Brock Barracks, Reading

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Brock Barracks in Reading is a historic British Army installation best known as the former home and depot of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.

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Brock Barracks, Reading canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army installation
military barracks
architecturalStyle Victorian architecture
buildingMaterial brick
category Barracks in England
Buildings and structures in Reading, Berkshire
Grade II listed buildings in Reading
coordinateLocation -1.004
51.456
country United Kingdom
formerGarrison Royal Berkshire Regiment
formerName Reading Barracks
garrison Royal Berkshire Regiment
hasMemorial Royal Berkshire Regiment memorials
hasNearby Battle Library, Reading
Oxford Road Cemetery
Reading West railway station
hasPart accommodation blocks
drill hall
guardroom
officers’ mess
parade ground
hasUse administrative offices
army reserve centre
military training
heritageDesignation Grade II listed building
heritageStatus historic military site
inception 1881
locatedIn Reading
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Berkshire
England
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London
locatedNear Reading town centre
Thames
surface form: River Thames
locatedOn Oxford Road, Reading
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRole regimental depot
training establishment
namedAfter Major-General Sir Thomas Brock
operator British Army
ownedBy Ministry of Defence
partOf Aldershot Garrison
roofMaterial slate
significantEvent served as depot of the Royal Berkshire Regiment
used as a training centre during World War I
used as a training centre during World War II
significantUnit Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry
surface form: Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
streetAddress Oxford Road NERFINISHED

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