Southwood Camp

Southwood, Hampshire

The military training area to the immediate west of the former camp

Site information
Type| Barracks
Owner| Ministry of Defence
Operator|  British Army
Location

Southwood Camp

Location within Hampshire

Coordinates| 51°17′25″N 0°47′20″W﻿ / ﻿51.2904°N 0.7890°W﻿ / 51.2904; -0.7890
Site history
Built| 1939
Built for| War Office
In use| 1939–c.1979

Southwood Camp was a military installation at Southwood in Hampshire.

## History

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The 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

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1. ^ Rose, Captain G.A. "Southwood Camp". Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. ^ "1 Training Regiment Royal Engineers". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
3. ^ Pearson, George R. (1979). Special Event Postmarks of the United Kingdom Volume 2, Volume 2. British Postmark Society. p. 131\. ISBN 978-0900214011.
4. ^ "Report to the Development Management Committee" (PDF). Rushmoor Council. Retrieved 20 December 2019.