Built – 1934/35
Type – Artillery/Armoured
Original name – Artilleriekaserne Schulstrasse to 1937
Renamed – Winkelman Kaserne from 1937

History – Renamed Winkelman Kaserne after German Artillery Sergeant of WW1.
Used by Tank Regiments until end of WW2

Updated 27 July 2024

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HQ 1st Corps District Signals 1945-1947 (1)
2nd Infantry Division Engineers 1947-1948 (2)
23 Field Engineer Regiment RE 1948 (2)
1st Battalion King’s Regiment (Liverpool) 1948-1952 (3)
1st Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment Regiment (17th Foot) 1952-1955 (4)
1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 1955-1956 (5)
1st Battalion Queen’s Royal (West Surrey) Regiment 1957-1959 (6)
1st Battalion Green Howards (Alexandra’s Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment) 1959-1963 (7)
1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret’s Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) 1963-1967 (8)
3rd Battalion Royal Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade) 1967-1968 (9)

Handed over to Canadians in 1968

Handed to Bundeswehr in 1970

(1) redesignated 1st Corps District Signal Regiment 15 Jul 46 – disbanded 1 Jul 47
REME LAD for this unit was located in the brickworks north-west of Argonne Barracks
(2) from Bochum north-west of Iserlohn 28 Jul 47 – redesignated 2nd Infantry Divisional Engineer Regiment 23 May 48 – redesignated 23rd Field Engineer Regiment 30 Jun 48 – moved to Gordon Barracks Hameln 3 Sep 48
(3) from UK 20 Nov 48 – Brooke Barracks Berlin Feb 51 – moved to UK Jun 52
(4) from UK Nov 52 – moved to Sudan Jan 55
(5) from UK Feb 55 – moved to UK Dec 56
(6) from UK Apr 57 – moved to UK Sep 59
(7) from Hong Kong – moved to Libya Feb 63
(8) from UK Feb 63 – transferred from 5th Infantry Brigade Group to 4th Guards Brigade Group Jun 64 – United Nations tour in Cyprus Aug 65 to Apr 66 – moved to UK May 67
(8) 1st RHF was granted the “Freedom of Iserlohn” 25 Feb 67 the first British Regiment to be granted the honour in Germany. During their tour in Hemer-Deilinghofen (1979-1984) they were invited to march again through Iserlohn and did so in line with their “Freedom” with bayonets fixed, drums beating, colours flying…
(9) from UK May 67 – moved to Trenchard Barracks Celle Jan 68

Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49

On 16 April 1945 Iserlohn capitulated to the Americans to prevent its destruction.

When 1st Corps was formed in the early 1900s the headquarters were in Aldershot, hence the naming of Flak Kaserne, needing more room for the supporting troops the Royal Corps of Signals were established in Winkelman (Artillerie) Kaserne later renamed Mons Barracks the same as the barracks named in Aldershot.

It was handed over to the Canadians and christened Fort Qu’Appelle in 1968.

When handed back to the Bundeswehr in 1970 the Barracks were used by Fallschirmjägerbataillone (Paratroopers) until the 1990s then were then converted for civilian use.