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6 unusual facts about Catterick


Æthelred I of Northumbria

After his victory, Æthelwald married Æthelthryth at Catterick on 1 November 762.

Book of Aneirin

The most well known poem contained within its pages is Y Gododdin, an early Welsh-language poem commemorating the warriors from Gododdin (Lothian in modern Scotland) who fell at the Battle of Catraeth (probably Catterick in North Yorkshire) around the year 600.

Catterick

Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, commonly known as Catterick Village

Initial Training Group

The headquarters of the Initial Training Group based in Upavon, Wiltshire is responsible for the content and delivery of all Phase 1 Training with the exception of the Infantry training provided at Catterick.

Newcome Cappe

His second wife, an ardent promoter of education and of unitarian principles, was Catharine, daughter of the Rev. Jeremiah Harrison, vicar of Catterick, North Yorkshire, and they were married at Barwick-in-Elmet, Leeds, on 19 February 1788.

Thomas Booth

Booth was owner and farmer of the estate of Killerby near Catterick, Yorkshire, where, in 1790, he turned his particular attention to the breeding of shorthorns, selecting his cows from Mr. Broader of Fairholme, and the bulls from the stock of his contemporaries, Messrs. Robert and Charles Colling.


Army Base Repair Organisation

Apart from the HQ at Andover, there were other major units at Bovington,Old Dalby, Leics, Catterick, Colchester, Donnington, Stirling and Warminster.

Army Legal Services Branch

The headquarters of Army Legal Assistance (ALA) is presently located at Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld in Germany.

Garrison

In the United Kingdom, "Garrison" also specifically refers to any of the major military stations such as Aldershot, Catterick, Colchester, Tidworth, Bulford, and London, which have more than one barracks or camp and their own military headquarters, usually commanded by a Colonel, Brigadier or Major-General, assisted by a Garrison Sergeant Major.

Gordon Gentle

Fusilier Gordon Gentle (born & originally known as Gordon MacCrae) was a 19 year old soldier from Pollok, Glasgow, who died in Iraq on 28 June 2004, after completing his 26-week basic training course at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick.

Harry Catterick

Catterick was portrayed by Colin Welland in the 1997 TV film The Fix, which featured the events of the 1964 betting scandal.

Hotties Helping Heroes

The Hotties have attended many events in order to raise both their own profile and that of Help for Heroes' including: playing wheelchair basketball with injured soldiers at Phoenix House, Catterick; vising Tedworth House, Tidworth to see where the money raised will be spent; and visiting Accrington Stanley Football Club to raise money and Mallory Park, Lincolnshire with Mission Motorsport.

Provideo

In the next three months he added a further eight wins: three at Catterick, two at Beverley and one each at Ripon, Lingfield Park and Folkestone.

Theophilus Lindsey

He was then presented to the living of Kirkby-Wiske in Yorkshire, and after exchanging it for that of Piddletown in Dorsetshire, he moved in 1763 to Catterick in Yorkshire.


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