Deepcut Barracks, officially called the Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut, and formally known as Blackdown Barracks, are British Army barracks situated near Camberley, Surrey, England, and are the headquarters of the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC). The barracks were previously the Headquarters of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps until the formation of the RLC in 1993. The Directorate Royal Logistic Corps is based in Dettingen House. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Barracks is usally used to connote a type of military housing. ... Map sources for Camberley at grid reference SU874601 Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, about twenty-nine miles to the south-west of London. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Royal Logistic Corps is a British Army corps that provides the logistical support for the Army. ... The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a British Army corps formed in 1918 by the merger of the Army Ordnance Department (AOD) and the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The barracks are also the location of the School of Logistics, which trains the officers and soldiers of the RLC in a range of logistical skills.

Deaths at Deepcut Barracks

Several suspicious deaths have occurred among soldiers at the barracks. The police reports stated that they were suicides, but the families have rejected this and continue to call for a public enquiry. Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ...

In June 1995, Private Sean Benton, of Hastings, East Sussex, was found dead at Deepcut barracks with five bullet wounds to his chest. The coroner concluded that he had committed suicide. Ballistics tests suggested that only one bullet was fired from close range and the others from a distance. 1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation). ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... A coroner is either the presiding officer of a special court, a medical officer or an officer of law responsible for investigating deaths, particularly those happening under unusual circumstances. ... A ballistic body is a body which is free to move, behave, and be modified in appearance, contour, or texture by ambient conditions, substances, or forces, as by the pressure of gases in a gun, by rifling in a barrel, by gravity, by temperature, or by air particles. ... .357 Magnum cartridges, containing bullets. ...

In November 1995, Private Cheryl James, of Llangollen, was found dead with a single bullet wound to her head at the headquarters of the Royal Logistic Corps. However, the coroner concluded an open verdict. Llangollen is a small town in Denbighshire, north Wales, famous for the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, the Llangollen Canal (whose Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is nearby), and the Llangollen Railway. ...

In September 2001, Private Geoff Gray, from Hackney, East London, was found with two gunshot wounds to his head while on guard duty. The coroner recorded an open (i.e. inconclusive) verdict after hearing from witnesses that a figure was seen running away after the shots were fired. An independent ballistics expert hired by the BBC concluded that it would have been impossible for Gray to have killed himself. Hackney is the principal area of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ...

On 23 March 2002, Private James Collinson, from Perth, was found dead with a single gunshot wound while on guard duty at the barracks. The Army said that he killed himself, but his parents do not accept this, insisting he had been happy. No inquest was held. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... The Royal Burgh of Perth (Peairt in Scottish Gaelic) is a large burgh in central Scotland. ...

Surrey Police have re-opened the investigation into the deaths of Gray and Collinson at the insistence of their families. Police force of the county of Surrey in the south of England. ...

Kevin McNamara MP hosted a meeting on 10 June 2002 where the families of the four soldiers killed at Deepcut requested that a public enquiry be held into the matter. Kevin McNamara (born 5 September 1934) is a British Labour Party politician. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ...

On 4 July 2002, the House of Commons Defence Select Committee announced that it would conduct an investigation after the police finished their investigation. Surrey Police stated that the deaths were being reviewed. July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... The Defence Select Committee is one of the Committees of the House of Commons established 1979. ...

Later, on 25 July 2002, the Army admitted that it had destroyed some of the forensic evidence available to Surrey Police by destroying some of the bloodstained uniforms of the dead soldiers. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. ...

The body of Private James Collinson was exhumed on 3 October 2002, in Scotland, by forensic pathologists from the University of Glasgow to try and determine how he died. Evidence uncovered showed bruising on his hands, and a fracture of the jaw. The original post-mortem had not uncovered this evidence. October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. ... -1... The jaw is either of the two opposable structures forming, or near the entrance to, the mouth. ... An autopsy, also known as a post-mortem examination or an obduction, is a medical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of a persons death and to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present. ...

External links

• The Scotsman feature page on Deepcut barracks deaths
• BBC news article
• School of Logistics
• The Royal Logistic Corps