This operations room was well connected to other tunnels, meaning that it was possible to travel to the north face of Gibraltar whilst remaining within the rock.

The tunnel between the operations room and the barracks was closed following a number of falls including one that killed a civilian visitor.

[3] Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Amekrane who had ordered an unsuccessful coup against King Hassan II of Morocco, was once imprisoned at Lathbury Barracks.

The British Government later made an out of court settlement in 1972 with his widow Malika Amekrane to avoid a case at the European Commission of Human Rights regarding his extradition.

[5] In 1995, the government furnished the barracks with 1,000 bunkbeds to accommodate the athletes competing in the Island Games hosted by Gibraltar that year.