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 twe ...

, Surrey, England.

History

The barracks were commissioned to accommodate the Army School of Hygiene and are named after

Sir Alfred Keogh Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Henry Keogh, (3 July 1857 – 30 July 1936) was a medical doctor in the British Army. He served as Director-General Army Medical Services twice; from 1905 to 1910 and 1914 to 1918. Early life Keogh was born in Du ...

, 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 The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps ...

arrived from

Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham Queen Elizabeth Barracks was a military installation at Church Crookham, Hampshire, England. History The barracks, which were originally known as Boyce Barracks after Major William Wallace Boyce, DSO, RAMC, were built as a training depot for t ...

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

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

and the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

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 situation ...

at Keogh Barracks in 1996. However it moved to

Whittington Barracks DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington (formerly Whittington Barracks), is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, the Headquarte ...

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,

References

{{reflist Barracks in England Installations of the British Army