Corunna Barracks

Corunna Barracks
Ludgershall
Former military buildings in May 2008
Site information
Type	Barracks
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Location
Corunna Barracks Location within Wiltshire
Coordinates	51°15′11″N1°38′04″W / 51.2531°N 1.6344°W / 51.2531; -1.6344
Site history
Built	1939
Built for	War Office
In use	1939–2005

Corunna Barracks was a military installation in Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England.

History

The site was originally a Romano-British cemetery dating back to the 4th century A.D. ^{[1] [2]}

During the Second World War, Army depots were built to the north and south of Tidworth Road, and the War Office transferred the Army Medical Store to a site west of the railway station around that time. ^[3] The US Army prepared vehicles for the invasion of Europe at the depot in 1943. ^[4] The site was then home to the Central Vehicle Depot of the British Army until the 1970s. ^[5]

The installation was renamed Corunna Barracks in 2001, when 26 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, relocated from Corunna Barracks in Iserlohn in Germany, where the regiment had been based for over 30 years. ^[6] The regiment was engaged in land mine clearance operations in Helmand Province in Afghanistan in 2007, ^[7] before moving to Swinton Barracks at Perham Down. ^[8]

In 2015, the barracks were demolished to make way for military housing. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

References

1. "Iron Age and Roman evidence found at Corunna Barracks Ludgershall". Wessex Archaeology. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
2. "Ancient graves discovered at former army barracks". Andover Advertiser. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
3. "The Ludgershall branch in the diesel era". Railways Illstrated. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
4. Millett, Tony (7 August 2015). "Army rebasing: work starts to prepare Ludgershall site for new Army homes". Marlborough News. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
5. "Vehicle Depots 1 to 20". British Army units 1945 On. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
6. "Corunna Barracks". BAOR Locations. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
7. "Ludgershall soldiers share mine know-how". Salisbury Journal. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
8. "26 Regiment". British Army units 1945 On. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
9. "Work starts to prepare Ludgershall site for new army homes". GOV.uk. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
10. "Corunna Barracks". Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
11. "900 Wiltshire homes approved on 'national defence' grounds". Planning. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2025.