| Guillemont Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Minley | |
 The road into the former Guillemont Barracks site | |
  Guillemont Barracks Location within Hampshire | |
| Coordinates | 51°18′16″N0°47′38″W / 51.3045°N 0.7940°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |  British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1938 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1938–c.1965 |
Guillemont Barracks, located just off of junction 4a of the M3, on the Minley Road (A327), was a military installation at Minley in Hampshire.
The barracks were built in 1938. [1] Covering 13.7ha, they were named after the German-held village of Guillemont, [1] [2] which was retaken by British Empire Forces, in September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. The West Nova Scotia Regiment arrived at the barracks on 1 January 1940, [3] [4] [5] and the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, part of the Canadian 5th Brigade, were stationed at the barracks in late 1940. [1] [6] King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspected the troops on 26 March 1941. [1] The 3rd Training Regiment of the Royal Engineers were based there from 1954 until the early 1960s. [7] It then became the home of the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment between 1963 and 1965. [8]
The site was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 1997 for £36 million. [9] After Sun Microsystems moved to Reading, the property developer, Landid, bought the site in January 2011. In 2018, after clearing the site, Bellway started a new development involving 226 new houses called Helios Park. [10]
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