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A section of the Wall taken in November 1989 that has moved with the Light Dragoons ever since, from Hohne to Norfolk to North Yorkshire.
The Light Dragoons, the British Army's light cavalry regiment, have been based at Gaza Barracks in Catterick Garrison since 2015. A section of the Berlin Wall stands there, and the regiment's home headquarters confirmed in November 2026, in reply to this atlas, that it is the section taken in November 1989, when the Wall opened, and that it has gone with the regiment since: to Hohne in Lower Saxony, to Robertson Barracks at Swanton Morley in Norfolk, and to Catterick. Those serving at Gaza Barracks pass it every day.
The Wall Net, a general reference, records the section at the barracks for the regiment's three-hundredth anniversary in 2016. The barracks are a working army base, so the piece is not open to the public.
How did it get here?
Taken in Berlin in November 1989 and kept by the regiment since, moving with the Light Dragoons from Hohne to Swanton Morley and, in 2015, to Catterick.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #74.
The Light Dragoons — British Army (army.mod.uk) ↗
The Light Dragoons have been based at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire since 2015; the regiment's address is Gaza Barracks, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4AU.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Catterick, GB — The Wall Net ↗
A segment of the Berlin Wall at the Light Dragoons' Gaza Barracks, shown for the regiment's 300th anniversary in 2016.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 74
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
The Light Dragoons Regimental Home Headquarters, reply to Where Is The Wall, 11 November 2026
The regiment's home headquarters confirms that the section taken in November 1989, which moved with the regiment from Hohne and Swanton Morley, stands at Gaza Barracks, Catterick, where it is passed every day.
Holder's confirmationThe Light Dragoons, Regimental Home Headquarters, 2026-11-11
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