Budbrooke Barracks

Budbrooke Barracks
Budbrooke

Commemorative wall at Hampton Magna
Budbrooke Barracks
Location within Warwickshire
Coordinates 52°17′04″N 1°37′08″W / 52.28433°N 1.61882°W / 52.28433; -1.61882Coordinates: 52°17′04″N 1°37′08″W / 52.28433°N 1.61882°W / 52.28433; -1.61882
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1877
Built for War Office
In use 1877-1960
Garrison information
Occupants Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Budbrooke Barracks was a military installation near Budbrooke in Warwickshire, England.

History

The barracks were established as the depot in 1877.[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[2] The barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Royal Warwickshire Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[3]

St Michael's Church became the battalion church at that time.[4] Many recruits enlisted at the barracks at the start of the First World War.[5] The barracks were demoted to the status of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at Glen Parva Barracks in 1958,[6] the last recruits were accepted in March 1960 and the barracks closed later that year.[7] The site has since been developed as the village of Hampton Magna.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Parish History". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "A brief history of the building and churchyard". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Great War: Warwick boy tried to enlist aged just 16". Coventry Telegraph. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Budbrooke & Hampton on the Hill". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Last recruits accepted at Budbrooke Barracks". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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