Connaught Barracks, Dover

Connaught Barracks
Dover

Connaught Barracks, Dover
Connaught Barracks
Location within Kent
Coordinates 51°08′02″N 1°19′12″E / 51.13390°N 1.31988°E / 51.13390; 1.31988Coordinates: 51°08′02″N 1°19′12″E / 51.13390°N 1.31988°E / 51.13390; 1.31988
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1913
Built for War Office
In use 1913 – present

Connaught Barracks, Dover was a military installation at Dover in Kent.

History

The barracks, which were built about half a mile south of Fort Burgoyne, were completed in July 1913.[1] During the First World War the barracks were used for the assembly of large quantities of men and supplies ready for shipment across the channel to the Western Front.[2]

A major project to rebuild the barracks, which took two years to complete and was undertaken by C Jenner & Sons Ltd, was finished in 1962.[3] The Queen's Lancashire Regiment was formed at the barracks in March 1970.[4]

The 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment arrived at the barracks in July 1995[5] and was replaced by the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment in August 2000:[6] the 1st Battalion continued to occupy the site until the barracks closed in March 2006.[7] Plans to use the barracks as an open prison[8] were dropped in November 2006[9] and the site is now being redeveloped for housing.[10]

References

  1. Dover Express, 11 July 1913
  2. Gilbert, Richard. "Castle Hill fort". Duke of York's Royal Military School. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. "History". Jenner Group. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. "Queen’s Lancashire Regiment". Lancashire Infantry Museum. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. "3rd Bn Parachute Regiment". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  6. "1st Bn Parachute Regiment". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. "Barracks leave Army legacy behind". BBC. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  8. "Barracks will become open prison". bbc.co.uk. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  9. Travis, Alan (11 November 2006). "Reid abandons plan to put 500 prisoners in barracks". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  10. "Public consultation on pre-application plans for former Connaught Barracks site". Invest in Dover. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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