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There he oversaw the construction of the enlarged Royal Artillery Hospital: the Royal Ordnance Hospital dated from about 1780, and the enlargement was completed in 1806 (the building later became the Connaught Barracks). [2] [5] From 1804 he was inspector of hospitals for the Ordnance. [2] Royal Artillery Hospital, engraving inscribed to John Rollo
Part of Connaught Mews, built as the Royal Artillery Hospital (central block 1780, wings 1796) In 1780, shortly after the opening of the artillery barracks, the Royal Artillery Hospital was opened close by, just to the east of the barracks. Later known as the Royal Ordnance Hospital, it was one of the first purpose-built military hospitals in ...
Red Barracks then became the home of the Inspectorate of Armaments (later the Quality Assurance Directorate (Weapons)) [8] and also accommodated the Royal Artillery Record Office from 1940. [4] The building was decommissioned by the British Army in 1967 and used as a venue for the comedy film, The National Health, which was released in 1973. [9]
Soon afterwards, the Second Battalion the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment was posted to Woolwich from Cyprus. In 2012, an artillery link was regained when the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, moved from the St John's Wood Barracks to a new headquarters on the Woolwich site, bringing with them a complement of 120 or thereabouts horses ...
Regimental Headquarters, at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Station [9] [10] All Arms Staff Pool; 221 (Wessex) Battery, at Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill Garrison [11] 255 (Somerset Yeomanry) Battery, at Upper Bristol Road Army Reserve Centre, Bath [12] [13] 101 (Northumbrian) Regiment, Royal Artillery — Divisional MLRS paired with ...
53 (Louisburg) Air Assault Battery is the second most senior artillery battery. Formed in 1740, the battery is currently part of 5th Regiment Royal Artillery and is based at Marne Barracks, Catterick, North Yorkshire. The battery operates in a Surveillance and Target Acquisition role in support of 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team.
Barrack Field is located on the grounds of the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast London (formerly part of Kent). It was once part of Woolwich Common, then used as a venue for cricket matches in the 18th century and as the home of Woolwich Cricket Club at that time. Later it became the home of the Royal Artillery Cricket Club.
Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley (opened 1863, closed 1958) Royal Hospital Chelsea; Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich (opened 1865, closed 1977) Stoke Military Hospital, Devonport (opened c.1795, closed 1926) Tidworth Military Hospital (opened 1907, closed 1977) Military Hospital Wheatley - now Wheatley Park School [15] [irrelevant citation]