The Shrapnel Barracks was a British army base providing living accommodation in Woolwich in southeast London from the mid-19th century until the 1960s...
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Woolwich Garrison (category Barracks in London)
Crimean War to serve as a cavalry barracks; the 'Hut Barracks' later housed Artillery units. In 1896 Shrapnel Barracks opened on the site, to provide accommodation...
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greengrocery. He did his national service in the army, serving at Shrapnel Barracks in Woolwich, south east London. He then joined the National Provincial...
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the British Army in the Second World War, being based initially at Shrapnel Barracks in Woolwich as an officer in the 2nd Battalion, Queen's Westminsters...
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and section of Shrapnel Barracks". The National Archives. Retrieved 8 November 2017. "Woolwich Barracks: Cavalry Depot, Shrapnel Barracks. Officers' mess...
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No.1 (Eastern) Cavalry Depot later No.1 (Lancers) Cavalry Depot at Shrapnel Barracks, Woolwich (5th Royal Irish Lancers, the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers...
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the nearby military hospital (built in the 1970s on the site of the Shrapnel Barracks) – now the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London (officially opened in...
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1978). The military hospital was built on the site of the former Shrapnel Barracks and was a replacement for the Royal Herbert Hospital in Shooters Hill...
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The 3rd Leinsters were embodied on 18 January 1900 and moved to Shrapnel Barracks, Woolwich, for garrison duty. However, there was a pressing need for...
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Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1980–1989) (redirect from 1983 Royal Artillery Barracks bombing)
soldiers were injured and an IRA volunteer (Richard Quigley) was killed by shrapnel from the explosion. 23 April: bombers had dropped sweet-jars filled with...
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