[1] During the Crimean War a mutiny took place and in 1868 a sergeant murdered a private soldier in a dispute over money.

[1] In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot.

[2] The 3rd Battalion (Royal South Gloucestershire Militia) of the regiment also established itself at Horfield Barracks.

[4] Life there is vividly recorded in the memoir of one soldier from Gloucestershire who was sent to Horfield as a new recruit, having joined up immediately following his 18th birthday.

[6] The site became a telephone engineering works in the late 1960s and was redeveloped for housing in around 2000.