Horfield Barracks
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Horfield Barracks is a former military installation in the Horfield area of Bristol.
Horfield Barracks entrance
The 28th Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 61st Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regimen
Horfield Barracks
…over money. In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot. Following the Childers Reforms, the 28th and 61st regiments amalgamated to form the Gloucestershire…
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
c. 1751 portrait of a regimental grenadier (left)
1875 painting of the regiment at the Battle of Quatre Bras