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Raglan Barracks, Newport

Coordinates: 51°35′42″N 3°00′32″W / 51.59506°N 3.00891°W / 51.59506; -3.00891
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Raglan Barracks
Newport
Raglan Barracks
Raglan Barracks is located in Newport
Raglan Barracks
Raglan Barracks
Location within Newport
Coordinates51°35′42″N 3°00′32″W / 51.59506°N 3.00891°W / 51.59506; -3.00891
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1843–1845
Built forWar Office
In use1845-Present
Garrison information
Occupants104th Regiment Royal Artillery

Raglan Barracks is a military installation at Allt-yr-yn in Newport, Wales.

History

The barracks were built as a cavalry barracks and completed in 1845.[1] During the First World War they were known as the Cavalry Barracks and served as the 4th cavalry depot providing accommodation for the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), the 3rd Dragoon Guards, the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), the 7th Dragoon Guards and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons.[2] The barracks were renamed Raglan Barracks after FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan in 1963.[1] They are now home to 104th Regiment Royal Artillery.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Raglan House, Raglan Barracks, Allt-yr-Yn". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ "The locations of the Cavalry depots". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Artillery Regiments". Armed Forces. Retrieved 7 December 2014.