Combermere Barracks
{{Short description|Military installation in Windsor, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox military installation
|name=Combermere Barracks
|image=Queen Elizabeth II with soldiers of the Household Cavalry.jpg
|caption = Queen Elizabeth II with soldiers of the Household Cavalry at Combermere Barracks
|type = Barracks
|map_type = Berkshire
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Berkshire
|location = Windsor
|coordinates = {{Coord|51|28|24|N|0|37|2|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|ownership = Ministry of Defence
|operator = {{army|United Kingdom}}
|built = 1804
|used=1804-Present
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|built_for = War Office
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|occupants = Welsh Guards
}}
Combermere Barracks, Windsor is a British Army installation {{convert|1.4|km||order=flip|sigfig=1|round=}} from Windsor Castle.
History<span class="anchor" id="Windsor Barracks Act 1867"></span>
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title = Windsor Barracks Act 1867
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An Act for extinguishing certain Rights of Way over and along Barrack Lane in the Borough of New Windsor in the County of Berks.
| year = 1867
| citation = 30 & 31 Vict. c. 109
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| royal_assent = 20 August 1867
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| repealing_legislation = Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993
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| status = repealed
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The original barracks, known as Clewer Barracks, were designed to accommodate the Royal Horse Guards and were built at Clewer Park between 1796 and 1800. Queen Victoria ordered the replacement of the barracks, after a personal visit in 1864 exposed to her its unhygienic conditions. The new barracks, which cover over {{convert|20|acre|0}}, were named after Field Marshal Lord Combermere and include a riding school which was built in 1881.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/queen-meets-soldier-in-chewbacca-style-camouflage-1458430|title=Wookie look: Queen meets soldier in Chewbacca-style camouflage|date=26 November 2012|publisher=Daily Mirror|accessdate=20 May 2018}}
The barracks were renovated in 2006 and became the home of the Household Cavalry Regiment.{{Cite web |title=The Household Cavalry {{!}} National Army Museum |url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/household-cavalry |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.nam.ac.uk |language=en}}
The Household Cavalry Regiment moved from Combermere Barracks to Bulford Camp in May 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.themilitarytimes.co.uk/news/household-cavalry-parade-marks-departure-for-bulford/|title=Household Cavalry parade marks departure for Bulford|date=18 May 2019|publisher=Military Times|accessdate=13 August 2019|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205101120/https://www.themilitarytimes.co.uk/news/household-cavalry-parade-marks-departure-for-bulford/|url-status=dead}} No. 18 Troop and the training wing
The 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards moved into the barracks and joined the London District to start their ceremonial duties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.windsorexpress.co.uk/gallery/windsor/109254/household-cavalry-set-to-leave-windsor.html|title=Household Cavalry set to leave Windsor|website=www.windsorexpress.co.uk|date=23 December 2016 |access-date=2019-03-14}}
Based units
The following notable units are based at Combermere Barracks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-22/194616|title=Army:Written question - 194616|last=Lancaster|first=Mark|date=29 November 2018|website=UK Parliament|language=en|access-date=30 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-armoured-corps/royal-yeomanry/|title=Royal Yeomanry|website=British Army|language=en-GB|access-date=15 December 2018}}
= British Army =
- Household Cavalry Regiment
- No.18 Troop
- Training Wing
- The Royal Yeomanry
- 3 Troop, C (Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry) Squadron – Windsor (Army Reserve)
- 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards (Public Duties battalion under London District)
- Headquarters Company
- No.1 (Prince of Wales')
- No.2 Company
- No.3 (Little Iron Men) Company
- Support Company