Gibraltar Barracks, Minley
| Gibraltar Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Minley | |
 Gibraltar Barracks | |
  Gibraltar Barracks Location within Hampshire | |
| Coordinates | 51°19′05″N 0°49′10″W / 51.31799°N 0.81946°WCoordinates: 51°19′05″N 0°49′10″W / 51.31799°N 0.81946°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |  British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1976 |
| In use | 1976–present |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants |
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Gibraltar Barracks is a military installation at Minley in Hampshire.
History[]
The Royal Engineers first arrived at Minley with an engineer brigade in the early 1970s. The corps occupied Minley Manor and initially used it as their brigade headquarters. The Queen visited the site to initiate works on modern military facilities on the opposite side of the A327 Minley Road in October 1976.[1] The new facilities were officially opened, as Gibraltar Barracks, by General Sir William Jackson in September 1979,[2] the manor going on to serve as its officers' mess.[3]
Between 2008 and 2013, as part of the RSME-PPP project, the Holdfast consortium redeveloped the barracks and built a new officers' mess on the site so allowing the manor to be sold.[4] 8th Engineer Brigade moved to Gibraltar Barracks in 2014.[5][6]
In 2021, the corps headquarters of the Royal Corps of Army Music moved from Kneller Hall in Twickenham to Gibraltar Barracks.[7]
Garrison in 2021[]
The garrison of the station in 2021 includes:
- Corps Headquarters, Royal Corps of Army Music (since August 2021)[8][9]
- Brigade Headquarters, 8th Engineer Brigade[10][11]
- Royal School of Military Engineering (HQ based in Chatham, Kent)[12]
- 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment, Royal Engineers[10][13][14]
- Combat Engineer School[12]
- 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment, Royal Engineers[10][13][14]
- Mine Information and Training Centre (United Kingdom)[12]
- Royal Engineers Trials and Development Unit[10][15][16]
- Royal Engineers Warfare Wing[10][9]
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Visit of Her Majesty the Queen to the Corps of Royal Engineers 29 October 1976". Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ Pearson, George R. (1979). Special Event Postmarks of the United Kingdom Volume 2, Volume 2. British Postmark Society. p. 131. ISBN 978-0900214011.
- ^ "Minley Manor". House and Heritage. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Historic Minley Manor sold to international investor". Insider Media. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ "Aldershot receives £100m as part of Germany troop withdrawal". BBC. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Army 2010 Report" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ British Army, Soldier Magazine: August 2021, p. 11
- ^ British Army, Soldier Magazine: August 2021, p. 11
- ^ a b "Engineering". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ a b c d "3 RSME". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Watson & Rinaldi, p. 266
- ^ a b c Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 276–277
- ^ Royal Engineers Association Newsletter, 16th February 2016. Royal Engineers Association, Chatham.
- ^ Royal Engineers Association, Map of units of the Royal Engineers as at October 2018.
- ^ "Royal Engineers Trials and Development Unit - Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives". www.forces-war-records.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Royal Engineers trial new bridges for army rescue and assault missions". www.army-technology.com. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
References[]
- Watson, Graham E.; Rinaldi, Richard A. (2018). The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organisation and Units 1889–2018. Tiger Lilly Books. ISBN 978-1717901804.
- Installations of the British Army
- Barracks in England