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Bickleigh Barracks
Bickleigh, South Hams
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Coordinates	50°26′21″N 4°04′51″W / 50.43910°N 4.08080°W / 50.43910; -4.08080
Type	Royal Marines Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Navy
Controlled by	Royal Marines
Condition	Operational
Website	RM Bickleigh - Royal Navy
Site history
Built	1940
Built for	War Office
Built by	A French & Co
In use	1940-Present
Garrison information
Occupants	42 Commando Royal Marines

RM Bickleigh, or Bickleigh Barracks, is a military installation at Bickleigh, South Hams which is currently used by 42 Commando.

History

The barracks were built by A French & Co and completed in early 1940 during the Second World War. In 1950 the Commando School Royal Marines which had been formed at Achnacarry during the war and which had moved to Gibraltar Barracks at Towyn after the war, relocated to the barracks. The Commando School moved to Lympstone in February 1960. The barracks became the home of 42 Commando in 1971.

References

1. ^ "Royal Marines History" (PDF). Marine Society and Sea Cadet Marine Cadet Section. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
2. "RMITC / CTCRM - Lympstone". Exeter Flotilla. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
3. "100 years of three towns in one". Plymouth Herald. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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