Normanton Barracks

Normanton Barracks
Derby

Normanton Barracks
Normanton Barracks
Location within Derbyshire
Coordinates 52°53′49″N 1°28′40″W / 52.89691°N 1.47784°W / 52.89691; -1.47784Coordinates: 52°53′49″N 1°28′40″W / 52.89691°N 1.47784°W / 52.89691; -1.47784
Type Barracks
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator  British Army
Site history
Built 1874–1877
Built for War Office
In use 1877-1963
Garrison information
Occupants Sherwood Foresters

Normanton Barracks was a military installation in Normanton, Derby.

History

The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style between 1874 and 1877.[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[2] The barracks became the depot for the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot and the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot.[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the 45th Regiment of Foot (Sherwood Foresters) amalgamated with the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Sherwood Foresters with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[3]

Many reservists enlisted at the barracks at the start of the First World War.[4] During the Second World War the barracks were significantly expanded.[5] However they were demoted to the status of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at Glen Parva Barracks in 1958[6] and decommissioned in 1963.[1] The Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum moved to Nottingham Castle in 1965[7] and the barracks were then demolished in 1981.[1] The site is now occupied by Foresters Leisure Park.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nothing ever happens in Sinfin". This is Sinfin. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "The memoirs of a volunteer". Western Front Association. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bygones: Sunnyhill Camp used for prisoners of war as Second World War progressed". News RT. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sherwood foresters Post war" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum". Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Plaque marks victory in old soldier's barracks campaign". Derby Telegraph. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
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