Budbrooke Barracks

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

Budbrooke Barracks
Budbrooke
Commemorative wall at Hampton Magna
Budbrooke Barracks Location within Warwickshire
Coordinates	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

History

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

1. "Parish History". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
2. "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
3. "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.