03EB39 — Chieftain Archive

Notes

Gate guard at Harman Lines, Warminster, home of Falcon Squadron, 28 Engineer Regiment. Chieftain Mk10, contract KL/A/0217 (ROF Leeds built), entered service 1 June 1967. Merlin records service with QRIH (Queen's Royal Irish Hussars) from 1983, then Armour Centre QM Gunnery Wing 1991, before nominal disposal at Vehicle Depot Ludgershall March 1993 (RCP 999, cast date 26 September 1993). Vehicle survived disposal and placed as gate guard, confirmed on site November 2025. Registration partially obscured in photographs but positively identified as 03EB39.

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Data source: Service history and last known location are sourced from the British Army Merlin Archive, the official vehicle inventory system covering records up to 2012 when the archive was declassified. Survival status has been assessed from the last recorded unit — vehicles may have changed hands, been restored, or been scrapped since then. If you have current information about this vehicle, please submit a correction.

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Service History

Movement records from the British Army Merlin Archive

28 Jul 1983

QRIH (QUEEN'S ROYAL IRISH HUSSARS) Receipt: 16 Aug 1983

07 Jan 1987

2 ARMY DEL SQN (VEHICLE STOCK) Receipt: 12 Jan 1987

15 May 1991

ARMOUR CENTRE QM GUNNERY WING Receipt: 18 Jun 1991

19 Aug 1991

VEHICLE DEPOT LUDGERSHALL Receipt: 21 Aug 1991

18 Mar 1993

DISPOSAL VDL Receipt: 18 Mar 1993

24 Nov 2025

Harman Lines, Warminster, Wiltshire — gate guard, 28 Engineer Regiment Receipt: 24 Nov 2025

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