Queen Elizabeth Barracks was a military installation at

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, Hampshire, England.

History

The barracks, which were originally known as Boyce Barracks after Major William Wallace Boyce, DSO,

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, were built as a training depot for the

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in 1938. The barracks were renamed Queen Elizabeth Barracks following a visit by Queen Elizabeth in 1948. The wooden hutted camp, with barrack blocks arranged as 'spiders', could accommodate 2,500 soldiers. Between January 1963 and January 2003, 9 Parachute Squadron,

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was based at Haig Lines. The Royal Army Medical Corps moved their depot to

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in 1964 and were replaced by training regiments of the

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in 1965 and by the Gurkha Regiments in 1970. After the Gurkha Regiments left in 2000, the site was decommissioned and acquired by

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in 2002. It was initially renamed Khukri Park, but following acquisition by

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, it was renamed Crookham Park. The main administration building was moved to the

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References

{{reflist Barracks in England Installations of the British Army Military history of Hampshire