Maindy Barracks

Maindy Barracks is a military installation in the Cathays district of Cardiff in Wales.

Maindy Barracks
Cardiff
Maindy Barracks
Maindy Barracks
Location within Cardiff
Coordinates51°29′55″N 03°11′13″W
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1877
Built forWar Office
In use1877–present
Garrison information
Occupants3rd Battalion, The Royal Welsh

History

Maindy Barracks opened 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 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot and the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot.[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the 41st and 69th regiments amalgamated to form the Welch Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[3]

It was home to the United States Army during the First World War;[4] the Welch Regiment War Memorial unveiled there in 1924 was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.[5] The barracks were again used by the United States Army during Second World War.[4] In the latter war it was bombed by German aircraft.[6]

The barracks became occupied by the newly formed Royal Regiment of Wales from 1969[1] and by its successor regiment, the Royal Welsh, from 2006.[7]

Based units

Maindy Barracks remains home to:

References
  1. "Detroit & St Vincent block at Maindy Barracks, Cathays". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  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.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. "Staff evacuated after unexploded WWII shell found in car park". Cardiff Local guide. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  5. Newman, p. 287
  6. "An Army Nurse in Belgium and Germany". BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  7. "Historic Welsh unit that traces its history back to Rorke's Drift is axed". wales Online. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. "3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  9. "157 (Welsh) Regiment RLC". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  10. "1344 (Cardiff) Squadron Air Training Corps". Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. "Number 1 Welsh Wing ATC". Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  12. "'A' Company, Dyfed and Glamorgan Army Cadet Force". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  13. "Armed Forces Units". Cardiff University. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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