Because preference was given to those who were married or had a fiancee, men without German wives or fiancees married, in great numbers, Colchester girls. The Legion was disbanded in Colchester in 1857, but the majority of the remaining personnel went to the Eastern Cape as part of the Kaffraria Settlement. The Legion did not see active service although a large number of legionaries went to the Crimea where they mostly died of fever without seeing the battlefields. The Legion was raised for service in the Crimean War, under the provisions of the Enlistment of Foreigners Act 1854. The British German Legion was raised in 1854 as a foreign corps in British service (similar to the Kings German Legion during the Napoleonic Wars). In 1856 10,000 troops of the British German Legion were billeted in the infantry barracks and in tented encampments on Barrack Field.
Middlewick Ranges are still in use by the present garrison. The government purchased 167-acre (0.68 km 2) Middlewick Farm for use as a training area and a rifle range in 1857. Between 18 wooden infantry barracks for 5,000 troops were erected on Ordnance Field. Crimean War (1854-1856)Ĭolchester Garrison experienced rapid expansion during the Crimean War. Much of the old barracks land was developed as the "New Town" area of Colchester during the Victorian era. The Army retained 14 acres (57,000 m 2) and an infantry barracks for 851 officers and men. The sale of the older barracks and the freehold site on which they stood started in 1817 and was completed in 1840. After the Napoleonic Wars the barracks were reduced. In 1805 the barracks were home to 7,000 officers and men. By 1800 additional infantry, artillery, and cavalry barracks had been built in the area bounded by Barrack Street to the north, Wimpole Road to the west, and Port Lane to the east. After petitioning from the borough council, new infantry barracks were built in 1794. The troops were originally billeted in local inns and houses. 5 Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC)Ĭolchester Garrison played an eminent role during the Napoleonic Wars.
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