Stoughton Barracks

This was used in carry on Sargent . Stoughton Barracks, Guildford
In 1851, the Government offered £100,000 to Guildford Corporation for building a barracks for 20,000 soldiers on the Hog’s Back. The offer was declined, but in 1873 Edward Cardwell, Secretary of State for War, chose Guildford as the site for the 2nd Regimental District (Infantry) to be known as Stoughton Barracks. Barracks were being built in county towns in order to link regiments to districts, and The Queen’s (Second) Royal Regiment, was allotted Stoughton Barracks as the Regimental Depot.