Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth

Cambridge Barracks was a military installation at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

History
The barracks were created by converting some late-18th century warehouses into military accommodation in 1825 and were enhanced to create officers' quarters for regiments in transit for operations overseas in 1856. The barracks were named at that time after Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge who had recently died. In January 1887 there was a serious gas explosion at the site in which five members of the Worcestershire Regiment died and fourteen were injured.

The 1st Battalion, the Northumberland Fusiliers was in transit at the barracks when the First World War broke out in August 1914. The barracks became disused and fell derelict after the First World War, and the site was acquired by Portsmouth Grammar School in 1926.