| Victoria Barracks, Bodmin | |
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| Bodmin | |
 The keep, now a museum | |
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: 261.9%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> Victoria Barracks, Bodmin Location within Cornwall
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| Coordinates | 50°27′55″N 04°42′54″W / 50.46528°N 4.715°WCoordinates: 50°27′55″N 04°42′54″W / 50.46528°N 4.715°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Operator |
 British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1859 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1859-1968 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry |
Victoria Barracks was a military instllation in Bodmin, Cornwall.
History[]
The barracks were built in 1859 and originally comprised a keep, adjoining stables and a parade ground.[1] The barracks became home to the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot in 1877 and were extensively expanded, following the Childers Reforms, to become a "localisation depot" and home to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1881.[1] The keep became the gatehouse and a hospital and married quarters were added at that time.[1] During the Second World War the barracks were an infantry training centre.[2] In 1959 the barracks became the depot of the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry and continued in that role until the regiment was disbanded in 1968.[3]
Museum[]
The keep is still standing and hosts "Cornwall's Regimental Museum" which was founded in 1925 and displays, as well as small arms, machine guns, maps, uniforms and paintings, George Washington's Bible, captured by the 46th Regiment of Foot in 1777.[4] Exhibits also included Harry Patch's medals[5] and Herbert Carter's Victoria Cross.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Bodmin Town Conservation Area Character Appraisal". Cornwall County Council. http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/3638333/Bodmin_CA_Statement.pdf. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Diary of a Squaddie: The First Three Days". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/59/a3331559.shtml. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "The Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry". British Armed Forces. http://www.britisharmedforces.org/scli_%20pages/pages/harold_royffe.htm. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Cornwall's Regimental Museum". Ogilby Trust. http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000026-Cornwall-s-Regimental-Museum.htm. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "WWI Veteran Harry Patch's medals to go on display in Cornwall". Culture 24. 13 August 2009. http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art71015. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "The eventful life and death of Major Herbert Augustine Carter VC". Kaiser Cross. http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/465701.html. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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