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Various records show that Rousillon Barracks were built between 1795 and 1813 at a cost of £76,167, on land that was purchased from the Bishop of Chichester.
The Royal Monmouth Militia were stationed in the Barracks 1805 - 08 and the 2nd Bn Sussex Regiment stayed here in 1808 and again in 1813, between disembarking at Portsmouth from Guernsey and embarking at Deal for Holland.

Various cavalry and infantry units occupied the Barracks during the next fifty years and it also served as a base for the Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia.
In 1870 it was established as a Discharge Depot and in 1873 became the Brigade Depot for the Royal Sussex Regiment.

In 1960 the Royal Sussex Regiment moved to Canterbury and the barracks were taken over by the Corps of Royal Military Police. One of the first officers to enter with his advance party in 1964 was Lieutenant Norman Allen RMP.

In 1982 Commander Alfredo Astiz of the Argentine Forces was a guest of the Officers Mess and became the first POW in Britain since 1945.

The last RMP personnel left Rousillon Barracks in 2005 and the site has recently been offered for development by English Partnerships.