Gamecock Barracks

Gamecock Barracks
Bramcote

Housing at Gamecock Barracks
Gamecock Barracks
Location within Warwickshire
Coordinates 52°29′23″N 01°23′57″W / 52.48972°N 1.39917°W / 52.48972; -1.39917Coordinates: 52°29′23″N 01°23′57″W / 52.48972°N 1.39917°W / 52.48972; -1.39917
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1959
In use 1959-Present
Garrison information
Occupants 30 Signal Regiment

Gamecock Barracks is a military installation located at Bramcote, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Nuneaton in Warwickshire.

History

The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Bramcote airbase, in 1959: it was called after HMS Gamecock, the name of the naval unit based at the site before the British Army took it over. The Barracks were home to the Junior Leaders' Regiment Royal Artillery, between the 1960s and the 1990s. This was an Army training establishment for the future non-commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery. It was one of many different types of Junior establishments for soldiers serving from the age of 15 to 17 years (until the school leaving age was raised to 16). After completing their military and trade training, which initially took 2 years, but was latterly reduced to 12 months, they would muster to their designated Regular Army Artillery Regiments.[1]

Since 1993 the barracks have been occupied by 30 Signal Regiment.[2]

References

  1. "The Junior Leaders Regiment RA". G Carline. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. "30 Regiment Royal Signals". British Army units 1945 on. 20 April 2014.
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