Budbrooke Barracks was a military installation near

Budbrooke Budbrooke is a small village and civil parish in the Warwick district of Warwickshire, England, about 2½ miles west of Warwick town centre. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,319, reducing to 1,863 at the 2011 Censu ...

in Warwickshire, England.

History

The barracks were built on agricultural land in 1877. Their creation took place as part of the

Cardwell Reforms The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. Gladstone paid little attention ...

which encouraged the localisation of British military forces. The barracks became the

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for the two battalions of the 6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot. Following the

Childers Reforms The Childers Reforms of 1881 reorganised the infantry regiments of the British Army. The reforms were done by Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers during 1881, and were a continuation of the earlier Cardwell Reforms. The reorganisation was ...

, the regiment evolved to become the

Royal Warwickshire Regiment The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. The regiment saw service in many conflicts and wars, including the Second Boer War ...

with its depot in the barracks in 1881. St Michael's Church became the battalion church at that time. Many recruits enlisted at the barracks at the start of the

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. The barracks were demoted to the status of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at

Glen Parva Barracks Glen Parva Barracks was a military installation at Glen Parva near South Wigston in Leicestershire. History The barracks opened under the name of Wigston Barracks in 1881. Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encourage ...

in 1958, the last recruits were accepted in March 1960 and the barracks closed later that year. The site has since been developed as the village of Hampton Magna.

References

{{Authority control Installations of the British Army Barracks in England