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I Met My Wife To Be On The Firing Ranges At Aldershot!

I met Elizabeth Sewell while we were both on a Territorial Army training exercise at Aldershot. We were both serving with 39 Signal Regiment. It was April 1970 and I first saw her in her WRAC ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1970 by John Howard Norfolk

Army Training On Salisbury Plain

The military owns more than 150 square miles of Salisbury Plain and great chunks of it are closed to the public. I have seen part of this area and "enjoyed" the isolation of camping in bivouacs with my ...Read more

A memory of Larkhill in 1970 by John Howard Norfolk

The Happiest Time Of My Life

I started living here in 1969 when I married my wife Juettee Burgess who was the riding instuctress at Stangrave Hall stables. I was stationed at the Guards' barracks in Caterham when we met and when I finished in the ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1969 by James Gabriel Brown

Barrack Hill

I lived in Bredbury from 1958 to 1979 and went to Barrack hill school. then went on to High field we used walk pass the slater house on bents lane. Mum and dad always went in to the club next door as my dad was one of the singers there.

A memory of Bredbury in 1969 by Karen Whittaker

Inkerman Barracks 1969

I lived in Inkerman Barracks with my Spanish sister-in-law, Josie, and her family for a few months and was married out of her house on 9 August 1969 and then moved to Guildford! Then my Gibraltarian brother-in-law returned ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill in 1969 by Sylvia Turner

Short Stay In Chatham

For 3 months May - Aug 1969, I lived in the upper floor flat over the Manfield shoe shop. Next door was WH Smith. My husband worked in the shoe trade but not in the shop below. He worked further along the High Street at ...Read more

A memory of Chatham in 1969 by Anne White

A Winter Crossing On The North Sea

I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by John Howard Norfolk

Alamein Barracks

These barracks were used as the recruit training centre for the Territorial Army and all volunteers serving with the 33rd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment completed basic training here in the 1960's before passing out to ...Read more

A memory of Huyton in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

Alamein Barracks At Huyton

I had never even heard of Huyton, much less been there until I joined the Territorial Army in 1967. I had enlisted at a recruiting office in Manchester and attended the Alamein Barracks for my basic training in 1967. In ...Read more

A memory of Huyton in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

Great Times In Tidworth

I lived in Tidworth in Wylie Road from 1966 to early 1968. Of course we were an army family. I remember some guys; Woody (Nigel Wood) & his elder brother Steven (also known as Woody). There was Gilly & Crow ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1967 by David Killen

Captions

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Caption For Sandgate, And Shorncliffe 1903

The barracks overlooked the town and sea. Note the house under construction on the right-hand side.

Caption For Plymouth, Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse 1890

Many impressive buildings, such as the barracks shown here, have been built to accommodate them.

Caption For Botley, The Railway Hotel And Station Entrance C1960

The killer, a soldier from Botley barracks, was convicted of murder and subsequently executed, his body hanging from a gibbet on Curdridge Common.

Caption For Gillingham, Entrance To The Strand C1955

It sits near to Brompton Barracks, and now forms part of the Black Lion Leisure Centre. I wonder who picked up the litter on the pavement outside the café, right?

Caption For Hursley, All Saints Church 1886

The barracks, close to Westgate, contain several interesting military museums.

Caption For Winchester, From St Giles Hill 1929

Notice the army barracks on the hill beyond.

Caption For Sharpness, Vindicatrix Camp From Silo C1955

The trainees slept in the barrack-type accommodation seen in this picture.

Caption For Taunton, Barracks 1894

Taunton has had a long connection with the military: a cavalry barracks was built as long ago as 1796.

Caption For Botley, The Railway Hotel And Station Entrance C1960

The killer, a soldier from Botley barracks, was convicted of murder and subsequently executed, his body hanging from a gibbet on Curdridge Common.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, Old Town 1903

In the distance is Barrack Hall, occupied by a garrison of troops during the Napoleonic Wars.

Caption For Plymouth, Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse 1890

Many impressive buildings, such as the barracks shown here, have been built to accommodate them.

Caption For Plymouth, Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse 1890

Situated on Durnford Street, which runs parallel to Stonehouse Creek, the Royal Marine Barracks were built in 1867 using a mixture of Plymouth limestone and granite from the moors and originally housed

Caption For Epsom, Woodcote Park 1917

It stands on the far right of this photograph, which gives a general view of the barracks.

Caption For Aldershot, Victoria Road 1927

The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian; in those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other.

Caption For Winchester, The Barracks C1960

The former Peninsula Barracks stand on the site of a medieval castle which was destroyed after the Civil War.

Caption For London, Bank Of England C1900

At this time a Bank Piquet, soldiers from the Brigade of Guards, marched here every evening from Wellington Barracks to stand guard.

Caption For Aldershot, Victoria Road 1927

The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian; in those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other. The older part of the town lies close to the railway station.

Caption For London, Horse Guards Arch C1880

The buildiing, the oldest purpose-built barracks in England, was completed in 1759.

Caption For Brompton, The Gordon Memorial And R E Institute 1894

One of the most distinctive features of Brompton Barracks is this very unusual variation of more common equestrian statues, with General Gordon, mounted on a richly caparisoned camel.

Caption For York, Infantry Barracks, Armoury 1886

Situated on Fulford Road, the barracks were originally built around 1795 for the 14th Regimental District and the West Yorkshire Regiment.

Caption For York, Infantry Barracks, The Armoury 1886

York was a military centre, and over 1,000 men were stationed here when the barracks were built. They had their own hospital and a soldiers' institute.

Caption For Taunton, Fore Street C1955

Known as the Burmese War Memorial, it commemorates 19th-century battles fought by the Somerset Regiment, whose barracks were nearby.

Caption For Aldershot, Infantry Barracks 1891

The barracks blocks were connected by a huge glass roof, the purpose of which was to enable the troops to engage in drill during wet weather.

Caption For Grantham, The Barracks 1893

Across the Witham, Avenue Road becomes Beacon Lane and passes the old barracks of 1858 and 1872 of the Royal South Lincolnshire Militia, now occupied by an auctioneers and valuers.