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Southwood Camp

Coordinates: 51°17′25″N 0°47′20″W / 51.2904°N 0.7890°W / 51.2904; -0.7890
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Southwood Camp
Southwood, Hampshire
The military training area to the immediate west of the former camp
Southwood Camp is located in Hampshire
Southwood Camp
Southwood Camp
Location within Hampshire
Coordinates51°17′25″N 0°47′20″W / 51.2904°N 0.7890°W / 51.2904; -0.7890
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1939
Built forWar Office
In use1939–c.1979

Southwood Camp was a military installation at Southwood in Hampshire.

History

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The camp was completed in 1939 and was used by Canadian signals and engineer units during the Second World War.[1] It became a home for Royal Engineers training regiments after the war and, as consolidation of those regiments took place in 1959, it served as the home of 1 Training Regiment Royal Engineers in the 1960s and early 1970s.[2] After the training units transferred to modern facilities at Gibraltar Barracks, Southwood Camp closed mid-1979.[3] Although the military training area still exists, the site is now largely occupied by a modern housing estate which was built in the 1980s.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Rose, Captain G.A. "Southwood Camp". Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ "1 Training Regiment Royal Engineers". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ^ Pearson, George R. (1979). Special Event Postmarks of the United Kingdom Volume 2, Volume 2. British Postmark Society. p. 131. ISBN 978-0900214011.
  4. ^ "Report to the Development Management Committee" (PDF). Rushmoor Council. Retrieved 20 December 2019.