Richmond Barracks was a military installation in

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History

The barracks were built as the

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of the two battalions of the 19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding - Princess of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot between 1875 and 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 attentio ...

which encouraged the localisation of British military forces. 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 w ...

, the 19th Regiment of Foot evolved to become the

Green Howards The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), frequently known as the Yorkshire Regiment until the 1920s, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King's Division. Raised in 1688, it served under variou ...

with its depot at the barracks in 1881. The barracks were demoted to the status of out-station to the

Yorkshire Brigade The Yorkshire Brigade was an administrative brigade formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1968. The brigade administered the regular infantry regiments of Yorkshire, England. After the Second World War there were 14 infantry depots in Britai ...

depot at Queen Elizabeth Barracks in 1958 and at the same time renamed Alma Barracks after the

Battle of Alma The Battle of the Alma (short for Battle of the Alma River) took place during the Crimean War between an allied expeditionary force (made up of French, British, and Ottoman forces) and Russian forces defending the Crimean Peninsula on 20Septe ...

, in which conflict the Regiment took part during the

Crimean War The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont fro ...

. The main part of the barracks closed in 1961 and the Regimental Headquarters and the Green Howards Museum moved to Holy Trinity Church in Richmond Market Place in 1973. The main site was converted for use as an approved school and, since 1985, as a housing development known as Garden Village.

References

{{reflist Installations of the British Army Barracks in England