| Normanton Barracks | |
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| Derby | |
 Normanton Barracks | |
 <div style="position: absolute; top: Expression error: Missing operand for *.%; left: 214.6%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> Normanton Barracks Location within Derbyshire
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| Coordinates | 52°53′49″N 1°28′40″W / 52.89691°N 1.47784°WCoordinates: 52°53′49″N 1°28′40″W / 52.89691°N 1.47784°W |
| 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 as the depot for the 45th Regiment of Foot and the 95th Regiment of Foot.[1] Under the Childers Reforms these regiments merged to form the Sherwood Foresters in 1881.[1] Many reservists enlisted at the barracks at the start of the First World War.[2] During the Second World War the barracks were significantly expanded.[3] However they were demoted to the status of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at Glen Parva Barracks in 1958[4] and decommissioned in 1963.[1] The Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum moved to Nottingham Castle in 1965[5] and the barracks were then demolished in 1981.[1] The site is now Foresters Leisure Park.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Nothing ever happens in Sinfin". This is Sinfin. http://www.sinfin-derby.co.uk/History.html. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "The memoirs of a volunteer". Western Front Association. http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/48-brothers-arms/650-1914-volunterr.html. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "Bygones: Sunnyhill Camp used for prisoners of war as Second World War progressed". News RT. http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/bygones-sunnyhill-camp-used-for-prisoners-of-war-as-second-world-war-progressed-2598182.html. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "Sherwood foresters Post war". Ministry of Defence. http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Sherwood_Foresters_Post_war.pdf. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum". http://www.culture24.org.uk/em000057. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "Plaque marks victory in old soldier's barracks campaign". Derby Telegraph. 21 September 2012. http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Plaque-marks-victory-old-soldier-s-barracks/story-16955163-detail/story.html. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
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