named. Stadacona contains the Canadian Forces Naval Engineering School (with facilities at Herring Cove/York Redoubt, south of Halifax), the Canadian Forces Naval Operations School, the base hospital, the Canadian Forces Maritime Warfare Centre, and various messes. Stadacona is also home to the headquarters of 5th Canadian Division and the Maritime Command Museum. Stadacona was built as the British Army's Wellington Barracks, later known as the Nelson Barracks, as part of the Halifax Defence Complex. The British military forces departed from Canada in 1906. During the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy appropriated the site from the army and it was transformed into HMCS Stadacona. Historic structures Admiralty's Residence Almost all the original Royal Navy 18th and 19th century buildings were demolished in the Second World War to make way for machine shops, stores buildings and drill halls needed to man and maintain the hundreds of corvettes being commissioned during the crash expansion of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic. Only one residence from 1814 and the Admiral's Residence from 1819 survived. The Admiral's residence (Admiralty House) is now the Naval Museum of Halifax. Wellington Barracks Historic Places: Wellington Barracks Wellington Gate Wellington Gate was created in 1850 and named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The gate is lined on either side with two columns listing the battle honours of the Royal Canadian Regiment, which was stationed at Wellington Barracks for several years. The two columns read from left to right: North-West Rebellion Saskatchewan/Northwest Canada, 1885 Second Boer War Paardeberg/South Africa, 1899–1900 First World War Ypres, 1915-1917/Mount Sorrel Somme, 1916/Ancre Heights Vimy, 1917/Hill 70 Passchendale/Amiens Hindenburg Line/Pursuit to Mons Second World War Landing in Sicily/Motta Montecorvino San Leonardo/Ortona Hitler Line/Gothic Line Lamone Crossing/Rimini Line Italy, 1943-1945/Northwest Europe, 1945 Korean War "Korea, 1951–1953" (plaque posted on the door). Admiralty Garden The Admiralty Garden was created c. 1814 and has plaques and monuments displayed to honour persons and mark events, significant to Halifax's naval history. In 1972 the "Wall of Valour" was created to recognize the bravery decorations awarded to regular and reserve members of the Royal Canadian Navy. They are listed as follows: Cross of Valour (Canada) Vaino Olavi Partanen ( disaster) Lewis John Stringer, CV CD, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (HMCS Kootenay disaster) Amédéo Garrammone Star of Courage (Canada) Sub-Lieutenant David Peter Finch, S.C., Halifax, Nova Scotia Chief Warrant Officer John Lorne McIntosh, M.M.M., S.C.,