Normanton Barracks
{{for|the barracks in Bolton|Derby Barracks, Bolton}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military structure
|name=Normanton Barracks
|image=Normanton Barracks.jpg
|caption =Normanton Barracks
|type = Barracks
|map_type = Derbyshire
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within Derbyshire
|location = Derby
|coordinates = {{Coord|52.89691|N|1.47784|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|ownership = Ministry of Defence
|operator = {{army|United Kingdom}}
|built = 1874–1877
|used=1877–1963
|architect =
|built_for = War Office
|garrison =
|occupants = Sherwood Foresters
}}
Normanton Barracks was a military installation in Normanton, Derby, England.
History
The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style between 1874 and 1877.{{cite web|url=http://www.sinfin-derby.co.uk/History.html|title=Nothing ever happens in Sinfin|publisher=This is Sinfin|accessdate=8 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811094319/http://sinfin-derby.co.uk/History.html|archivedate=11 August 2013}} Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9383385/Echoes-of-the-past-in-these-Army-cuts.html|title=Echoes of the past in these Army cuts|author=Allan Mallinson|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=8 July 2012| accessdate= 8 January 2017}} The barracks became the depot for the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot and the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|title=Training Depots|website=Regiments.org|accessdate=16 October 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|archivedate=10 February 2006}} 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.
Many reservists enlisted at the barracks at the start of the First World War.{{cite web|url=http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/48-brothers-arms/650-1914-volunterr.html|title=The memoirs of a volunteer|publisher=Western Front Association|accessdate=8 November 2014}} During the Second World War the barracks were significantly expanded.{{cite web|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sunnyhill-camp-used-prisoners-war-second-world/story-22868396-detail/story.html|title=Bygones: Sunnyhill Camp used for prisoners of war as Second World War progressed|newspaper=Derby Telegraph|date=3 September 2014|accessdate=8 January 2017}} However they were demoted to the status of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at Glen Parva Barracks in 1958{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Sherwood_Foresters_Post_war.pdf|title=Sherwood foresters Post war|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=8 November 2014}} and decommissioned in 1963. The Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum moved to Nottingham Castle in 1965{{cite web|url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/em000057|title=Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum|accessdate=8 November 2014}} and the barracks were then demolished in 1981. The site is now occupied by Foresters Leisure Park.{{cite web|url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Plaque-marks-victory-old-soldier-s-barracks/story-16955163-detail/story.html|title=Plaque marks victory in old soldier's barracks campaign|newspaper=Derby Telegraph|date=21 September 2012|accessdate=8 November 2014}}