Southwood Camp | |
Type: | Barracks |
Map Type: | Hampshire |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Hampshire |
Location: | Southwood, Hampshire |
Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
Built: | 1939 |
Used: | 1939–c.1979 |
Built For: | War Office |
Southwood Camp was a military installation at Southwood in Hampshire.
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]