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°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 British Army installation at Minley in Hampshire.
History
The
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]
Headquarters, 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]
Current units
The units currently based at the barracks are:
- Headquarters, Royal Corps of Army Music (since August 2021)[7][8]
- Headquarters, 8th Engineer Brigade[9]
- Royal School of Military Engineering Group[10] (Headquarters in Chatham, Kent)
- 3 Royal School of Military Engineering (3 RSME) Regiment
- Combat Engineer School
- 3 Royal School of Military Engineering (3 RSME) Regiment
- Mine Information and Training Centre
- Royal Engineers Trials and Development Unit[10]
- Royal Engineers Warfare Wing[10]
Footnotes
- ^ "Visit of Her Majesty the Queen to the Corps of Royal Engineers 29 October 1976". Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- 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.
- ^ a b British Army, Soldier Magazine: August 2021, p. 11
- ^ "Engineering". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Aldershot receives £100m as part of Germany troop withdrawal". BBC News. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "3 RSME | The British Army".
References
- Watson, Graham E.; Rinaldi, Richard A. (2018). The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organisation and Units 1889–2018. Tiger Lilly Books. ISBN 978-1717901804.