Epsom Barracks
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2 Division Recce
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own) 1948-1953 (1)
3rd The King's Own Hussars 1953-1957
Handed over to Canadians in September 1957
(1) Part of 2nd Infantry Division and being equipped with Comet A34 Tanks, and later Valentine Archer Tank Killers. The regiment left Epsom Barracks, Iserlohn in summer of 1953 and went to Tidworth.
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. . The camp's history as a place for stationing troops came about on 5 October 1994, when the keys were handed over to the Stadt.
Espom Barracks - 2008
Courtesy of Malcolm Austin