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MOD Donnington is a Ministry of Defence site that consists of a British Army barracks and the Defence Fulfilment Centre, and is situated to the north of Donnington, Telford, Shropshire. The barracks on the site will close in 2029.
The Donnington collection also holds a replica of the Victoria Cross metal, a piece of bronze from a captured cannon from which all Victoria Crosses have been made. The original metal is still closely guarded within MoD Donnington. [2] Amongst the rarest items in the museum are the Riggal Papers.
Annington Homes is a provider of privately rented homes in the United Kingdom, [3] specialising in converting former Ministry of Defence (MoD) housing for the general public since 1996. [4] Since 2012, the company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Terra Firma Capital Partners .
Apart from the HQ at Andover, there were other major units at Bovington, Old Dalby, Leics, Catterick, Colchester, Donnington, Stirling and Warminster. Smaller sites were located at Bicester, Edinburgh, Sennybridge and York. On 1 April 2002, the Army Base Repair Organisation was established as a trading fund under the name ABRO. [3]
In November 2014, in accordance with the Army 2020 reorganisation, 11th Signal Brigade amalgamated with 143 (West Midlands) Brigade to create a new formation, based at Venning Barracks in Donnington, named 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade, with an additional role as a regional brigade for army regular and reserve units in the West Midlands ...
Located on the former MoD Donnington stores, it is adjacent to existing manufacturing and warehousing facilities in Hadley Park and Hortonwood Industrial Estates. Located off Hortonwood Roundabout on the A518, it closest motorway access is via Junction 5 of the M54 .
The sale was completed on 1 April 2015. The remaining air division and the Electronics and Components business unit remained under MOD ownership, and on 1 April 2015 became the Defence Electronics and Components Agency .
MoD Donnington was part of the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency (DSDA). Historically Donnington was the storage area for all weapons used by the British Army. Part of this function was the disposal of old, captured and obsolete weapons. The majority of these were converted to scrap metal.