Budbrooke Barracks

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Budbrooke Barracks
Budbrooke
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Budbrooke Barracks
Location within Warwickshire
Coordinates 52°17′04″N1°37′08″W / 52.28433°N 1.61882°W / 52.28433; -1.61882 Coordinates: 52°17′04″N1°37′08″W / 52.28433°N 1.61882°W / 52.28433; -1.61882
TypeBarracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
OperatorFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
Site history
Built1877
Built for War Office
In use1877-1960
Garrison information
Occupants Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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

History

The barracks were built on agricultural land 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]

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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". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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