Inglis Barracks
| Inglis Barracks | |
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| Mill Hill | |
Officers Mess at Inglis Barracks
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 Inglis Barracks
Location within London
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| Coordinates | 51°36′47″N 0°12′46″W / 51.61305°N 0.21267°WCoordinates: 51°36′47″N 0°12′46″W / 51.61305°N 0.21267°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |
 British Army
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1905 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1905-2007 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | London District |
| Occupants |
Middlesex Regiment (1905-62) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (1943-90s) Royal Engineers (Postal Section/Postal & Courier Communications/Postal & Courier Services) (1950s-93) Women's Royal Army Corps (1960's-93) Royal Logistic Corps (Postal & Courier Services) (1993-2007) |
Middlesex Regiment (1905-62)
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (1943-90s)
Royal Engineers (Postal Section/Postal & Courier Communications/Postal & Courier Services) (1950s-93)
Women's Royal Army Corps (1960's-93)
Inglis Barracks was a military installation in Mill Hill, London, NW7. Also was referred to as Mill Hill Barracks.
Inglis Barracks was built in 1905. The site was roughly triangular in shape bounded by Partingdale Lane to the north, Frith Lane to the east and Bittacy Hill to the west. It was a short walk up the hill from Mill Hill East tube station. The rail service was originally built by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) and had been opened as Mill Hill by the Great Northern Railway (GNR).
The barracks became the Regimental Depot for the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) when they moved from the Hounslow Barracks following the opening of the barracks. The barracks were named after Lieutenant General Sir William Inglis, who had commanded the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot during the Battle of Albuera, one of the bloodiest battles of the Peninsular War (1809–14), fought on 16 May 1811.
All of the recruits for the Middlesex Regiment were processed through the Regimental Depot at Mill Hill during the First World War. The barracks ceased to be the home of the Middlesex Regiment when that regiment merged with three other regiments to form the Queen's Regiment at Howe Barracks in Canterbury in 1966.
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