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In July 2015 some Arab investors submitted proposals to convert the site to a leisure park. In
September 2015 the main gas, electricity and water services were reconnected from the main Hardt-Rheindahlen road along Queens Avenue to the West boiler house to facilitate temporary use of the site as a
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in 1973. The car bomb was planted in the Globe cinema car park and timed to go off as the film ended. In the event the film ended early and the car park was largely empty when the bomb exploded. No one was injured, but a couple of cars were damaged. A Dutch man and a woman from
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refugee reception centre. In
November 2015 the site was still a ghost town with civilian security guards and in April 2016 it was revealed that the refugees would be accommodated in the billets area around the parade ground off Beresford Road.
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During the 1990s and 2000s, JHQ housed the
Headquarters United Kingdom Support Command (Germany), later Headquarters British Forces Germany, which was the administrative HQ of the British Army in Europe. It was also home to the
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store (Buschof NAAFI), German shops, a petrol station (normally BP), a travel agent (Milatravel), two German banks (Commerzbank and
Sparkasse), two post offices, dress shop (a Malcolm Club shop),
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in
October 1954, centralising headquarters functions previously located across several towns in Northern Germany. It was originally the HQ of the
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In 1952, work began on the
British Forces Maintenance Area West of the Rhine. Part of the project included the construction of a joint
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A number of separate HQs and units were based at the JHQ complex during its time as a
British and NATO base, these included:
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in July 2013. The
Rheindahlen military complex was handed back to German federal authorities on 13 December 2013.
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school. There was one secondary school (initially Queens upper & lower until the senior school moved to
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There was an Army
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at the top of Queens Avenue. The Provisional IRA later stated it had carried out the bombing.
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268:(BAOR) in Rheindahlen. Colonel Henry Grattan was Chief Engineer of the construction project.
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295:(RAFG). Some 12,000 military personnel moved to the "town within a town" in a few weeks.
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Thirty-one people were injured on 23 March 1987 after a 300 lb (140 kg)
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Bookshop, libraries and cafes. There were separate full British Army (
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active from 1954 to 2013. It functioned as the main headquarters for
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Sharing the Secret: The History of the Intelligence Corps 1940-2010
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907:"British Army units from 1945 on - Provost Companies 101 to 169"
933:"'Now That I am a Civilian', Lieutenant Colonel Michael Grieve"
681:"Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen begins to say goodbye - GOV.UK"
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at digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu. Retrieved 23 Feb 2014.
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By the early 1970s the facilities in the complex included a
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Graaf, Beatrice de; Jong, Ben de; Platje, Wies (2007).
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Military facilities of the United Kingdom in Germany
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464:British Services Security Organisation (Germany)
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789:"Fotos: Das JHQ wird zur Flüchtlingsunterkunft"
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338:were arrested but their leader, reported to be
248:, part of the city borough of Mönchengladbach.
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594:"End of era for JHQ Rheindahlen schools]"
322:, later returning to JHQ and recombining as
469:Intelligence & Security Group (Germany)
659:"Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps"
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244:. It was named after the local village of
1004:Provisional Irish Republican Army actions
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550:Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
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350:exploded near the visitors officers' mess
430:United Kingdom Support Command (Germany)
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526:Windsor School, formerly Queens School
505:Various NATO national support elements
761:Inge Schnettler (21 September 2015).
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633:"30 hurt as car bomb hits Army base"
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458:Individual units and organisations
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481:32 Postal & Courier Squadron
931:Grieve, Michael (22 July 2015).
546:"Grattan, Col Henry (1903-1997)"
451:Multinational Division (Central)
285:Second Allied Tactical Air Force
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204:and NATO national contingents
962:www.forces-war-records.co.uk
329:JHQ was first bombed by the
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787:RP online (27 March 2015).
712:(in German). Archived from
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360:(ARRC), which relocated to
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444:ACE Rapid Reaction Corps
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293:Royal Air Force Germany
217:was a military base in
75:Location within Germany
886:www.baor-locations.org
437:British Forces Germany
387:Headquarters and units
223:North Rhine-Westphalia
202:British Forces Germany
1009:Military headquarters
710:Stadt Mönchengladbach
489:Royal Military Police
264:headquarters for the
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521:Kent School, Hostert
487:101 Provost Company
242:Rheindahlen Garrison
193:Garrison information
105:51.17639°N 6.32167°E
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281:Northern Army Group
271:HQ BAOR moved from
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156:British Army
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556:14 November
499:29 Company
423:RAF Germany
342:, escaped.
291:(BAOR) and
283:(NORTHAG),
277:Rheindahlen
246:Rheindahlen
215:Rheindahlen
185:In use
108: /
84:Coordinates
983:Categories
720:4 February
685:www.gov.uk
616:Chronology
532:References
179:War Office
93:51°10′35″N
793:RP online
767:RP ONLINE
741:RP ONLINE
643:1 January
432:(UKSC(G))
404:(NORTHAG)
377:Bielefeld
368:in 2010.
287:(2ATAF),
198:Occupants
188:1952-2013
96:6°19′18″E
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772:17 April
746:16 April
665:9 August
637:BBC News
578:9 August
510:See also
453:(MND(C))
411:(2 ATAF)
347:car bomb
144:Operator
336:Belfast
316:Belgian
252:History
227:Germany
967:8 June
942:8 June
916:8 June
891:8 June
866:8 June
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304:NAAFI
300:NAAFI
167:Built
134:Owner
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855:ISBN
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