Gibraltar Barracks
Bury St Edmunds
Gibraltar Barracks
Gibraltar Barracks is located in Suffolk
Gibraltar Barracks
Gibraltar Barracks
Location within Suffolk
Coordinates52°14′53″N 00°41′54″E / 52.24806°N 0.69833°E / 52.24806; 0.69833
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1878
Built forWar Office
ArchitectMajor HC Seddon RE[1]
In use1878-Present
Garrison information
OccupantsRoyal Anglian Regiment

Gibraltar Barracks is a military installation located on Out Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds.

History

The barracks were opened in 1878.[2] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[3] The barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot.[4] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Suffolk Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[4] The barracks went on to become the regional centre for infantry training as the East Anglian Brigade Depot in 1960[5] and remained the regimental headquarters of the Royal Anglian Regiment,[6] until it moved to Blenheim Camp on Newmarket Road in Bury St Edmunds in the 2010s.[7]

Suffolk Regiment Museum

The Suffolk Regiment Museum was established in the officers' mess in 1935 before moving to the keep in the late 1960s.[8] It includes uniforms, weapons, regimental trophies, badges, insignia, musical items and other memorabilia.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Gibraltar Barracks (1244805)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "History of the Suffolk Regiment". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Infantry Brigade Depots (Location)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 7 March 1958. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Regimental Headquarters". Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Contact – Royal Anglian Regiment". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Suffolk Regiment Museum". Friends of the Suffolk Regiment. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Suffolk Regiment Museum". Ogilby Trust. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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