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Original name – Seydlitz Kaserne
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Updated 5 June 2024

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4th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 1946-1947 (1)
1st Battalion (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regiment 1947-1948 (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 Kavallerie (Alt) Kaserne Krefeld 15 Jul 56 – 157th Infantry Brigade – disbanded Jan 47
(2) arrived from Albuhera Barracks Rendsburg Schleswig-Holstein 7 Apr 47 – 2nd Infantry Divisional Troops – converted to normal infantry 20 Dec 47 redesignated without (Machine Gun) 1 Feb 48 – moved to St Patrick’s Barracks Hamburg 5 Mar 48
(3) arrived from Knightsbridge Barracks Lübeck 9 Jun 48 – 2nd Infantry Divisional Reece equipped with Comet A34 Tanks and later Valentine Archer Tank Killers – moved to Tidworth UK Jul 53
(4) arrived from Ripon Barracks Bielefeld Jul 53 – moved to Münster Sep 57 remains 2nd Infantry Divisional Reece

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.

On becoming part of the British Sector the barracks were renamed 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.

*4th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry were involved with Operation Epsom in France June 1944, the first major unit stationed there hence the naming of the barracks.

Handed over to the Stadt 5 October 1994

Seydlitz Kaserne – 1930s

Epsom later Corunna Barracks – 2008

Courtesy of Malcolm Austin