The Royal Artillery Barracks in 1900
 The Royal Artillery Barracks in 2005. The Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in south-east London is the "home" of the Royal Artillery. It is famous for having the longest continuous building facade in the UK as well as for having the largest parade square of any UK barracks. Image File history File links The Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, London, England in around 1900. ...
Image File history File links The Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, London, England in around 1900. ...
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Woolwich is a town in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army It is made up of a number of regiments. ...
Barracks is usally used to connote a type of military housing. ...
The Barracks were built between 1776 and 1802 on a site overlooking Woolwich Common, and are still occupied by 16 Regiment, Royal Artillery. This article is about the year 1776. ...
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The A205 or South Circular Road is a roughly semicircular trunk road that joins west London to east London via south London. ...
Woolwich has extensive links with weaponry. Besides the Royal Artillery Barracks it was the location of the Royal Arsenal complex, which was the British Government's principal armaments manufacturing facility for over 200 years, and the Royal Military Academy which trained artillery officers and engineers from 1741 to 1939. There was also a military hospital based at Woolwich which closed in the mid 1990s. Woolwich Common is still a designated military training area although troops are not often seen nowadays. Woolwich Dockyard was one of the principal Royal Dockyards during the Tudor and Stuart periods, although it closed in the late 19th century for Royal Navy use as the Thames was by then too difficult to navigate for the naval vessels of the time. The Royal Arsenal, originally known as the Woolwich Arsenal, carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing and explosives research. ...
The Royal Military Academy was founded in 1741 in Woolwich, south-east London. ...
A casualty is a victim of an accident, injury or trauma. ...
The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...
The A205 or South Circular Road is a roughly semicircular trunk road that joins west London to east London via south London. ...
Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grace a Dieu (Great Harry), the largest ship of its day. ...
Dockyards of the Royal Navy Current Devonport, UK Faslane, UK Rosyth, UK Portsmouth, UK Former Chatham, UK Woolwich, UK Deptford, UK Portland, UK Gibraltar, the dockyard is closed, although there is still a small Royal Navy presence which maintains a minor maintenance capability. ...
Tudor usually relates to the Tudor period in English history, which refers to the period of time between 1485 and 1558/1603 when the Tudor dynasty held the English throne. ...
Stuart is a semi-common surname and male first name. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...
Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames...
It has often been a matter of debate as to whether the Ministry of Defence would dispose of the barracks as surplus to requirements. This is now not the case as the barracks has been designated one of the MoD's "core sites". At one time it was rumoured that the only reason that the barracks was not being closed and sold was that the members of the Royal Artillery Mess who owned their officers' mess in the building would not consent to sell, and so the MoD were forced to recognise that they could not dispose of the building in its entirity. Now it is planned that, once 16 Regiment moves out, the public duties line infantry battalion and incremental companies of the Foot Guards will be moved from Chelsea Barracks and Cavalry Barracks, which will be closed. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ...
Three infantry battalions of the British army are currently tasked with the provision of Public Duties. ...
The Guards Division of the British Army contains a total of five battalions, one from each of the five regiments of Foot Guards. ...
Foot guards is a term used to describe elite infantry regiments. ...
Chelsea Barracks is a British Army barracks located approximately three-quarters of a mile from Buckingham Palace in central London. ...
Cavalry Barracks is a British Army installation located on Hounslow Heath in Hounslow. ...
2012 Olympic venue The shooting events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England will be held at a temporary venue at the Barracks. The original venue for the shooting was the National Shooting Centre at Bisley in Surrey, but the plan was changed after the International Olympic Committee expressed reservations about the number of sports which London proposed to stage outside the city. The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of accuracy and speed when shooting various types of guns, including airguns. ...
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) 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...
Bisley is the name of two villages in the United Kingdom. ...
Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ...
The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD. Its membership is 202 National Olympic Committees. ...
The budget for the Olympics project is £18 million. After the Olympics the shooting hall will be reassembled elsewhere in the UK.
See also The Royal School of Artillery is the principal training establishment for artillery warfare in the British Army. ...
Wentworth Woodhouse from A Complete History of the County of York by Thomas Allen (1828–30) Wentworth Woodhouse is a country house in the village of Wentworth near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. ...
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