Keogh Barracks is a military installation on Mytchett Place Road,

Mytchett Mytchett is a village in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is to the east of Farnborough (in Hampshire), the nearest town. Much of the village dates from the first half of the twenti ...

, Surrey, England.

History

The barracks were commissioned to accommodate the Army School of Hygiene and are named after Sir Alfred Keogh, a former Director-General of Army Medical Services. The foundation stone for the main building was laid by Lieutenant General Sir James Hartigan, Director-General of Army Medical Services, in February 1938. The

Museum of Military Medicine The Museum of Military Medicine, formerly the Army Medical Services Museum (AMS Museum), is located in Keogh Barracks, on Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett, Surrey, England. History The museum is based on the "Mytchett Collection", a collection o ...

has its origins in the "Mytchett Collection", a collection of documents accumulated there since 1952. In 1954 the RAMC Field Training Centre took over administration of the barracks. The depot of the Royal Army Medical Corps arrived from Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham in 1964 and the Field Training Centre subsequently became known as the Royal Army Medical Corps Training Centre. By the 1990s the Royal Army Medical Corps Training Centre had changed its name to the Army Medical Services Training Group. The Army Medical Services Training Group amalgamated with the equivalent organizations in the

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and the

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to form the

Defence Medical Services Training Centre The Defence Medical Academy is based at DMS Whittington. It is the training centre of Defence Medical Services. It trains military personnel to deal with situations that civilian paramedics would be involved with; i.e. more advanced situations ...

at Keogh Barracks in 1996. However it moved to Whittington Barracks as the Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training in 2014. A major refurbishment costing £50 million was carried out at Keogh Barracks in order to accommodate 4 Armoured Medical Regiment in 2015.

Current units

*2nd Battalion, Ranger Regiment *22 Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps

References

{{reflist Barracks in England Installations of the British Army