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Collins Barracks, Cork, Ireland (formerly known as Victoria Barracks) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
The original barracks were built in 1853 [1] and were enlarged in 1911. [2] The old barracks were completely demolished in 1988 and new barracks were built between 1989 [3] and 1993. [4] The barracks remain the place from where troops set off to change the guard at Windsor Castle. [5]
Victoria Barracks: Windsor: England: Berkshire: 1853 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards [271] Victoria Barracks, Ballater: Ballater: Scotland Aberdeenshire 1850 Houses the Royal Regiment of Scotland's Royal Guard while the Monarch is residing at Balmoral Castle [272] Walcheren Barracks: Maryhill: Scotland Glasgow 1935
Following the Childers Reforms, the 15th Regiment of Foot evolved to become the East Yorkshire Regiment with its depot at the barracks in 1881. [3] Victoria Barracks in the 1940s. Many recruits enlisted at the barracks at the start of the First World War [4] and the barracks were significantly extended during the Second World War. [1]
This is a list of Irish military installations occupied by the Defence Forces (including Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve Defence Forces) in the Republic of Ireland by province and overseas.
The barracks were built as temporary accommodation in 1850 to accommodate the Queen's Guard around the time that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert acquired Balmoral Castle. [1] A row of Tudor style cottages were converted into permanent barracks in 1869 and some flat-roofed oriental-looking buildings were erected on the site in 1904.
The barracks, begun in 1880 and built by convict labour, were designed to provide living accommodation for a regiment of infantry. [1] Located on the Southsea side of Old Portsmouth, outside the old town fortifications (which were in the process of being demolished at the time), they were completed in 1886. [2]
The barracks originally comprised a keep, adjoining stables and a parade ground completed in 1859. [1] In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot and the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot. [2]