Gibraltar Barracks, Bury St Edmunds

Gibraltar Barracks
Bury St Edmunds
Gibraltar Barracks
Gibraltar Barracks
Location within Suffolk
Coordinates 52°14′53″N 00°41′54″E / 52.24806°N 0.69833°E / 52.24806; 0.69833Coordinates: 52°14′53″N 00°41′54″E / 52.24806°N 0.69833°E / 52.24806; 0.69833
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1878
Built for War Office
In use 1878-Present
Garrison information
Occupants Royal Anglian Regiment

Gibraltar Barracks is a military installation in Bury St Edmunds.

History

The barracks were opened in 1878.[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 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot.[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Suffolk Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[3] The barracks went on to become the regional centre for infantry training as the East Anglian Brigade Depot in 1960[4] and remain the home of the Royal Anglian Regiment today.[5]

Suffolk Regiment Museum

The Suffolk Regiment Museum was established in the officers' mess in 1935 before moving to the keep in the late 1960s.[6] It includes uniforms, weapons, regimental trophies, badges, insignia, musical items and other memorabilia.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Suffolk Regiment". Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Infantry Brigade Depots (Location)". Hansard. 7 March 1958. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Regimental Headquarters". Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Suffolk Regiment Museum". Friends of the Suffolk Regiment. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Suffolk Regiment Museum". Ogilby Trust. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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