[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.

[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the barracks became the depot of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment in 1881.

[3] Tens of thousands of recruits and conscripts were trained there for deployment during the First World War.

[4] The barracks went on to become the regional centre for infantry training as the Forester Brigade Depot in 1960.

[1] Although Glen Parva Young Offenders Institution now occupies much of the site[6] a unit of the Royal Army Pay Corps remained there until 1997.