Southwood Camp was a military installation at Southwood in Hampshire.
| Southwood Camp | |
|---|---|
| Southwood, Hampshire | |
.jpg) The military training area to the immediate west of the former camp | |
  Southwood Camp Location within Hampshire | |
| Coordinates | 51°17′25″N 0°47′20″W / 51.2904°N 0.7890°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |  British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1939 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1939–c.1979 |
History
editThe 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
edit- ^ Rose, Captain G.A. "Southwood Camp". Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "1 Training Regiment Royal Engineers". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Pearson, George R. (1979). Special Event Postmarks of the United Kingdom Volume 2, Volume 2. British Postmark Society. p. 131. ISBN 978-0900214011.
- ^ "Report to the Development Management Committee" (PDF). Rushmoor Council. Retrieved 20 December 2019.