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The barracks were built in 1938.<ref name=”barracks”>{{cite web|url=https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/1340971-mary-and-john-the-early-years-volume-2-hardcover |title=Mary and John: the early years|volume=2|first=Michael John |last=Laekas|publisher=|year=2010}}</ref> Covering 13.7ha, they were named after the German-held village of Guillemont,<ref name=”barracks”/><ref name=”guillemont”>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/guillemont.html |publisher=World War I battlefields |title=Guillemont |accessdate=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423185924/http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/guillemont.html |archive-date=23 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was retaken by British Empire Forces, in September 1916, during the [[Battle of the Somme]]. The [[West Nova Scotia Regiment]] arrived at the barracks on 1 January 1940,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://wnsr.ca/sites/default/files/1940-01_0.pdf&chrome=true|title= War Diary of West Nova Scotia Regiment|date=1 January 1940|accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.auracom.com/limms/regiment.html|title= History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment and the Two World Wars|publisher=LaHave Islands Maritime Museum|accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wnsr.ca/sites/default/files/1940-02_0.pdf|title= War Diary of West Nova Scotia Regiment at Guillemont Barracks|date=1 February 1940|accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref> and the [[Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal]], part of the [[5th Canadian Infantry Brigade|Canadian 5th Brigade]], were stationed at the barracks in late 1940.<ref name=”barracks”/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/jean_obrien.htm |title=Transcript of Jean O’Brien’s diary of the Second World War|publisher=Pegasus Archive|accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref> [[George VI|King George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] inspected the troops on 26 March 1941.<ref name=”barracks”/> The 3rd Training Regiment of the [[Royal Engineers]] were based there from 1954 until the early 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Corps-History-Vol-11_reduced.pdf|title=History of the Corps of Royal Engineers 1960-1908|publisher=Institution of Royal Engineers|page=372|volume=11|first1=H.W.B. |last1=Mackintosh|first2=W.|last2=Baker Brown|year=1993|isbn=978-0903530224}}</ref> It then became the home of the 1st Battalion the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] between 1963 and 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/parachute-regiment-2/parachute-regiment.html|title=1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment|publisher=British Army units 1945 on |accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref> |
The barracks were built in 1938.<ref name=”barracks”>{{cite web|url=https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/1340971-mary-and-john-the-early-years-volume-2-hardcover |title=Mary and John: the early years|volume=2|first=Michael John |last=Laekas|publisher=|year=2010}}</ref> Covering 13.7ha, they were named after the German-held village of Guillemont,<ref name=”barracks”/><ref name=”guillemont”>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/guillemont.html |publisher=World War I battlefields |title=Guillemont |accessdate=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423185924/http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/guillemont.html |archive-date=23 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was retaken by British Empire Forces, in September 1916, during the [[Battle of the Somme]]. The [[West Nova Scotia Regiment]] arrived at the barracks on 1 January 1940,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://wnsr.ca/sites/default/files/1940-01_0.pdf&chrome=true|title= War Diary of West Nova Scotia Regiment|date=1 January 1940|accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.auracom.com/limms/regiment.html|title= History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment and the Two World Wars|publisher=LaHave Islands Maritime Museum|accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wnsr.ca/sites/default/files/1940-02_0.pdf|title= War Diary of West Nova Scotia Regiment at Guillemont Barracks|date=1 February 1940|accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref> and the [[Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal]], part of the [[5th Canadian Infantry Brigade|Canadian 5th Brigade]], were stationed at the barracks in late 1940.<ref name=”barracks”/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/jean_obrien.htm |title=Transcript of Jean O’Brien’s diary of the Second World War|publisher=Pegasus Archive|accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref> [[George VI|King George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] inspected the troops on 26 March 1941.<ref name=”barracks”/> The 3rd Training Regiment of the [[Royal Engineers]] were based there from 1954 until the early 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Corps-History-Vol-11_reduced.pdf|title=History of the Corps of Royal Engineers 1960-1908|publisher=Institution of Royal Engineers|page=372|volume=11|first1=H.W.B. |last1=Mackintosh|first2=W.|last2=Baker Brown|year=1993|isbn=978-0903530224}}</ref> It then became the home of the 1st Battalion the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] between 1963 and 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/parachute-regiment-2/parachute-regiment.html|title=1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment|publisher=British Army units 1945 on |accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 24 September 2025
Guillemont Barracks, located just off of junction 4a of the M3, on the Minley Road (A327), was a military installation at Minley in Hampshire.
The barracks were built in 1938.[1] Covering 13.7ha, they were named after the German-held village of Guillemont,[1][2] which was retaken by British Empire Forces, in September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. The West Nova Scotia Regiment arrived at the barracks on 1 January 1940,[3][4][5] and the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, part of the Canadian 5th Brigade, were stationed at the barracks in late 1940.[1][6] King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspected the troops on 26 March 1941.[1] The 3rd Training Regiment of the Royal Engineers were based there from 1954 until the early 1960s.[7] It then became the home of the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment between 1963 and 1965.[8]
The site was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 1997 for £36 million, to construct a large campus site for around 4,500 staff with data centres and UK headquarters, and was named Guillemont Park. Only the 3 largest (280,000 sq ft) of the planned 5 buildings were completed due to the Dot-com crash.[9] Property developer, Landid, bought the site in January 2011 and renamed it Sun Park.[9] In 2018, Bellway started a new residential development named Helios Park with 226 new houses.[10]
