Maindy Barracks Explained

Maindy Barracks
Type:	Barracks
Map Type:	Wales Cardiff
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within Cardiff
Location:	Cardiff
Ownership:	Ministry of Defence
Built:	1877
Used:	1877–present
Built For:	War Office
Occupants:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Welsh

Maindy Barracks is a military installation in the Cathays district of Cardiff in Wales.

History

Maindy Barracks opened in 1877.^[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.^[2] The barracks became the depot for the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot and the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot.^[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the 41st and 69th regiments amalgamated to form the Welch Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881.^[3]

It was home to the United States Army during the First World War;^[4] the Welch Regiment War Memorial unveiled there in 1924 was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.^[5] The barracks were again used by the United States Army during Second World War.^[4] In the latter war it was bombed by German aircraft.^[6]

The barracks became occupied by the newly formed Royal Regiment of Wales from 1969^[1] and by its successor regiment, the Royal Welsh, from 2006.^[7]

Based units

The barracks are currently home to the following:

British Army

• Home Headquarters, Queen's Dragoon Guards^[8]
• Regimental Headquarters, Royal Welsh^{[9] [10]}
• 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh (Army Reserve)^{[11] [12]}
  • Battalion Headquarters
  • Headquarters Company^[13]
• 157th (Welsh) Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
  • Regimental Headquarters^[14]
  • 249 Headquarters Squadron
  • 580 Transport Squadron
• Wales University Officers' Training Corps
  • Headquarters^[15]
  • Cardiff Detachment

Community Cadet Forces

• A Company, Welsh Army Cadets^[16]
  • Gabalfa Detachment
• 1344 (Cardiff) Squadron, No.1 Welsh Wing Air Training Corps^[17]

Sources

• Book: Newman . John . Glamorgan . . London . Penguin . 1995.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Detroit & St Vincent block at Maindy Barracks, Cathays. British Listed buildings. 23 April 2014.
2. Web site: Echoes of the past in these Army cuts. 8 July 2012. 13 November 2014.
3. Web site: Training Depots . Regiments.org . 16 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm . 10 February 2006 .
4. Web site: Staff evacuated after unexploded WWII shell found in car park. Cardiff Local guide. 23 April 2014.
5. Newman, p. 287
6. Web site: An Army Nurse in Belgium and Germany. BBC. 23 April 2014.
7. Web site: Historic Welsh unit that traces its history back to Rorke's Drift is axed. 5 July 2012. wales Online. 8 November 2017.
8. Web site: 2007-12-16. 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards [UK]]. https://web.archive.org/web/20071216183302/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/DG1qdg.htm. dead. 2007-12-16. 2021-04-17.
9. Web site: Information regarding the location of the Regimental Headquarters for the British Army's Infantry Branch. 31 January 2021. What do they know.
10. Web site: Royal Welsh. 2021-04-17. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB.
11. Web site: HQ 160th (Welsh) Brigade. 2021-04-17. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB.
12. Web site: Soldiers from across Wales addressed MPs during an annual gathering in London. 2021-04-17. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB.
13. Web site: Maindy Barracks, Whitchurch Road, Cardiff CF14 3YE. 17 April 2021. Army Careers.
14. Web site: 157 Regiment RLC. 2021-04-17. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB.
15. Web site: NOT YOUR AVERAGE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY. 2021-04-17. www.army.mod.uk. en-GB.
16. Web site: Dyfed And Glamorgan Army Cadets. 2021-04-17. Army Cadets UK. en-GB.
17. Web site: 1344 (Cardiff). 2021-04-17. RAF Air Cadets. en-GB.