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Work started on Eastney on the construction of a barracks to house the Royal Marine Artillery Division in 1862. Before then the Artillery companies attached to Portsmouth Division had been stationed at Gun Wharf and Clarence Barracks in Old Portsmouth, but most of their training and equipment was at Fort Cumberland. In the move to [...]

22 Comments CherryPie on Jan 9th 2015