Raglan Barracks, Newport

For the barracks in Devonport, see Raglan Barracks, Devonport.

Raglan Barracks is a military installation at Barrack Hill in Allt-yr-yn in Newport, Wales.

Raglan Barracks
Newport
Raglan Barracks
Site information
Type	Barracks
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Location
Raglan Barracks Location within Newport
Coordinates	51.59506°N 3.00891°W / 51.59506; -3.00891
Site history
Built	1843–1845
Built for	War Office
In use	1845-Present
Garrison information
Occupants	104th Regiment Royal Artillery Band of the Royal Welsh 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Corps of Drums

History

The barracks were built as a cavalry barracks and completed in 1845.^[1] During the First World War they were known as the Cavalry Barracks and served as the 4th cavalry depot providing accommodation for the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), the 3rd Dragoon Guards, the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), the 7th Dragoon Guards and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons.^[2] The barracks were renamed Raglan Barracks after FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan in 1963.^[1]

Units

The barracks are now home to:

• Headquarters, 104th Regiment Royal Artillery,^[3]
• Corps of Drums of 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh.^[4]
• Detachment, 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment^[3]
• E Squadron^[5] 21 SAS,^[6]
• 74 MI Company, 7 Military Intelligence Battalion^[3]
• Band of the Royal Welsh^[7]