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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox military installation | name = MOD Lyneham<br />Prince Philip Barracks | ensign = | ensign_size = | native_name = | partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site --> | location = [[Lyneham, Wiltshire|Lyneham]], [[Wiltshire]] | nearest_town = <!-- used in military test site infobox --> | country = England | image = File:RAF Lyneham - geograph.org.uk - 301387.jpg | alt = The main entrance to MOD Lyneham | caption = The main entrance to MOD Lyneham | image2 = File:MinistryofDefence.svg | image2_size = | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = British Army training establishment | coordinates = {{Coord|51|30|19|N|001|59|36|W|region:GB-WIL_type:airport|display=inline,title}} | gridref = | image_map = | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = Wiltshire | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Wiltshire | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = MOD Lyneham | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_marksize = | ownership = [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] | operator = {{army|United Kingdom}} | controlledby = [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] | open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc --> | site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities - radar types etc --> | site_area = 494 hectares | code = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US --> | built = {{Start date|2015}} | used = 1939โ2012 ([[Royal Air Force]])<br />2015โpresent (British Army) | builder = | materials = | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs --> | fate = | condition = | battles = | events = | current_commander = <!-- current commander --> | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering (DSEME) | occupants = <!-- squadrons only --> | website = | footnotes = <!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code --> }} '''Ministry of Defence Lyneham''' or '''MOD Lyneham''' is a [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] site in Wiltshire, England, about {{Convert|7|mi||0|abbr=}} north-east of [[Chippenham]] and {{Convert|10|mi||0|abbr=}} south-west of [[Swindon]]. The site houses the Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering. Also here is Prince Philip Barracks, housing the regimental headquarters of the [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] (REME), 8 Training Battalion REME and the [[REME Museum]]. Previously, the site was [[RAF Lyneham]] which closed on 31 December 2012.
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