Wellington Barracks, Bury

Wellington Barracks was a military installation on Bolton Road in Bury, Greater Manchester.

Wellington Barracks
Bury
The Regimental Headquarters at Wellington Barracks
Wellington Barracks
Location within Greater Manchester
Coordinates53.58811°N 2.32167°W / 53.58811; -2.32167
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1845
Built forWar Office
In use1845-1968
Garrison information
OccupantsLancashire Fusiliers

History

The barracks were completed as part of the response to the Chartist riots in 1845.[1] In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment.[2] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Lancashire Fusiliers with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[2]

The Regiment amalgamated with several other regiments to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968 and the barracks were demolished in 1969.[1] The Regimental Headquarters were retained and used as a Regimental Museum until 2009 when the collection moved to Moss Street in Bury.[3] The Regimental Headquarters was then converted into a business complex in 2013.[4]

The Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial stood outside the entrance to the barracks until 2009, when it was moved to Gallipoli Gardens, next to the relocated regimental museum.[5]

References
  1. "Wellington Barracks,Bury". BBC. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. "Fury over plans to turn historic Wellington Barracks in Bury into apartments". Manchester Evening News. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  4. "Former Fusiliers barracks to be turned into business complex". Bury Times. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  5. Historic England. "War Memorial to the Lancashire Fusiliers, Gallipoli Gardens (1250814)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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