Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham

Queen Elizabeth Barracks was a military installation at Church Crookham, Hampshire, England.

Queen Elizabeth Barracks
Church Crookham
The main administration building, now known as the "Boyce Building"
Queen Elizabeth Barracks is located in Hampshire
Queen Elizabeth Barracks
Queen Elizabeth Barracks
Location within Hampshire
Coordinates51.2544°N 0.8312°W / 51.2544; -0.8312
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1938
Built forWar Office
In use1938-2000

History

The barracks, which were originally known as Boyce Barracks after Major William Wallace Boyce, DSO, RAMC,[1] were built as a training depot for the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1938.[2][3] The barracks were renamed Queen Elizabeth Barracks following a visit by Queen Elizabeth in 1948.[2] The wooden hutted camp, with barrack blocks arranged as 'spiders', could accommodate 2,500 soldiers.[2]

Between January 1963 and January 2003, 9 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers was based at Haig Lines.[4]

The Royal Army Medical Corps moved their depot to Keogh Barracks in 1964[3] and were replaced by training regiments of the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965 and by the Gurkha Regiments in 1970.[2] After the Gurkha Regiments left in 2000, the site was decommissioned and acquired by Bryant Homes in 2002.[2] It was initially renamed Khukri Park, but following acquisition by Taylor Wimpey, it was renamed Crookham Park.[5] The main administration building was moved to the Aldershot Military Museum.[6]

References
  1. "Major William Wallace Boyce, DSO, RAMC". Malta RAMC. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. Quent, Karl. "What's under the earth we dig" (PDF). Church Crookham Allotments Association. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. "ASU Building, QE Barracks, Church Crookham" (PDF). Oxford Archaeology. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. "British Army units from 1945 on - 9 Squadron". british-army-units1945on.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. Taylor Woodrow (2002). "Bryant Acquires Major Brownfield Development Site". Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
  6. "Wartime Barracks Saved And Moved To Aldershot Military Museum". Culture 24. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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