RM Bickleigh, or Bickleigh Barracks, is a military installation at Bickleigh, South Hams which is currently used by 42 Commando.
Bickleigh Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Bickleigh, South Hams | |
  Bickleigh Barracks Location within Devon  Bickleigh Barracks Bickleigh Barracks (the United Kingdom) | |
| Coordinates | 50°26′21″N 4°04′51″W / 50.43910°N 4.08080°W |
| Type | Royal Marines Base |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |  Royal Navy |
| Controlled by |  Royal Marines |
| Condition | Operational |
| Website | RM Bickleigh - Royal Navy |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940 |
| Built for | War Office |
| Built by | A French & Co |
| In use | 1940-Present |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | 42 Commando Royal Marines |
History
editThe barracks were built by A French & Co and completed in early 1940 during the Second World War.[1] In 1950 the Commando School Royal Marines which had been formed at Achnacarry during the war and which had moved to Gibraltar Barracks at Towyn after the war, relocated to the barracks.[1] The Commando School moved to Lympstone in February 1960.[1][2] The barracks became the home of 42 Commando in 1971.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Royal Marines History" (PDF). Marine Society and Sea Cadet Marine Cadet Section. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "RMITC / CTCRM - Lympstone". Exeter Flotilla. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "100 years of three towns in one". Plymouth Herald. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
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