For more than a century, the Guards Depot here Caterham played a major part in military history, the War Department purchased the land in 1875, the Guards Depot was built in 1877, at a cost of £46.273.00
Thousands upon thousands of recruits, Grenadiers, Coldstream, Scots, Irish, and Welsh Guardsmen, passed through the depot on their way to the various Regiments.
Caterham Barracks ceased being a training Depot in 1960, after which one of the five Regiments of the Brigade of Guards, were stationed here until 1995.
On Thursday March 23rd 1995, the flag of the Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards was lowered for the last time and the Guardsmen marched out.
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You may park in the supermarket car park and walk over, it gets very busy here so major stealth will be needed.
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Why not try these other caches nearby:
Home Sweet Home - GC532FT by Dr Evil
LHoS 9 - St Lawrence's Hospital - GC3BAEA by Wigloo Marbles
Keep calm and carry on! (Extreme cache) - GC55P2B by Dr Evil
Dr Evil's GOTM Commemorative Cache - GC4QC56 by Mumma Fox