tamlaght Finlagan Parish Church (C of I), Clooney Road, Ballykelly, Limavady BT49 9HS Church Limavady B+ B+ HB02/10/009 A: Walworth House, 11 Walworth Road, Ballykelly, Limavady BT49 9JU Country House Limavady B+ B1 HB02/10/002: Upload Photo. Aircraft Hangar, Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly, Limavady Store Limavady B+ HB02/10/027
Guarded by a permanent cadre of soldiers these barracks would become doubly active after 6 p.m. as part-time soldiers arrived for evening duties. After Ulsterisation began in 1976 many battalion headquarters eventually had full-sized permanent cadre companies attached and these would maintain a 24-hour presence in the battalion's Tactical Area ...
All of the "major" pieces of wreckage from the collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 have been cleared from the Potomac River, officials said.
RAF Ballykelly: IY Northern Ireland County Londonderry: 1941 1971 Site transferred to Army as Shackleton Barracks: RAF Ballywalter: Northern Ireland County Down: 1941 1945 No. 16 Satellite Landing Ground RAF Bampton Castle: England Oxfordshire: 1939 2003 established by Royal Signals Regiment, transferred to RAF Signals Command in 1965 RAF Banff ...