Epsom Barracks
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1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) 1945-1946 (1)
1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment 1946-1947 (2)
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own) 1948-1953 (3)
3rd The King's Own Hussars 1953-1957 (4)
Handed over to the Canadians in September 1957
(1) Arrived from Albuhera Barracks Rendsburg near Hamburg converted to armour and moved back to join 15th (Scottish) Division
(2) Arrived from UK part of 153rd Infantry Brigade - 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division moved across town to Aldershot Barracks
(3) Arrived from Hamburg District Schleswig-Holstein Sub Area - 2nd Infantry Division Reece and being equipped with Comet A34 Tanks and later Valentine Archer Tank Killers moved to Tidworth UK July 1953
(4) Arrived from 11th Armoured Division Ripon Barracks Bielefeld moved to Münster Sept 1957 still 2nd Infantry Division Reece
Seydlitz Kaserne was purpose built for by the Nazis prior to WWII and remained in their hands until the Allies arrived in Spring 1945. They then went on to be christened Epsom Barracks whilst occupied by the British until being signed over to the Canadians in September 1957 and renamed Fort Beausejour. The barracks were later returned to British hands in 1970 and given the name Corunna Barracks, after the Battle of Corunna, a battle of the Peninsular War which took place on 16 January 1809. Handed over to the Stadt 5 October 1994
Seydlitz Kaserne - 1930s
Espom Barracks - 2008
Courtesy of Malcolm Austin