Gibraltar Barracks | |
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Bury St Edmunds | |
![]() Gibraltar Barracks | |
Site information | |
Type | Barracks |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | ![]() |
Location | |
Coordinates | 52°14′53″N00°41′54″E / 52.24806°N 0.69833°E |
Site history | |
Built | 1878 |
Built for | War Office |
Architect | Major HC Seddon RE [1] |
In use | 1878-2010s |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | Royal Anglian Regiment |
Gibraltar Barracks is a former British Army installation located on Out Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds. It is now home to the Suffolk Regiment Museum.
The barracks were opened in 1878. [2] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces. [3] The barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot. [4] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Suffolk Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881. [4] The barracks went on to become the regional centre for infantry training as the East Anglian Brigade Depot in 1960, [5] and remains the regimental headquarters of the Royal Anglian Regiment. [6]
The Suffolk Regiment Museum was established in the officers' mess in 1935 before moving to the keep in the late 1960s. [7] It includes uniforms, weapons, regimental trophies, badges, insignia, musical items and other memorabilia. [8]