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Inglis Barracks was a military installation in Mill Hill, London, NW7. Also was referred to as Mill Hill Barracks. ==History== Inglis Barracks was built in 1905.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mill Hill East )〕 The site was roughly triangular in shape bounded by Partingdale Lane to the north, Frith Lane to the east and Bittacy Hill to the west. It was a short walk up the hill from Mill Hill East tube station. The rail service was originally built by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) and was opened as Mill Hill on 22 August 1867 by the Great Northern Railway (GNR). The first regiment to occupy the barracks was the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) when it became their Regimental Depot. The barracks were named after Lieutenant General Sir William Inglis, who had commanded the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot during the Battle of Albuera, one of the bloodiest battles of the Peninsular War (1809–14), fought on 16 May 1811.〔 〕 All of the recruits for the Middlesex Regiment were processed through the Regimental Depot at Mill Hill during the First World War. A Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Workshop moved onto the site in 1943 during the Second World War.〔 The Home Postal Depot, Royal Engineers established their Postal Training School (PTS) in the barracks in the mid-1950s. The Postal Depot’s main sorting facilities was established in an old munitions factory off Frith Lane and barrack buildings were given over to accommodate administration offices and sleeping quarters. Shortly after the arrival of the Postal Depot extra barrack blocks were built within the site to accommodate 12 Company Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC). The barracks ceased to be the home of the Middlesex Regiment when that regiment merged with three other regiments to form the Queen's Regiment at Howe Barracks in Canterbury in 1966.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment )〕 On 16 July 1982 Queen Elizabeth II, visited the Home Postal Depot (or the Postal & Courier Depot as it was then styled) as part of the RE (Postal & Courier Services) centenary celebrations. On her arrival at the barracks she was met by Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, General Sir Hugh Beach and the Chief Royal Engineer, Lieutenant General Sir David Willison. During the course of her visit she unveiled a statute, was escorted around the Sorting facilities by the Director Defence Postal & Courier Services, Brigadier Don London OBE and the Commandant Postal & Courier Depot RE, Colonel Rolf James, attended a luncheon in the Officer's Mess and a tea party on the lawns.〔"Court Circular." Times (England ) 17 July 1982: 10. The Times Digital Archive. accessed 28 August 2015〕〔"Picture Gallery." Times (England ) 17 July 1982: 1. The Times Digital Archive. accessed 28 August 2015.〕 To mark the centenary Barnet Borough granted the Depot the Freedom of the Borough. The Provisional Irish Republican Army planted a bomb in one of the barracks blocks (Block B) its explosion in the early hours of 1 August 1988 killed Lance Corporal MJF Robbins and injured nine other soldiers of the Royal Engineers.〔Tony Dawe, Philip Webster and Stewart Tendler. "IRA blitz feared after bomb." Times (England ) 2 Aug. 1988: 1+. The Times Digital Archive. accessed 28 August 2015〕 The two storey building containing the single men's quarters was completely destroyed. The Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, subsequently met officers to offer her condolences as the barracks was in her the Parliamentary constituency.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Remarks visiting Finchley )〕 In April 1993 the responsibility for the processing of the armed services mails addressed to HM Ships and British Forces Post Office (BFPO) addresses was transferred from the Royal Engineers to the newly formed Royal Logistics Corps. To mark the occasion a parade was held at the barracks. The Chief Royal Engineer General Sir George Cooper inspected the troops and took the salute. The British Forces Post Office (the successors of the Home Postal Depot RE) left the site and moved to RAF Northolt in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 The original barrack installation constituted two accommodation blocks, an officers mess, a small church and various out buildings. Other buildings were added over the years, particularly in the 1970s, to accommodate the growing establishment and changing use. The military presence at the barracks ceased in 2007 and the site was sold by the Ministry of Defence for residential development as part of Project MoDEL in 2012.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Inglis Barracks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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