Peninsula Barracks, Warrington

For Peninsula Barracks in Winchester, see Peninsula Barracks.
Peninsula Barracks
Warrington

Peninsula Barracks
Peninsula Barracks
Location within Cheshire
Coordinates 53°24′01″N 2°34′54″W / 53.40032°N 2.58171°W / 53.40032; -2.58171Coordinates: 53°24′01″N 2°34′54″W / 53.40032°N 2.58171°W / 53.40032; -2.58171
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1878
Built for War Office
In use 1878-Present
Garrison information
Occupants 75 Engineer Regiment

Peninsula Barracks is a military installation on O'Leary Street in Warrington, England.

History

The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style and, although construction started a few years earlier, they were opened as Orford Barracks in 1878.[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[2]

The barracks were intended as depot for the two battalions of the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot.[3] Under the Childers Reforms, the 8th Regiment of Foot evolved to become the King's Regiment (Liverpool) with its depot at the barracks in 1881.[4]

The barracks were also intended as depot for the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment and the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers).[4] Under the Childers Reforms the 40th and 82nd regiments amalgamated to form the South Lancashire Regiment in 1881.[4]

The King's Regiment (Liverpool) moved out to Seaforth Barracks in 1910 leaving the barracks as the mobilisation point for the South Lancashire Regiment at the start of the First World War.[5]

After the Second World War the barracks became the home of the 4th Battalion the South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers); although the regiment was disbanded in 1958 the battalion transferred to the Lancashire Regiment and continued to be based at the barracks.[6] This battalion was reduced to company status in 1967 and that company transferred to the Queen's Lancashire Regiment in 1970.[6]

In 1975 the barracks became the headquarters of 5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion the King's Regiment[7] and in 1999 they became the home of B (Cheshire) Company of the King's and Cheshire Regiment.[8] Since 2007 they have been the home of a squadron of 75 Engineer Regiment.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Townships: Warrington, A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3". 1907. p. 316-324. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "The New Army List". 1874. p. 144. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Litherland at War". Litherland Digital. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "South Lancashire Regiment". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "King's Regiment". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "King's and Cheshire Regiment". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Warrington Timeline". My Warrington. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "75 Engineer Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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