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Stoughton Barracks

Stoughton Barracks

Military installation in Surrey, England

Stoughton Barracks was a military installation at Guildford in Surrey.

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History

The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style and completed in 1876.[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[2] The barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 2nd (West Surrey) Regiment of Foot.[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[3]

The barracks were used as an army recruiting centre during the First World War and as a reception and training centre for infantry recruits during the Second World War.[1] In 1958 the barracks were used a location for the comedy film Carry On Sergeant.[4] The barracks ceased to be a regimental depot in 1959 when the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment, although the keep was still used as a pay office and a record office until 1983 when it was sold to Countryside Properties.[1] The building is now known as "Cardwell's Keep".[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Regimental Depots: Stoughton Barracks, Guildford". Queen's Royal Surreys. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Carry on Sergeant". Reel Streets. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Plaque at Cardwell's Keep". Local web. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
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