| Church Crookham | |
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boycebuilding.jpg The main administration building, now known as the "Boyce Building" | |
| Type | Barracks |
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Latitude: Longitude: |
| Built | 1938 |
| In use | 1938-2000 |
| Current owner | Ministry of Defence |
Queen Elizabeth Barracks was a military installation at Church Crookham, Hampshire, England.
History[edit | edit source]
The barracks, which were originally known as Boyce Barracks after Major William Wallace Boyce, DSO, RAMC,[1] were built as a training depot for the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1938.[2][3] The barracks were renamed Queen Elizabeth Barracks following a visit by Queen Elizabeth in 1948.[2] The wooden hutted camp, with barrack blocks arranged as 'spiders', could accommodate 2,500 soldiers.[2]
The Royal Army Medical Corps left the site in 1962 and were replaced by training regiments of the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965 and by Gurkha Regiments in 1970.[2] After the Gurkha Regiments left in 2000, the site was decommissioned and acquired by Bryant Homes in 2002.[2] It has since been renamed Khukri Park.[4] The main administration building was moved to the Aldershot Military Museum.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Major William Wallace Boyce, DSO, RAMC". Malta RAMC. http://maltaramc.com/ramcoff/b/boyceww.html. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Quent, Karl. "What's under the earth we dig". Church Crookham Allotments Association. http://www.ccallotments.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ewshot_Common.pdf. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ "ASU Building, QE Barracks, Church Crookham". Oxford Archaeology. p. 3. https://library.thehumanjourney.net/3277/1/A2014-30_Report.pdf. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ Taylor Woodrow (2002). "Bryant Acquires Major Brownfield Development Site". Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060512041418/http://www.taylorwoodrow.com/pressarchcontent.asp?ArtID=104. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
- ↑ "Wartime Barracks Saved And Moved To Aldershot Military Museum". Culture 24. 16 November 2006. http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art41661. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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