EAW051985 ENGLAND (1953). Wilton House, Wilton, 1953

This is Erskine Barracks, the new (at the time of the photo)HQ for the British army Southern Command, which had moved from Wilton House in 1949. In WW2 there was an American hospital on the site housed in Nissen huts, which Southern Command utilised/occupied when they first moved in. At the time of the photo in 1953 new accommodation and office blocks appear to be under construction. Around 1968 Southern Command became Army Strategic Command (STRATCO), then in 1972 STRATCO was renamed HQ Land Forces, finally becoming Land Command in 1995. In 2010 Land Command moved to Andover and Erskine Barracks was closed, it was demolished sometime in 2013/14 and, as of March 2015, is being redeveloped for housing, retail and light industry.