page_title: Warwick Camp (Bermuda)
section_title: After the Second World War
hierarchical_section_title: Warwick Camp (Bermuda) / After the Second World War
caption_attribution_description: English: Horseshoe Bay, in Southampton Parish, Bermuda. The bay contains a public beach, and lies within Warwick Camp. It is one of two beaches of the same name in Bermuda, with the other located at Tucker's Island, since the 1940s part of a peninsula that housed the former US Naval Operating Base, and is now called Morgan's Point.
context_page_description: 'Warwick Camp' was originally the rifle ranges and a training area used by units of the Bermuda Garrison based elsewhere in the colony. Today, the Camp is the home of the Royal Bermuda Regiment.
context_section_description: Following the War, the BMA and the BVRC were both reduced to skeleton command structures in 1946. The BVE, the Bermuda Militia Infantry (BMI), and the Home Guard were all disbanded. The BMA and BVRC (renamed the Bermuda Rifles) were both returned to strength in 1951, with the BVRC re-establishing itself at Warwick Camp. The Warwick Camp battery was not re-activated. The coastal artillery's reason for existence, along with that of the entire garrison, soon disappeared, however, when most of the Royal Navy's dockyard was closed in 1951, leaving only a small supply base (HMS Malabar). Following this, the last Regular Army unit (a company of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) was withdrawn in 1957. In 1953, the last battery of coastal artillery (the St. David's Battery) was removed from use, and the BMA converted to the infantry role (although continuing to wear the Royal Artillery cap badge and uniform), joining the BVRC at Warwick Camp. 1953 was also the final year in which the Imperial Defence Plan, under which the two units had been tasked, was issued. Warwick Camp was among the lands that were slated for disposal by the War Office and the Admiralty, and which were taken over by the local government.
caption: Horseshoe Bay is one of Bermuda's two most popular public beaches, both of which are located within Warwick Camp
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