Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham - Wikipedia
The wooden hutted camp, with barrack blocks arranged as 'spiders', could accommodate 2,500 soldiers. [2] Between January 1963 and January 2003, 9 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers was based at Haig Lines. [4]
Queen Elizabeth Barracks (Boyce Barracks) @ Trev Bish
Wooden hutted camp, with single storey barrack blocks arranged as ‘spiders’. The camp could accommodate 2500 men in peace time. This camp also included a numbers of stores and administration buildings, as well as a large parade area, gymnasium and cinema. Site sold by the MOD and due for redevelopment as housing.
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Three men were killed and a fourth was seriously injured. The Church Crookham camp was the first to be completed. The Militia camp was sited to the west of Haig Lines (built 1914) and its southern end bordered Leipzig Barracks (built 1900-1901).
Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham - Military Wiki
Queen Elizabeth Barracks was a military installation at Church Crookham, Hampshire, England. The barracks, which were originally known as Boyce Barracks after Major William Wallace Boyce, DSO, RAMC, [1] were built as a training depot for the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1938.
Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham - Wikiwand
Queen Elizabeth Barracks was a military installation at Church Crookham, Hampshire, England.
Report - - Queen Elizabeth Barracks (Boyce Bks/Haig Lines), …
Jun 21, 2010 · Camp History Originally started (not built) in 1914 as an HQ for troops billeted around Church Crookham and Fleet, called Haig Lines. Extended/Built in 1938 for the Royal Army Medical Corps as their training depot and renamed Boyce Barracks, after Maj William Wallace Boyce D.S.O. RAMC.
Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham; Housing the British …
In 2004, an archaeological investigation and recording began of the barracks at Church Crookham in Hampshire prior to its demolition. Although these simple 1930s structures were of limited intrinsic architectural significance, as a collection of structures the site was of considerable historical and social interest.
happened to be in the area of Church Crookham and sought to drop in on the housing estate that had been our old home of Queen Elizabeth Barracks. The Clerk of the Parish Council, Jayne Hawkins, whom I had got to know in the past, said I would be welcome.
Church Crookham - Wikipedia
Church Crookham is a large suburban village and civil parish, contiguous with the town of Fleet, in northeast Hampshire, England. It is 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of London. Formerly a separate village, it figures as a southern suburb of Fleet.
THE GURKHAS in FLEET & CHURCH CROOKHAM - fleethants
Gurkhas were stationed at QEII Barracks, Church Crookham for 29 years (1971-2000). They were much admired by local residents for their excellent discipline, friendly nature and smart appearance. In August 2000 they sadly had to leave Fleet and are now based at Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent.