Bickleigh Barracks
Bickleigh Barracks | |
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| Bickleigh, South Hams | |
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Elements of the Manoeuvre Support Group from 42 Commando Royal Marines, based at Bickleigh Barracks Plymouth, conducting live firing of the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Javelin | |
  Bickleigh Barracks Location within Devon | |
| Coordinates | 50°26′21″N 4°04′51″W / 50.43910°N 4.08080°WCoordinates: 50°26′21″N 4°04′51″W / 50.43910°N 4.08080°W |
| Type | Royal Marines Base |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940 |
| Built for | War Office |
| Built by | A French & Co |
| In use | 1940-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | 42 Commando |
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Bickleigh Barracks is a military installation at Bickleigh, South Hams which is currently used by 42 Commando.
History
The barracks were built by A French & Co and completed in 1941 during the Second World War.[1] They were occupied by 27 (Royal Marine) Training Battalion in 1945 and served as the home of the Commando School Royal Marines from 1950 until it moved to Lympstone in 1960.[1] The barracks became the home of 42 Commando in 1971.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "42 Commando". Canadian Army. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "100 years of three towns in one". Plymouth Herald. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2015.