Keogh Barracks

The barracks were commissioned to accommodate the Army School of Hygiene{{cite web |title=Keogh, Sir Alfred Henry (1857 - 1936) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:376501/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E004318%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier |accessdate=7 December 2019 |publisher=Parr's Lives of the Fellows}} and are named after Sir Alfred Keogh, a former Director-General of Army Medical Services.{{cite web |title=RAMC Reunited Newsletter November 2015 |url=http://www.ramcreunited.co.uk/files/RAMC-REUNITED-NEWSLETTER-12---NOVEMBER-2015_npgqbi3d.pdf |accessdate=7 December 2019}} The foundation stone for the main building was laid by Lieutenant General Sir James Hartigan, Director-General of Army Medical Services, in February 1938.{{cite web |title=Two photographs of the laying by Sir James Hartigan, DGAMS, of the foundation stone of the Sandhurst Block of Keogh Barracks, Mytchett, Surrey, on 17 February 1938 |url=https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19094279#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=5&z=-0.1419%2C0%2C1.2839%2C0.8065 |accessdate=7 December 2019 |publisher=Wellcome library}} The Museum of Military Medicine has its origins in the "Mytchett Collection", a collection of documents accumulated there since 1952.{{cite web |title=Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection |url=https://aim25.com/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=10876&inst_id=20&nv1=search&nv2= |accessdate=7 December 2019 |publisher=AIM 25}} In 1954, the RAMC Field Training Centre took over administration of the barracks.{{cite web |last=Ahern |first=Colonel T. M. R. |date=1 July 1958 |title=The Field Training Centre |url=https://jramc.bmj.com/content/jramc/104/3/168.full.pdf |accessdate=7 December 2019 |publisher=Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps}} The depot of the Royal Army Medical Corps arrived from Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham in 1964{{cite web |title=ASU Building, QE Barracks, Church Crookham |url=https://library.thehumanjourney.net/3277/1/A2014-30_Report.pdf |accessdate=3 June 2018 |publisher=Oxford Archaeology |page=3}} and the Field Training Centre subsequently became known as the Royal Army Medical Corps Training Centre.{{cite journal |title=First Aid Training: An Appraisal. The Soldier's Longest Journey |date=1991 |url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8c60/bd9d8a94ffdb269263d107b6100e9bd4f2ea.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228131450/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8c60/bd9d8a94ffdb269263d107b6100e9bd4f2ea.pdf |archive-date=28 February 2019 |accessdate=7 December 2019 |publisher=Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1991; 137: 27-30|doi=10.1136/JRAMC-137-01-06 |s2cid=2437294 |last1=Jefferson |first1=T. |journal=Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps |volume=137 |pages=27–30 }}

By the 1990s, the Royal Army Medical Corps Training Centre had changed its name to the Army Medical Services Training Group.{{cite web |title=Flag Lowering Ceremony |url=https://www.qaranc.co.uk/qacentre.php |accessdate=7 December 2019 |publisher=Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps}} The Army Medical Services Training Group amalgamated with the equivalent organizations in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force to form the Defence Medical Services Training Centre at Keogh Barracks in 1996.{{cite web |title=Memorandum submitted to the Defence Committee by the Ministry of Defence responding to the Committee's Questions on the Defence Medical Services |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmdfence/447/447we02.htm |accessdate=7 October 2018 |publisher=Hansard}} It moved to Whittington Barracks as the Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training in 2014.{{cite web |date=12 May 2014 |title=£138m UK defence medical training hub opens |url=http://www.govopps.co.uk/138m-uk-defence-medical-training-hub-opens/ |accessdate=7 October 2018 |publisher=Government Opportunities}}

A major refurbishment costing £50 million was carried out at Keogh Barracks in order to accommodate 4 Armoured Medical Regiment in 2015.{{cite web |date=24 June 2015 |title=£50 Million Refurbishment At Keogh Barracks |url=https://www.forces.net/services/army/ps50-million-refurbishment-keogh-barracks |accessdate=7 December 2019 |publisher=Forces Network}} In June 2015, 4 Med Regt moved into the barracks, relocating from nearby Normandy Barracks. 4 Med Regt later moved to Tidworth in July 2019, as part of the Army 2020 Refine programme.{{Cite web |last=Sadler |first=Claire |date=2019-05-13 |title=Army Medics Exercise Freedom Of Aldershot Ahead Of Tidworth Move |url=https://www.forces.net/news/services/army/army-medics-exercise-freedom-aldershot-ahead-tidworth-move |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Forces Network |language=en}}

By 2016, 22 Field Hospital were also based at Keogh Barracks. 22 Field Hospital was re-designated as 22 Multi-Role Medical Regiment in 2023, as part of the Future Soldier reforms. The regiment is the 'Vanguard’ medical regiment, held on high readiness to deploy at short notice worldwide.{{Cite web |title=22 Field Hospital {{!}} The British Army |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/army-medical-services/22-field-hospital/}} 22 MMR is scheduled to move from Keogh Barracks, to Preston in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Future Soldier Guide - adr010310-futuresoldierguide_30nov.pdf |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/media/15057/adr010310-futuresoldierguide_30nov.pdf}}

The barracks is also home to the 2nd Battalion, Ranger Regiment, which was previously 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.{{Cite web |title=Tigers training to be Rangers {{!}} The British Army |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/11/tigers-training-to-be-rangers/}} 2 RANGERS is a Special Operations battalion, operating in small teams, regionally aligned to East Africa.{{Cite web |date=1 October 2023 |title=Ranger Regiment {{!}} The British Army |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/ranger-regiment/}}

• 2nd Battalion, Ranger Regiment{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/media/14919/adr010310-futuresoldierguide_25nov.pdf|title=Future Soldier Guide|page=70|date=25 November 2021|access-date=9 December 2021}}

• List of British Army installations

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