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    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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    and section of Shrapnel Barracks". The National Archives. Retrieved 8 November 2017. "Woolwich Barracks: Cavalry Depot, Shrapnel Barracks. Officers' mess...
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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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    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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    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 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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    to the existing shrapnel shell so a new Mark 2 shrapnel shell was introduced to ensure ballistic compatibility. The original shrapnel shells had a relatively...
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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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