Army Training Centre Pirbright Explained

The Army Training Centre Pirbright is an initial training establishment of the British Army, at Pirbright Camp.

Scope

The ATC, along with the Army Training Regiment Winchester and the Army Training Regiment Grantham, provides Phase 1 military training for all recruits over the age of 18, who are joining the Army Air Corps, the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Royal Corps of Signals, the Royal Logistic Corps, the Adjutant General's Corps, the Royal Army Medical Service, the Royal Engineers, the Royal Armoured Corps, the Royal Corps of Army Music and the Intelligence Corps.^[1]

Organisation

The centre is organized into three regiments as follows;

• Centre Headquarters
• Headquarters Regiment
• 1st Army Training Regiment (Pirbright)
  • Jackson Company, Adjutant General's Corps
  • 59 (Asten) Battery, Royal Artillery
  • Chavasse Company, Royal Army Medical Service
• 2nd Army Training Regiment (Pirbright)
  • 1 (Fowler) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals (part of wider 11th (RSS) Signal Regiment)^[2]
  • Caen Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps (administered by the RAC training regiment)^[3]
  • D Company (training Army Reservists)
  • 28 Squadron, Royal Engineers
  • 108 (Princess Royal's) Squadron, Royal Logistic Corps

In media

Pirbright was the filming location for British Army Girls, a three-part television documentary first shown on Channel 4 in April 2016.^{[4] [5]}

External links

• ATC Pirbright at army.mod.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATC Pirbright. army.mod.uk. 18 May 2017.
2. Web site: Royal Signals Interactive Map. army.mod.uk. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826141055/https://www.army.mod.uk/umbraco/Surface/Download/Get/11310 . 26 August 2019 . 22 January 2020.
3. Web site: Armour Centre, Bovington. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB. 2020-01-22.
4. Web site: British Army Girls. Channel 4. en. 18 May 2017.
5. News: The army girls proving they are prepared to kill. Wallop. Harry. 3 April 2016. The Telegraph. 18 May 2017. en-GB.