Merville Barracks, Colchester

E74876

British Army barracks military installation

Merville Barracks in Colchester is a major British Army base best known as the home of the elite Parachute Regiment.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Merville Barracks, Colchester canonical	6
Colchester Garrison	3
Colchester Garrison barracks complex	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army barracks ⓘ military installation ⓘ
associatedWith	air assault operations ⓘ rapid reaction forces ⓘ
controlledBy	United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
garrisonFor	16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ Parachute Regiment ⓘ
garrisonTown	Colchester ⓘ
hasCategory	Barracks in England ⓘ British Army installations ⓘ Military installations in Essex ⓘ Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
hasFacility	accommodation blocks ⓘ headquarters buildings ⓘ mess buildings ⓘ parade square ⓘ sports facilities ⓘ training areas ⓘ
hasRoadAccess	local road network of Colchester ⓘ
hasSecurity	controlled access ⓘ
hasType	permanent garrison ⓘ
hasUnit	16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ surface form: 16 Air Assault Brigade Headquarters 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment support units of 16 Air Assault Brigade ⓘ
locatedIn	Colchester ⓘ England ⓘ Essex ⓘ
locatedNear	Colchester ⓘ surface form: Colchester town centre Roman town of Colchester ⓘ
militaryBranch	Army ⓘ
namedAfter	Merville Battery ⓘ
namedFor	Merville Battery ⓘ
notableFor	being home of the Parachute Regiment ⓘ hosting elite airborne forces ⓘ
operatedBy	British Army ⓘ
partOf	Merville Barracks, Colchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colchester Garrison
primaryFunction	housing airborne and air assault units ⓘ
replaced	Merville Barracks, Colchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colchester Garrison barracks complex
status	active ⓘ
usedBy	airborne infantry units ⓘ regular army units ⓘ
usedFor	administrative headquarters ⓘ airborne forces training ⓘ operational deployment preparation ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parachute Regiment → garrison → Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ

Merville Barracks, Colchester → partOf → Merville Barracks, Colchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colchester Garrison

Merville Barracks, Colchester → replaced → Merville Barracks, Colchester self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colchester Garrison barracks complex

2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → garrison → Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ

3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → garrison → Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ

16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team → garrison → Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colchester Garrison

3 PARA → garrison → Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ

British Army garrison network → includes → Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colchester Garrison

7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery → garrison → Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ

13 Air Assault Support Regiment RLC → garrison → Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ