Connaught Barracks, Dover

The barracks, which were built about half a mile south of Fort Burgoyne, were completed in July 1913.^[1] During the First World War the barracks were used for the assembly of large quantities of men and supplies ready for shipment across the channel to the Western Front.^[2]

A major project to rebuild the barracks, which took two years to complete and was undertaken by C Jenner & Sons Ltd, was finished in 1962.^[3] The Queen's Lancashire Regiment was formed at the barracks in March 1970.^[4]

The 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment arrived at the barracks in July 1995^[5] and was replaced by the 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment in August 2000:^[6] the 1st Battalion continued to occupy the site until the barracks closed in March 2006.^[7] Plans to use the barracks as an open prison^[8] were dropped in November 2006^[9] and the site is now being redeveloped for housing.^[10]