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MOD Worthy Down is a tri-service establishment in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It forms part of the wider Winchester Garrison and houses the headquarters of the Defence School of Logistics and Administration (DSLA), as well as the headquarters of the Royal Logistic Corps and Adjutant General's Corps. DSLA provides logistic support, personnel ...
Royal Air Force Worthy Down or simply RAF Worthy Down is a former Royal Air Force station built in 1918, 3.5 miles (6 km) north of Winchester, Hampshire, England.After it was transferred to Royal Navy control in 1939 as Royal Naval Air Station Worthy Down (RNAS Worthy Down, or HMS Kestrel), the airfield remained in use throughout the Second World War and then housed a RN Air Electrical School ...
The Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut, commonly referred to as Deepcut Barracks, is a former British Army installation near Camberley, Surrey.It was the headquarters of the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) and also the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration, before both moved to Worthy Down Camp.
three of the small size at Worthy Down (former HMS Kestrel, RN Fleet Air Arm RAF Worthy Down) are sited around the former dispersal area and are now semi-derelict. One is located in the hedgerow of a field on the eastern side of Christmas Hill, south of Lower Road; the other two are in woodland to the western side of Worthy Grove.
As part of the government's Better Defence Estate strategy, announced in Nov 2016, the Army plans to, over a period of 25 years, close down and dispose of numerous bases in the UK. This more efficient approach "co-locates people and capabilities in sustainable locations around centres of mass," and also releases land for up to 55,000 new homes.
RAF Weston-on-the-Green (flying) Widford NLG: December 1914: summer 1916: Essex: part farmland, part industry Stamford: 1916: 1 April 1918: Lincolnshire: England: RAF Wittering (flying) Wormingford NLG: December 1916: June 1919: Essex: England: farmland/WW2 airfield/gliding Worthy Down: 1917: 1 April 1918: Hampshire: England: Worthy Down ...
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
This merged in 1918 with the Royal Flying Corps, of the British Army, to form an independent service, the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently the abbreviation RNAS stands for "Royal Naval Air Station", and in common with Royal Air Force station naming convention, is always followed by a geographical place in which the air station is located.