Maindy Barracks

Maindy Barracks
Cardiff
Maindy Barracks
Maindy Barracks Location within Cardiff
Coordinates	51°29′55″N 03°11′13″W
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1877
Built for	War Office
In use	1877–present
Garrison information
Occupants	3rd Battalion, The Royal Welsh

Maindy Barracks is a military installation in the Cathays district of Cardiff in Wales.

History

Maindy Barracks opened in 1877.[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[2] The barracks became the depot for the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot and the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot.[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the 41st and 69th regiments amalgamated to form the Welch Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[3]

It was home to the United States Army during the First World War;[4] the Welch Regiment War Memorial unveiled there in 1924 was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.[5] The barracks were again used by the United States Army during Second World War.[4] In the latter war it was bombed by German aircraft.[6]

The barracks became occupied by the newly formed Royal Regiment of Wales from 1969[1] and by its successor regiment, the Royal Welsh, from 2006.[7]

Based units

The barracks are currently home to the following:

British Army

• Home Headquarters, Queen's Dragoon Guards[8]
• Regimental Headquarters, Royal Welsh[9][10]
• 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh (Army Reserve)[11][12]
  • Battalion Headquarters[10]
  • Headquarters Company[10][13]
• 157th (Welsh) Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps[11]
  • Regimental Headquarters[14][13]
  • 249 Headquarters Squadron[14]
  • 580 Transport Squadron[14][13]
• Wales University Officers' Training Corps[11]
  • Headquarters[15][13]
  • Cardiff Detachment[15][13]

Community Cadet Forces

• A Company, Welsh Army Cadets[16]
  • Gabalfa Detachment[16]
• 1344 (Cardiff) Squadron, No.1 Welsh Wing Air Training Corps[17]

References

1. "Detroit & St Vincent block at Maindy Barracks, Cathays". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
2. "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
3. "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
4. "Staff evacuated after unexploded WWII shell found in car park". Cardiff Local guide. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
5. Newman, p. 287
6. "An Army Nurse in Belgium and Germany". BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
7. "Historic Welsh unit that traces its history back to Rorke's Drift is axed". wales Online. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
8. "1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards [UK]". 16 December 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
9. "Information regarding the location of the Regimental Headquarters for the British Army's Infantry Branch" (PDF). What do they know. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
10. "Royal Welsh". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
11. "HQ 160th (Welsh) Brigade". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
12. "Soldiers from across Wales addressed MPs during an annual gathering in London". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
13. "Maindy Barracks, Whitchurch Road, Cardiff CF14 3YE". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
14. "157 Regiment RLC". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
15. "NOT YOUR AVERAGE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
16. "Dyfed And Glamorgan Army Cadets". Army Cadets UK. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
17. "1344 (Cardiff)". RAF Air Cadets. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

Sources

• Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin.