Price Barracks Explained

Price Barracks
Type:Barracks
Pushpin Map:Belize
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Belize
Location:Ladyville, Belize
Ownership: Government of Belize
Operator:Belize Defence Force
Built:1960s
Used:1960s-Present
Built For:War Office
Occupants:Belize Defence Force British Army

Price Barracks is a military installation located just north of Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport which is located in Ladyville some 8 miles to the north west of Belize City. It is the main base of the Belize Defence Force.

History

The barracks has its origins in the British Honduras Garrison which had been established in British Honduras in the 1960s. In March 1972 the capacity of the garrison was doubled from facilities for 275 troops to 550 troops as a result of a threat from Guatemala.[1] A significant deployment to the barracks, then known as Airport Camp, was undertaken by the Queen's Regiment in Spring 1976.[2] Following the independence of the country as Belize in September 1981 the camp was renamed Price Barracks after George Cadle Price, a former Prime Minister of the country, and it became the main base of the Belize Defence Force.[3]

In 1994, the UK Government established the British Army Training and Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) based within Price Barracks as its main international facility for jungle training. However, in 2010, it announced the closure of the facility as part of its Strategic Defence and Security Review.[4] This decision was later reversed in 2015.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UK beefs up Honduras force. The Montreal Gazette. 22 March 1972. 27 September 2015. 1 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151001221329/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19720322&id=ExQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5KEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6642,2637605&hl=en. live.
  2. Web site: Queen's Regiment. British Army units 1945 on. 27 September 2015. 28 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928061018/http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/queen-s-regiment.html. live.
  3. Web site: Contacts. Belize Defence Force. September 27, 2015. 28 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928140743/http://www.bdf.mil.bz/index.php/contacts. live.
  4. Web site: Jungle training axed as Belize base shuts. The Telegraph. 15 December 2010. 27 September 2015. 28 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928191056/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8204320/Jungle-training-axed-as-Belize-base-shuts.html. live.
  5. Web site: Inside Belize: British Army soldiers are pushed to the limit. 7 April 2015. ITV. 27 September 2015. 6 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706174137/http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2015-04-07/inside-belize-british-army-soldiers-are-pushed-to-the-limit/. live.
  6. Web site: No Joke Jimmy,The Brits Are Back. 7 News Belize. October 28, 2015. May 22, 2016. 18 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190218082136/http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=34133&frmsrch=1. live.
  7. Web site: Maybe more to Britain’s Belize return than meets the eye. Cowbrough Communications. December 2, 2015. May 22, 2016. 17 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617103005/http://cowbrough.co.uk/more-to-british-armys-belize-return-than-meets-the-eye/. live.
  8. Web site: Inside Belize: British Army soldiers put through their paces. ITV. April 7, 2015. May 22, 2016. 24 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070820/http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/story/2015-04-07/inside-belize-british-army-soldiers-put-through-their-paces/. live.

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