Ordnance Insignia of the British Army

St Barbara's Garrison Church, Deepcut

For over 20 years after the war, Saint Barbara's Church at Hilsea remained the Corps' Church. However after the RAOC Training Centre re-located to Deepcut to the then Garrison Church of St. Michaels and All Angels. Which became the focal point for important Corps' services. St. Michaels Church, essentially of wood and corrugated-iron construction was in need of major repair. Over the next 8 years much was done to improve the structure of the building. Corps Standards were hung, and stained glass windows installed behind the alter. After the Corps' withdrawal from Hilsea in 1967 and the closure of St. Barbara's Church there, Deepcut Church was renamed Saint Barbara's Garrison Church and recognised as the Corps Church. The final move from Hilsea was the pipe organ to Deepcut in 1968.

Deepcut Church c1915

The Garrison Church in Deepcut was built in 1901 to serve units then stationed in the immediate area. 
It was officially dedicated on 29 September 1901 as St Michael and All Angels Garrison Church. 
In 1905 an adjoining acre of land was acquired from the Crown as a burial ground. 
Electricity was installed in 1911 and the stained glass east windows in 1922. 
The church was renamed St. Barbara's Garrison Church in 1967

St, Barbara's Garrison Church, Deepcut 2002

On the merging of the RAOC into the RLC in 1993, a new set of stained glass windows was installed to commemorate the services of the church to the Corps

RAOC Stained Glass Window 1993

Sometime in the last 10 years the front iron gates were replaced. But the old RAOC badges were replaced along with the new RLC ones.

M Comerford - October 2004