Budbrooke Barracks

Budbrooke Barracks
Budbrooke

Commemorative wall at Hampton Magna
Budbrooke Barracks
Location within Warwickshire
Coordinates 52°17′04″N 1°37′08″W / 52.28433°N 1.61882°WCoordinates: 52°17′04″N 1°37′08″W / 52.28433°N 1.61882°W
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1877
Built for War Office
In use 1877-1960
Garrison information
Occupants Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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

History

The barracks were established as the depot of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1877.[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[2] St Michael's Church became the battalion church at that time.[3] Many recruits enlisted at the barracks at the start of the First World War.[4]

The barracks were demoted to the status of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at Glen Parva Barracks in 1958,[5] the last recruits were accepted in March 1960 and the barracks closed later that year.[6] The site has since been developed as the village of Hampton Magna.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "History of Budbrooke Parish". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "A brief history of the building and churchyard". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Great War: Warwick boy tried to enlist aged just 16". Coventry Telegraph. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Budbrooke & Hampton on the Hill". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Last recruits accepted at Budbrooke Barracks". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Barracks Bar". Retrieved 10 November 2014.