The Camp was established when the
War Office acquired a 19th-century mansion –
Tedworth House – and large tracts of land to its north in 1897. Headquarters
Southern Command was established at Tidworth Camp in 1905. Lucknow Barracks and Mooltan Barracks were completed in 1905, Tidworth
Military Hospital was finished in 1907. Aliwal Barracks, Assaye Barracks, Bhurtpore Barracks, Candahar Barracks, Delhi Barracks and Jellalabad Barracks were added later, and a
Royal Ordnance depot was established during the
First World War. The barracks are named for battles in India and Afghanistan:
Aliwal,
Assaye,
Bhurtpore,
Candahar,
Delhi,
Jellalabad,
Lucknow and
Mooltan. (Jellalabad Barracks should not be confused with the former
barracks of the same name in Taunton, Somerset). There was also an army hospital during the First World War. A description of it, including actions taken to address a suspected meningitis outbreak, is provided by Arthur Bullock, who spent around a week there in 1918. In the
Second World War, the Camp was home from 1942 to 1944 to various formations of the
United States Army including
7th Armored Division (14 June to 7 August 1944),
9th Armored Division, and
8th Armored Division. HQ Southern Command left the Camp and moved to
Erskine Barracks near
Fugglestone St Peter in 1949. The military hospital closed in March 1977. Extensive reconstruction at the Camp involving 160 new or refurbished buildings was carried out under
Project Allenby Connaught between 2006 and 2014. It is now a recovery centre operated by the
Help for Heroes charity. == Military cemetery ==