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for military use. The barracks built in Blackdown Camp were Minden, Dettingen, Alma, Frith, Aisne and Marne Barracks. The Victorian houses were demolished in the 1950s, the land around Blackdown House being left to forestry, and around Dettingen House being redeveloped for a modernised Officers Mess.
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The site of Aisne and Marne Barracks were also re-developed and used for Military Family Housing. What remained of Frith Barracks were closed in the late 1970s and the land left to vegetation and used as a Military Training Area. Between 1967 and 1971 Minden Barracks was demolished and rebuilt as
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and the merger of tri-service training to a single location, it was confirmed that the barracks were to close with the land being released for housing development. Part of the barracks has been demolished to facilitate the construction of the new 1,200 homes in the
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Between 1995 and 2002 there were four deaths of trainees at the barracks which prompted families, the public and Ministry of Defence itself to call for investigation into any possible links, following four
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commenced the build of a number of camps, including Blackdown. The land was owned by the Pain family of Frimley Green who built a number of high status dwellings on the land.
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was established in the late 1903 initially to accommodate artillery and infantry, centred on Winchester house, renamed Blackdown House when it was appropriated by the
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The area had been used as a training ground for the army from the late 19th century with no formal military infrastructure until 1900 when the
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in 1993. Dettingen and Alma Barracks have been closed and sold, and by 2002, demolished for housing development.
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A decision to sell the barracks was announced in January 2008 by the then Armed Forces Minister
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neighbourhood. Work on decommissioning the barracks is expected to last until 2021.
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Camberley is the administrative centre and largest single settlement
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Barracks of the British Army and the Defence School of Logistics
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Camberley
Surrey

Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut is located in Surrey
51°18′16″N 00°41′57″W / 51.30444°N 0.69917°W / 51.30444; -0.69917
Ministry of Defence
British Army
War Office
Royal Logistic Corps
British Army
Camberley
Surrey
Royal Logistic Corps
Worthy Down Camp
Royal Engineers
War Office
Anne, Princess Royal
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Logistic Corps
Bob Ainsworth
Defence Training Review
Mindenhurst
Deaths at Deepcut army barracks
Coroner
suicide
open verdicts
"Walk around Deepcut Surrey"


"Historical Pattern of Development"

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