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Budbrooke Barracks

Coordinates: 52°17′04″N 1°37′08″W / 52.28433°N 1.61882°W / 52.28433; -1.61882
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Budbrooke Barracks
Budbrooke
Commemorative wall at Hampton Magna
Budbrooke Barracks is located in Warwickshire
Budbrooke Barracks
Budbrooke Barracks
Location within Warwickshire
Coordinates52°17′04″N 1°37′08″W / 52.28433°N 1.61882°W / 52.28433; -1.61882
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1877
Built forWar Office
In use1877-1960
Garrison information
OccupantsRoyal Warwickshire Regiment

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

History

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The barracks were built on agricultural land in 1877.[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[2] The barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Royal Warwickshire Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[3]

St Michael's Church became the battalion church at that time.[4] Many recruits enlisted at the barracks at the start of the First World War.[5] The barracks were demoted to the status of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at Glen Parva Barracks in 1958,[6] the last recruits were accepted in March 1960 and the barracks closed later that year.[7] The site has since been developed as the village of Hampton Magna.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Parish History". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ^ "A brief history of the building and churchyard". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  5. ^ "The Great War: Warwick boy tried to enlist aged just 16". Coventry Telegraph. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Budbrooke & Hampton on the Hill". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Last recruits accepted at Budbrooke Barracks". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.