Bickleigh Barracks
Bickleigh Barracks | |
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| Bickleigh, South Hams | |
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Elements of the Manoeuvre Support Group from 42 Commando Royal Marines, based at Bickleigh Barracks Plymouth, conducting live firing of the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Javelin | |
  Bickleigh Barracks Location within Devon | |
| Coordinates | 50°26′21″N 4°04′51″W / 50.43910°N 4.08080°WCoordinates: 50°26′21″N 4°04′51″W / 50.43910°N 4.08080°W |
| Type | Royal Marines Base |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940 |
| Built for | War Office |
| Built by | A French & Co |
| In use | 1940-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | 42 Commando |
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Bickleigh Barracks is a military installation at Bickleigh, South Hams which is currently used by 42 Commando.
History
The barracks were built by A French & Co and completed in early 1940 during the Second World War.[1] In 1950 the Commando School Royal Marines which had been formed at Achnacarry during the war and which had moved to Gibraltar Barracks at Towyn after the war, relocated to the barracks.[1] The Commando School moved to Lympstone in February 1960.[1][2] The barracks became the home of 42 Commando in 1971.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Royal Marines History" (PDF). Marine Society and Sea Cadet Marine Cadet Section. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "RMITC / CTCRM - Lympstone". Exeter Flotilla. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ↑ "100 years of three towns in one". Plymouth Herald. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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