Gibraltar Barracks, Bury St Edmunds

The barracks were opened in 1878.^[2] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.^[3] The barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot.^[4] Following the Childers Reforms, the regiment evolved to become the Suffolk Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881.^[4] The barracks went on to become the regional centre for infantry training as the East Anglian Brigade Depot in 1960,^[5] and remains the regimental headquarters of the Royal Anglian Regiment.^[6]

The Suffolk Regiment Museum was established in the officers' mess in 1935 before moving to the keep in the late 1960s.^[7] It includes uniforms, weapons, regimental trophies, badges, insignia, musical items and other memorabilia.^[8]