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Simpson Barracks, Northamptonshire

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who served as colonel commandant of the Royal Pioneer Corps. The Corps remained there until they were amalgamated with other units to form the
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was becoming inadequate. The Northamptonshire Regiment remained at the barracks until it merged with the
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2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
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and the barracks closed in 1993. The site was redeveloped for housing in the late 1990s.
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moved to the barracks in 1960, at which time the barracks were renamed
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Former military installation at Wootton in Northamptonshire, England
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The barracks were established in 1939, at the start of the
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Simpson Barracks
Wootton
Northamptonshire
England

Simpson Barracks is located in Northamptonshire
52°12′28″N 0°53′00″W / 52.20782°N 0.88346°W / 52.20782; -0.88346
Ministry of Defence
British Army
War Office
Northamptonshire Regiment
Wootton
Northamptonshire
England
Second World War
Northamptonshire Regiment
Gibraltar Barracks
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
Royal Pioneer Corps
Sir Frank Simpson
Royal Logistic Corps


"About Simpson Manor"
"No. 39863"
The London Gazette
"Soldiers who started careers in Northampton recognised with plaque at former barracks"
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Installations of the British Army

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