Minden Barracks
| Minden Barracks | |
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| Penang, Malaysia | |
 Minden Barracks
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| Coordinates | 5°21′26″N 100°18′20″E / 5.357218°N 100.305473°E |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Condition | Re-purposed |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1939–71 |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Malaya, Malayan Emergency, Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation |
Minden Barracks was a military barracks located in the south-eastern town of Gelugor in Northeast Penang Island District, Penang, Malaysia. It was operational from 1939 to 1971 and the site now houses the main campus of Universiti Sains Malaysia.
The site of the Minden Barracks was formerly occupied by Glugor House, a plantation house of the Browns, a wealthy Scottish family who owned a nutmeg and clove plantation in the area.
In 1939, Glugor House was converted into a barracks and renamed the Glugor Barracks and originally housed the 8th (Singapore) Heavy Battery of the Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery.
The barracks was abandoned with the British withdrawal from Penang on December 17, 1941 during the Battle of Malaya of the Second World War and was occupied by the Japanese forces during the duration of the war.
It was re-occupied by the West Yorkshire Regiment after the Surrender of Japan until 1948 when the 1st Battalion of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was housed there during the onset of the Malayan Emergency. The barracks was renamed Minden Barracks in July 1950 in honor of the Battle of Minden, a 1759 battle of the Seven Years' War that saw the participation of 51st Regiment of Foot (the antecedent regiment of the 'KOYLIs').
In 1951, the barracks became the home of the 1st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment and in 1955 the barracks became the home of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment until the decommissioning of the barracks in 1971.
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