| Wyvern Barracks | |
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| Exeter | |
 Wyvern Barracks in Topsham Road | |
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| Coordinates | 50°42′41″N 03°30′41″W / 50.71139°N 3.51139°WCoordinates: 50°42′41″N 03°30′41″W / 50.71139°N 3.51139°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |
 British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1800 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1800-Present |
Wyvern Barracks is a military installation on Topsham Road in Exeter.
History[]
The site was established as an artillery barracks for the Board of Ordnance under the name of Topsham Barracks around 1800.[1] During the First World War a reserve brigade of the Royal Field Artillery was based there[2] and during the Second World War units of the United States Army were based there.[3] After becoming home to the Devonshire Regiment and then, from 1958, home to the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment,[4] the barracks became known as Wyvern Barracks and went on to become the regional centre for infantry training as the Wessex Brigade Depot in 1960.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "Guard House and attached wall Wyvern Barracks". English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1109979. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ "The Royal Artillery depots, training units and home defences". http://www.1914-1918.net/artillery_home.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ↑ "Black American GIs arrive in Exeter". http://www.tellingourstoriesexeter.org.uk/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=29&cntnt01returnid=80. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ "Amalgamation 1958". http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/devonanddorset/amalgamation.php. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ↑ "Infantry Brigade Depots (Location)". Hansard. 7 March 1958. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1958/mar/07/infantry-brigade-depots-location. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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