| Guillemont Barracks | |
| Type: | Barracks |
| Map Type: | Hampshire |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Hampshire |
| Location: | Minley |
| Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
| Built: | 1938 |
| Used: | 1938–c.1965 |
| Built For: | War Office |
Guillemont Barracks, located just off of junction 4a of the M3, on the Minley Road (A327), was a military installation at Minley in Hampshire.
The barracks were built in 1938.[1] Covering 13.7ha, they were named after the German-held village of Guillemont,[1] [2] which was retaken by British Empire Forces, in September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. The West Nova Scotia Regiment arrived at the barracks on 1 January 1940,[3] [4] [5] and the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, part of the Canadian 5th Brigade, were stationed at the barracks in late 1940.[1] [6] King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspected the troops on 26 March 1941.[1] The 3rd Training Regiment of the Royal Engineers were based there from 1954 until the early 1960s.[7] It then became the home of the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment between 1963 and 1965.[8]
The site was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 1997 for £36 million.[9] After Sun Microsystems moved to Reading, the property developer, Landid, bought the site in January 2011. In 2018, after clearing the site, Bellway started a new development involving 226 new houses called Helios Park.[10]